Inside India

CIC CALLS SC ORDER ON IMAMS’ SALARY UNCONSTITUTIONAL The Central Information Commission has said the 1993 Supreme Court order allowing remuneration to imams in mosques…

ALLEGED BJP AGENTS CAUGHT BRIBING TRS MLAS TO LEAVE PARTY The Telangana Police have arrested four people on the allegation of being the BJP agents…

ACT AGAINST HATE SPEECHES WITHOUT WAITING FOR COMPLAINT: SC Expressing its anguish over hate speeches, while calling these “very disturbing” and wondering “what have we…

MOB OF 200 ATTACKS MOSQUE IN GURUGRAM A mob of more than 200 people ransacked a mosque in a village in Gurugram, assaulting people who…

MOB ENTERS HERITAGE MADRASA IN KARNATAKA ON DUSSEHRA Tension gripped Bidar in Karnataka after a mob from a Dussehra procession barged into the premises of…

97.2% OF UAPA ACCUSED JAILED FOR LONG EVENTUALLY ACQUITTED The PUCL study found that 8,371 persons were arrested in 5,924 cases under the Unlawful Activities…

M’RASHTRA TO STUDY SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITION OF MUSLIMS The State Minority Development Department of Maharashtra has commissioned the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) to conduct…

BADAUN’S JAMA MASJID, MATHURA’S MEENA MASJID NEW TARGETS The historic Jama Masjid of Badaun has attracted controversy with right-wing men claiming it to be a…

S KAPPAN GETS BAIL AFTER ABOUT TWO YEARS OF IMPRISONMENT Journalist Siddique Kappan, jailed in Uttar Pradesh for nearly two years, was granted bail on…

TEESTA SETALVAD RELEASED ON INTERIM BAIL Teesta Setalvad was released from Sabarmati Women’s Jail in Ahmedabad on September 4 after over two months in custody…

BJP MLA ARRESTED FOR DEROGATORY REMARKS ON PROPHET The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has suspended its Telangana MLA T. Raja Singh after his alleged derogatory…

GUJARAT RAM NAVAMI VIOLENCE ‘ANTI-MUSLIM IN NATURE’ A recently released fact-finding report on the communal riots that broke out in Gujarat’s Himmatnagar and Khambhat towns…