Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, April 16 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday requested Muslim religious leaders to shift the protest against the Waqf (Amendment) Act from the state to Delhi. “Maintain peace in your localities in West Bengal. There is no point in carrying out the movement on this issue … Read more
Follow Us on Google News New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Amid multiple incidents of arson and violence in Murshidabad over the Waqf Act, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee held a meeting with Muslim clerics, imams and Ulemas at the Netaji Indoor Stadium and urged them to co-operate in restoring peace. The move has drawn sharp … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Kolkata, April 16 (IANS) Amid the violence in the minority-dominated Murshidabad district of West Bengal since last week during protests against the newly-promulgated Waqf (Amendment) Act, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will on Wednesday hold a meeting with the imams, muezzins, and religious leaders from the Muslim community in the state. … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Bengaluru, April 15 (IANS) Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D. K. Shivakumar held a meeting on Tuesday night at his official residence in Kumara Park regarding the caste census report, along with ministers, MLAs, Rajya Sabha members, and leaders from the Vokkaliga community. Speaking to the media after the meeting, Shivakumar … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Bengaluru, April 15 (IANS) In a shocking case of moral policing, a young Muslim woman was harassed in a park in Bengaluru by a group of individuals for being seen with a Hindu male companion. The incident came to light after a 2-minute-14-second video went viral on social media on … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Bareilly, April 14 (IANS) All India Muslim Jamaat Nation President Maulana Shahabuddin Razvi Bareilvi on Monday strongly condemned the recent demolition and sealing of madrasas in Madhya Pradesh and Uttarakhand under the newly implemented Waqf (Amendment) Act. He termed the actions as a “violation of justice” and an attack on … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Hisar, April 14 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday launched a scathing attack on the Congress for changing the Waqf laws for “appeasement politics,” claiming that if the Waqf Board had functioned according to its original purpose, Muslims in India would not have been forced to live in poverty, … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Bengaluru, April 13 (IANS) The Karnataka BJP on Sunday questioned the caste census report findings, wondering how the Muslim population can increase in such a manner. Addressing a press conference in Bengaluru, BJP leader R. Ashoka said, “Chief Minister Siddaramaiah called former Backward Classes Commission Chairman H. Kantharaju to his … Read more
Follow Us on Google News Bengaluru, April 13 (IANS) The controversial caste census report submitted by the Backward Classes Commission to the Congress-led government in Karnataka has pegged the Muslim population in the state at 18.08 per cent and recommends 8 per cent reservation for the community, sources confirmed on Sunday. Currently, the Muslims are … Read more