Category: India

Teacher’s Question to Muslim Student ‘Why didn’t you go to Pakistan?’ Raises alarms about Religious Intolerance

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Teacher's Question to Muslim Student 'Why didn't you go to Pakistan?' Raises alarms about Religious Intolerance

This comes amid the outrage over a video from UP in which students are seen slapping a Muslim classmate on the order of their teacher. The teacher, Tripta Tyagi, is heard making communal remarks in the video Four students of a Delhi school have alleged that their teacher made communal remarks and asked them why their families did not go to Pakistan during Partition. This comes amid the outrage over a viral video from Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar, where students are seen slapping a Muslim classmate on the order of their…

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China’s Inclusion of Arunachal in New Map: Congress Urges Centre to Take Strong Stand

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China's Inclusion of Arunachal in New Map: Congress Urges Centre to Take Strong Stand

China has officially released the 2023 edition of its “standard map,” which shows the state of Arunachal Pradesh and the Aksai Chin region as part of its territory, prompting a sharp reaction from the Congress. Congress MP Manish Tewari on Tuesday advised the Narendra Modi government to introspect whether it would be appropriate to host Chinese President Xi Jinping at G20 Summit to be held in New Delhi next month. “The absurdity and preposterousness of the Chinese claim is evidenced by the history of the Sino-Indian border dispute…Today, the real…

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G20 Summit 2023 New Delhi: Who’s In, Who’s Out?

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G20 Summit 2023 New Delhi: Who's In, Who's Out?

The G20 Summit, which is scheduled to be held in New Delhi on September 9 and 10, will be attended by several world leaders, who are a part of the grouping. This year will be the 18th G20 Summit and India’s first in terms of presidency. The theme of this year’s G20 is “Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam” or “One Earth, One Family, One Future”. Preparations for the upcoming G20 Summit in the national capital are in full swing. In view of the event, all central government offices, banks and financial institutions in…

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Swami Chakrapani pitches for declaring Moon as ‘Hindu Rashtra’ so no ‘Terrorist can reach there with Jihadi mentality’

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Swami Chakrapani pitches for declaring Moon as 'Hindu Rashtra' so no 'Terrorist can reach there with Jihadi mentality'

Day after Chandrayaan-3 made a successful soft-landing on the lunar surface’s south pole, Swami Chakrapani Maharaj, a Hindu seer, urged the government to declare the Moon as a “Hindu Rashtra”. The appeal from the national president of All India Hindu Mahasabha Swami came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the point on the Moon where the Chandrayaan-3 lander Vikram soft-landed will be named ‘Shiv Shakti’ and the spot where the Chandrayaan-2 crash-landed will be called ‘Tiranga’. Sharing a video on X, formerly known as Twitter, Swami Chakrapani Maharaj said…

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Vishwa Hindu Takht chief detained ahead of Nuh Shobha Yatra, Security tightened, Internet suspended in area

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Vishwa Hindu Takht chief detained ahead of Nuh Shobha Yatra Security tightened Internet suspended in area

The Haryana police on Monday detained Vishwa Hindu Takht (VHT) chief Viresh Shandilya, minutes before he could leave for South Haryana’s Nuh to take part in the ‘Jal Abhishek’ yatra in Nuh district. According to SP Jashandeep Singh Randhawa, the VHT chief has been kept under “house arrest” at his residence in sector 1. Haryana is put on high alert with heavy security arrangements in place after the Sarv Jatiya Hindu Mahapanchayat called for a ‘Shobha Yatra’ on Monday in Nuh district despite chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar denying permission…

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Rahul Gandhi Condemns Slapping of Muslim Student, calls School a ‘Marketplace of Hatred’

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Rahul Gandhi Condemns Slapping of Muslim Student, Calls School a "Marketplace of Hatred"

A teacher at the Neha Public School in Khubbapur village in Muzaffarnagar, identified as Trapti Tyagi was booked a day after a video showed that she was asking her students to slap a Muslim boy in class while making communal remarks Congress leader Rahul Gandhi reacted to the viral video from Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh where a Muslim boy was being slapped by his classmates on the instruction of their teacher. He said a holy place like a school is being turned into a “marketplace of hatred”. Gandhi wrote on…

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‘What happened to bulldozers, thok do?’: Asaduddin Owasi asks CM Yogi over UP teacher Tripti Tyagi video

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‘What happened to bulldozers, thok do?’: Asaduddin Owasi asks CM Yogi over UP teacher Tripti Tyagi video

Asaduddin Owaisi of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen on Saturday reacted sharply to a viral video showing a school teacher in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar asking her students to slap a boy from a minority community and passing objectionable remarks against the community. Owaisi also questioned chief minister Yogi Adityanath for not taking his “bulldozer action”. Owaisi alleged that the father of the Muslim boy has withdrawn his son from the school and given in writing that he doesn’t want to pursue the matter because he knows he won’t get justice…

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Fire breaks out on train at Madurai station, 10 killed, 20 injured

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Fire breaks out on train at Madurai station, 10 killed, 20 injured

Ten people were killed and over 20 were injured after a fire broke out in a tourist train parked on Bodi Lane near Madurai railway station in the wee hours of Saturday, reported news agency PTI. Bodies have been shifted to the Government Rajaji Hospital in Madurai and rescue operation is underway, according to the report. The fire broke out when a passenger lit a gas stove to make coffee, police said. “Around 5:30 am today, there was fire in a coach halted here at Madurai railway station. There were pilgrims…

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Hindutva outfits firm on Aug 28 Yatra: Mobile internet, bulk SMS blocked in Nuh to curb spread of misinformation ahead of yatra

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Hindutva outfits firm on Aug 28 Yatra: Mobile internet, bulk SMS blocked in Nuh to curb spread of misinformation ahead of yatra

Mobile internet and bulk SMS services will remain suspended in Haryana’s Nuh for two days due to law and order concerns after right-wing Hindutva outfits declared that they will not cancel their religious procession on August 28. The district administration had denied them permission to take out the Brij Mandal Jal Abhishek Yatra in Nuh on August 28 citing security concerns. The state home department said that mobile internet services, bulk SMS (excluding banking and mobile recharge) and all dongle services will be suspended in Nuh district in a bid…

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Rahul Gandhi accuses RSS of controlling Union ministries

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Rahul Gandhi accuses RSS of controlling Union ministries

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi launched an attack at the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) alleging the right-wing organisation of placing its own people in every institution of the country. In a video clip, reportedly from a public interaction in Ladakh, Gandhi claimed ministers in the Union Cabinet are not the ones taking decisions but a certain ‘gentleman from the RSS’ who they have to work with to decide what should happen in the ministry. The RSS is widely considered as the ideological wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and the…

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