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New Delhi, April 14 (KMS): A Hindu Mahant and hatemonger named Bajrang Muni Das, who threatened Muslim women with rape in police presence, has been arrested. The arrest comes 11 days after he said that he will abduct Muslim women from their homes and rape them in the open if …

Bhopal/New Delhi, April 14 (KMS): The police in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh have so far arrested 104 people in connection with the communal violence, which broke out at Khargone on April 10 during Ram Navami processions. They are all Muslims. But the police action failed to surprise many …

Kolkata, April 13 (KMS): The vehicle of Bharatiya Janata Party candidiate for Lok Sabha bypoll, Agnimitra Paul, was pelted with stones during the polling in Asansol city of the Indian state of West Bengal. Stones were hurled when security personnel baton-charged a group of supporters of Mamata Banerji-led Trinamool Congress …

Bengaluru, April 13 (KMS): The ruling BJP government is all set to clear temple premises and nearby areas in Karnataka of Muslim vendors. The BJP government has declared on the floor of the state Assembly that there is no provision for non-Hindus to carry out their business on temple premises …

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh), April 13 (KMS): Even as curfew continues in the Khargone city of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, Hindutva goons torched four vehicles and a garage. While the curfew is in force in Khargone since Sunday evening, some Hindutva activists set ablaze three buses, a car and …

Brussels, April 13 (KMS): The Brussels-based global media watchdog, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has condemned the re-arrest of Kashmiri journalist Aasif Sultan, saying the draconian law Public Safety Act (PSA) is being misused to harass and detain journalists. Aasif Sultan was held for nearly four years under the …

New Delhi, April 13 (KMS): Questioning the ‘enigmatic silence’ of Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, over the communal violence that erupted during Ram Navami processions in Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled states, the Communist Party of India Marxist (CPI-M) has demanded stringent punishment for those who committed acts of violence against …

New Delhi, April 13 (KMS): A 27-year-old man, Raja Ram, who was working as a caretaker at a farmhouse, in New Delhi died moments after being beaten by a Hindutva mob on “suspicion” of slaughtering cows. Two of Raja Ram’s friends were also assaulted by the mob and are undergoing …

Islamabad, April 12 (KMS): Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said Pakistan desires peaceful and cooperative ties with India. In a tweet on Tuesday, the Prime minister said peaceful settlement of outstanding disputes including Jammu and Kashmir is indispensable. He said we should secure peace and focus on socio-economic development of …

Washington April 12 (KMS): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that the United States is monitoring a rise in human rights abuses in India by some officials, in a rare direct rebuke by Washington of New Delhi. “We regularly engage with our Indian partners on these shared values …