India

Hindu extremists block Juma prayers in Gurgaon again

Gurgaon, (Haryana, India), November 12 (KMS): Members of extremist Hindu groups prevented Muslims from offering Juma prayers in Gurgaon city of Indian state of Haryana. Members of extremist Hindu groups occupied a site in Sector 12A to stop Muslims from performing their religious obligation. Visuals from the site showed people …

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BJP affiliated group exploited Indian workers in several US cities

New Delhi, November 12 (KMS): Troubles of a prominent American Hindu organisation facing charges of exploiting Indian workers in the United States have further increased with amendment to the original lawsuit filed in May this year. Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS) is accused of luring hundreds of labourers from …

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JUH seeks probe into custodial death of Muslim youth in Kasganj

New Delhi, November 12 (KMS): The President of Jamiat Ulema-i-Hind (JUH), Maulana Mahmood Madani has slammed the Uttar Pradesh government for its failure to protect human rights in the state and sought a high level inquiry into the custodial death of a youth Altaf in Kasganj district. Maulana Madani demanded …

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Narsinganand makes hateful remarks against Islam and Quran; calls Gandhi, Nehru ‘traitors’

New Delhi, November 12 (KMS): Despite several FIRs filed against him, the head priest of Dasna Temple in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, Narsinganand, remains free and continues to make provocative statements that include hate campaign against Islam and Muslims as well as tirade against Indian leaders Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and Jawaharlal …

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Salman Khurshid targeted for comparing Hindutva with ISIS, Boko Haram in his latest book

New Delhi, November 12 (KMS): A Delhi-based lawyer Vineet Jindal has filed a complaint with the police against Indian National Congress leader Salman Khurshid for the remarks in his book ‘Sunrise over Ayodhya’ on Hindutva. In his complaint, Jindal contended that the senior Congress leader and former law minister Salman …

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All-India Shia Personal Law Board demands arrest of blasphemer Waseem Rizvi

Lucknow, UP, November 11 (KMS): The All-India Shia Personal Law Board (AISPLB) has demanded the arrest of Shia Central Waqf Board member, Waseem Rizvi for blasphemy, disruption of peace and law and order. The board also sought a ban on Rizvi’s speeches, writings and disrespectful activities against the Quran and …

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In UP’s Kasganj, Muslim man dies in custody: Police claim it’s suicide, family cries foul

New Delhi, November 11 (KMS): The death of a 21-year-old Muslim man has raised questions on Uttar Pradesh Police theory of suicide by strangulation. Many people are saying that the explanation given by the Superintendent of Police, Etah, does not add up. Police picked up Altaf Ahmad and lodged him …

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UP Police investigation into lynching cases biased against victims, finds Report

New Delhi, November 11 (KMS): An investigative report into some of the lynching cases has found that police investigations were biased against the victims and their family members and no action was taken against the culprits. The report noted in its findings “There are three points which have come out …

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Muslim youth called for questioning found dead inside police station in UP

Lucknow, November 10 (KMS): A 22-year-old Muslim youth was found dead inside a police station in Kasganj district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. English daily Indian Express in a report said, Altaf, a labourer, was brought to the Kotwali police station for questioning in a case. A resident …

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Journalist moves Indian SC, seeks quashing of UAPA charges by Tripura police

New Delhi, November 10 (KMS): Booked under the draconian Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) by the police, journalist Shyam M Singh and several others have moved the Indian Supreme Court seeking quashing of the FIR lodged against them for their social media posts regarding anti-Muslim violence in the Indian state …

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