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Narendra Modi Won’t Retire; Political Defeat Is the Path Forward: Asaduddin Owaisi

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Narendra Modi Won't Retire; Political Defeat Is the Path Forward: Asaduddin Owaisi

Asaduddin Owaisi interview: AIMIM leader on Prime Minister Modi’s retirement, the PM’s anti-Muslim rhetoric, INDIA alliance and other topics. Asaduddin Owaisi, the leader of AIMIM, often described as the political face of Muslims in India, is at a pivotal moment in his career. Owaisi is a four-time MP and is again contesting in the Hyderabad constituency in the fourth phase of the elections due on May 13. His party has cobbled together a grouping of Muslims, backward classes and other minorities. This grouping is putting up a spirited fight against…

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Woman in a Hijab to Become India’s First Muslim Prime Minister: Asaduddin Owaisi

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Prediction: India’s First Hijabi Prime Minister Will Be a Woman, Says Asaduddin Owaisi

Asaduddin Owaisi interview: AIMIM leader on Prime Minister Modi’s retirement, the PM’s anti-Muslim rhetoric, INDIA alliance and other topics. Asaduddin Owaisi, the leader of AIMIM, often described as the political face of Muslims in India, is at a pivotal moment in his career. Owaisi is a four-time MP and is again contesting in the Hyderabad constituency in the fourth phase of the elections due on May 13. His party has cobbled together a grouping of Muslims, backward classes and other minorities. This grouping is putting up a spirited fight against…

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No Religious Reservation for Muslims as Long as I’m Alive: PM Narendra Modi

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No Religious Reservation for Muslims as Long as I'm Alive: PM Narendra Modi

Modi also reiterated his claim that the Congress will bring an inheritance tax if they come to power. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that he will not allow reservations for Muslims based on religion and at the cost of Scheduled Caste (SC), Schedule Tribe (ST) and Other Backward Classes (OBCs). The prime minister made the remarks while addressing a poll rally in Telangana’s Medak district. Follow full coverage of the Lok Sabha elections here. He also alleged that the Congress wants to “insult” the Consitution for their vote…

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Supreme Court to Deliver Verdict Today on EVM-VVPAT Case, Pleas Seek 100% Verification

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Supreme Court to Deliver Verdict Today on EVM-VVPAT Case, Pleas Seek 100% Verification

On Wednesday, Supreme Court said it could not “control the elections” or issue any directions solely based on doubts about reliability of EVMs. The Supreme Court is set to deliver its judgment on a series of petitions seeking a comprehensive cross-verification of votes cast through Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT). The Supreme Court decision is expected to be announced by a bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court said it could not “control the elections” or issue any…

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Amit Shah Highlights BJP’s Major Achievements: Abolition of Article 370, Ram Mandir, CAA Implementation

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Amit Shah Highlights BJP's Major Achievements: Abolition of Article 370, Ram Mandir, CAA Implementation

Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Saturday that the people gave BJP full majority in 2014 and 2019 election, and they used that to abolish Article 370, build Ram Mandir, implement CAA and give 33 per cent reservation to women in Lok Sabha and state assemblies. Addressing the Vijay Sankalp Mahasammelan here today, Amit Shah said, “You gave us full majority in 2014 and 2019, we used the majority to abolish 370, build the temple at Shri Ram Janmabhoomi, implement CAA and give 33% reservation to women in Lok…

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Amit Shah Takes a Dig at Rahul Gandhi’s Kashmir Statement: ‘Stone Throwers Have Disappeared’

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Amit Shah Takes a Dig at Rahul Gandhi's Kashmir Statement: 'Stone Throwers Have Disappeared'

Amit Shah said Mufti and ‘Rahul Baba’ used to predict bloodbath in Kashmir if the special status was removed. Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday evening took potshots at PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi for predicting turmoil in Jammu and Kashmir over the removal of Article 370, saying no one has the guts to throw stones in the union territory now. He took the jibe at a roadshow in Rajasthan’s Udaipur. Amit Shah said Mufti and ‘Rahul Baba’ used to predict bloodbath in Jammu and Kashmir…

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SC Directs ECI to Investigate Claims of BJP’s Additional Votes in EVMs During Mock Polls

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SC Directs ECI to Investigate Claims of BJP's Additional Votes in EVMs During Mock Polls

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has instructed the Election Commission of India (ECI) to investigate allegations made by advocate Prashant Bhushan regarding four EVMs allegedly recording an extra vote for the BJP during a mock poll in Kasaragod, Kerala. The directive came from a bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta while reviewing a report on the EVM issue during hearings on petitions seeking comprehensive verification of votes cast via EVMs with Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT), as reported by Live Law. The Supreme Court emphasised the importance…

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Mumbai Sizzles Under Brutal Heatwave, Temperatures May Soar to Record Highs!

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Mumbai Sizzles Under Brutal Heatwave, Temperatures May Soar to Record Highs!

Mumbai Sizzles Under Brutal Heatwave, Temperatures May Soar to Record Highs! Mumbai: While the heatwave warning was expected to remain in place until Tuesday, the IMD has now upgraded the same to a severe alert. (Express photo by Sankhadeep Banerjee) Mumbai recorded the hottest night of the year on Monday, with a temperature of 27.8 degrees Celsius. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has now declared an orange ‘severe heatwave’ in the city and its neighbouring districts of Thane and Raigad and is expecting a rise in mercury up to 39…

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Tragic Incident in UP’s Bahraich: Muslim Man Beaten to Death While Returning Home after Taraweeh Prayers

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Tragic Incident in UP's Bahraich: Muslim Man Beaten to Death While Returning Home after Taraweeh Prayers

Bahraich: A 35-year-old Muslim man, Wakil Ahmed, was fatally beaten on his way home after Taraweeh prayers around 11pm on Monday in Bahraich City, Uttar Pradesh, Siasat.com reported. The gruesome incident has incited outrage in the local community, a video of the incident was posted by Hate Dectector. Videos of the incident aftermath, showing Ahmed’s naked body with severe wounds, are circulating on social media platforms. In response to the appalling killing, the Bahraich police have initiated an investigation and assured swift justice for the perpetrators. Ahmed, who operated a…

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Tarpaulin Turbans for Mosques: A Colorful Controversy in UP

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Tarpaulin Turbans for Mosques: A Colorful Controversy in UP

Lucknow: For the last 6-7 years, it has become new normal for the mosques in UP to be covered with tarpaulin sheets ahead of Holi festival. This, according to authorities, helps to maintain law and order situation and avert any attempt by miscreants to incite communal tension by throwing colours on the places of Islamic faith. Since the Yogi Adithyanath government came to power, this practise has been in place. Like previous years, this year also, the mosques on the Ram Baraat route in Bareilly and the Laat Saheb procession…

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