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Kolkata: BJP neta and Union minister Sukanta Majumdar on Saturday said Indian Muslims don't have to worry about the special intensive revision (SIR) of voter rolls. Speaking at Vijay Sankalp Sabha at Gangarampur in South Dinajpur, Majumdar said, "Indian Muslims have been citizens of the country and will continue to remain so. This is a guarantee from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. BJP is a secular party. Others want to divide Hindus and Muslims on religious lines. We don't believe in that.""There ...Read More >
Guwahati, Oct 26: Two days after the Assam government announced plans to make public the Tiwari Commission Report on the Nellie massacre of 1983, a cross-section of people on Saturday voiced apprehension that the move could jeopardise peace among communities. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had on Thursday told reporters that the State Cabinet decided to table the Tiwari Commission Report in the next assembly session in November. During the Assam Agitation from 1979 to 1985 against infiltra ...Read More >
Kolkata: BJP neta and Union minister Sukanta Majumdar on Saturday said Indian Muslims don't have to worry about the special intensive revision (SIR) of voter rolls. Speaking at Vijay Sankalp Sabha at Gangarampur in South Dinajpur, Majumdar said, "Indian Muslims have been citizens of the country and will continue to remain so. This is a guarantee from Prime Minister Narendra Modi. BJP is a secular party. Others want to divide Hindus and Muslims on religious lines. We don't believe in that.""There ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 25 (PTI) Claiming that his father Ram Vilas Paswan wanted a Muslim chief minister for Bihar in 2005 but the RJD did not agree to it, LJP (RV) chief Chirag Paswan on Saturday sought to reach out to the minority community, asking how will they get "respect" if they continue to remain a "bonded vote bank". "In 2005, my leader, my father, late Ram Vilas Paswan ji even sacrificed his own party to make a Muslim chief minister - yet even then, you did not support him," Chirag said in a ...Read More >
Guwahati, Oct 25 (PTI) Two days after the Assam government announced plans to make public the Tewary Commission Report on the Nellie massacre of 1983, a cross-section of people on Saturday voiced apprehension that the move could jeopardise peace among communities. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had on Thursday told reporters that the state cabinet decided to table the Tewary Commission Report in the next assembly session in November. During the Assam Agitation from 1979 to 1985 against inf ...Read More >
The list also includes the names of SP MPs Dimple Yadav, Afzal Ansari, Awadhesh Prasad, Babu Singh Kushwaha, Naresh Uttam Patel, Ramashankar Rajbhar among others Samajwadi Party (SP) national president Akhilesh Yadav and national general secretary Azam Khan are among the 20 star campaigners of the party for the second phase of Bihar assembly polls the list of which was released on Friday. If Azam Khan takes part in the party campaign for INDIA bloc candidates, this will be his first after spen ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], October 24 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Manoj Tiwari on Friday accused the opposition Mahagathbandhan of merely considering Muslims as a "vote bank" and not providing them with benefits. Speaking to reporters here, Tiwari said that benefits to the Muslim community have been provided by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar instead. He also said that Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav had to "struggle" to declare himself ...Read More >
Mumbai: A row has broken out within the ruling Mahayuti coalition in Maharashtra, as allies have slammed a BJP MP who held a "purification ceremony" at Shaniwar Wada, after a video showed Muslim women offering namaz at the Pune fortress that was the seat of the Peshwas. The Nationalist Congress Party and the Shiv Sena criticised Megha Kulkarni for her action and asked the BJP to restrain their Rajya Sabha MP from Pune. "We are asking the BJP to rein in her. We are also asking the police that s ...Read More >
Mumbai, Oct 22 (SocialNews.XYZ) Veteran artistes Javed Akhtar and Lucky Ali have come at loggerheads. Lucky Ali took to his X, formerly Twitter, and shared a post recently taking a dig at the legendary screenwriter. The issue arose after a recently resurfaced clip of Javed Akhtar shows him asking the Hindu community of the country to not be hardliners like the Muslim community. Javed is known to be a non-believer, and constantly calls out the traditional practises, irrespective of faith, which ...Read More >
The Election Commission of India has announced that Bihar's next Assembly election will be held in two phases, on November 6 and November 11. With just a few weeks left, all the major parties have fully thrown themselves into campaign mode in a bid to capture public support and secure victory. Bihar stands out as the only major Hindi-belt State where the BJP has never secured a majority on its own. For more than two decades, the party has mostly governed as a partner in coalition with Nitish Kum ...Read More >
Patna: Before Bihar goes to high-stakes polls, the opposition INDIA bloc, is apparently in disarray as the alliance failed to reach a compromise on seat-sharing even as the last date for withdrawal of nominations ended on Monday. INDIA bloc's main player in Bihar, RJD, also released the list of 143 candidates hours before the filing of nomination papers for the second and final phase was to be over. RJD had contested 144 seats in the last assembly election. On the other hand, Congress has anno ...Read More >
While the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) has batted for the Raj Thackeray-led MNS joining the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) alliance in Maharashtra for the upcoming local body elections, the Congress party, a key MVA ally, does not seem to be in favour of joining hands with the MNS, at least not at this stage with the crucial Bihar Assembly elections scheduled for next month. Significantly, the Sharad Pawar-led NCP(SP), another constituent of the MVA, is also not averse to taking the ...Read More >
Mumbai: The Maharashtra Congress has conveyed to the party leadership that it does not favour an alliance with the Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT) Sena for the upcoming local body elections - not just in Mumbai but across the state - arguing that the partnership has become counterproductive. The party is concerned that UBT Sena's outreach to Raj Thackeray's Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) could alienate its north Indian and Muslim voter base, not only in Maharashtra but also in Bihar. UBT Sen ...Read More >
Patna, October 15: The Janata Dal (United) has not fielded any Muslim candidates in its first list of 57 nominees for the Bihar Assembly elections. According to party sources, more lists are expected, and the JD(U) may still field Muslim candidates in upcoming phases. However, the absence of Muslim names in the first list, announced on Wednesday, has already sparked political debate and criticism from opposition parties. In the 2020 Assembly elections, the JD(U) fielded 11 Muslim candidates out ...Read More >
Gaya: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday announced that Shan Ali, accused of killing Qeyamuddin Ansari, the then station house officer of Kothi police station in Gaya in Oct 2016, would contest the upcoming assembly election from Sherghati on his party's ticket.Ali, who was arrested from Delhi in connection with the murder, is currently out on bail. He has a long criminal record. He had earlier escaped from jails in Chatra and Aurangabad and faces dozens of cases related to murder and other ...Read More >
Thane, Oct 1 (PTI) Samajwadi Party Maharashtra unit president and MLA Abu Azmi on Wednesday courted controversy when he questioned the need to speak in Marathi while replying to media queries in Bhiwandi and sought to know what is the "difference between Marathi and Hindi". The row began when Azmi visited Bhiwandi town, which has a substantial Muslim population, in Thane district adjoining Mumbai to demand a halt to the widening of Kalyan Road. While addressing the Hindi media, Azmi was asked ...Read More >
Founded in 1925 by Keshav Balram Hedgewar, the RSS is now the world's largest social organization. It aims to eliminate divisiveness, promote selfless service, and foster unity. The RSS's commitment is viewed as crucial for India's progress and its potential to become a global spiritual leader. The Navaratri celebrations have commenced. The victory of good over evil represents the success of spiritual awakening. The 1920s marked a time of significant turmoil in the Indian independence movement. ...Read More >
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK president M.K. Stalin, on Monday (September 15, 2025), welcomed the Supreme Court's partial stay on some of the key provisions of the Waqf (Amendment) Act 2025 brought about by the BJP-led union government. Mr. Stalin termed the order as a major step towards "undoing the unconstitutional and illegal amendments." The DMK has consistently opposed these amendments from the time the Bill was introduced in the Parliament, he said. "After it became an Act, the DMK ch ...Read More >
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], September 15 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Monday welcomed the Supreme Court's order on staying certain provisions of the Waqf Amendment Act and said that this decision is a major step towards "undoing the unconstitutional" amendments which have been incorporated in the Waqf Amendment Act. In a post on X, DMK supremo recalled that since the passage of the said bill, his party has tried to counter the BJP's attempt to "misuse governmental power" thro ...Read More >
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], September 15 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Monday welcomed the Supreme Court order on staying certain provisions of the Waqf Amendment Act and said that this decision is a major step towards undoing the unconstitutional amendments which have been incorporated in the Waqf Amendment Act. In a post on X, DMK supremo recalled that since the passage of the said bill, his party has tried to counter the BJP attempt to misuse governmental power through both ...Read More >
Hyderabad: AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday sharply criticised the BJP-led Centre for allowing the India-Pakistan Asia Cup cricket match, questioning whether financial gains outweighed the loss of Indian lives in terror attacks. Speaking at a public meeting late in the evening, Owaisi recalled the Pahalgam attack in which 26 people were killed and accused the government of hypocrisy. "How much money does the BCCI earn from one cricket match -- ₹2,000-3,000 crore? Is the value of 26 ...Read More >
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested Mahboob Alam, the Bihar state president of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI), in connection with the 2022 Phulwarisharif terror conspiracy case. Alam, also known as Mahboob Alam Nadvi, hails from the Hasanganj area in Katihar district and was taken into custody on Saturday in Kishanganj. According to officials, Alam is the 19th accused to be arrested and charge-sheeted in the case, which was originally filed by local police against 26 i ...Read More >
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday arrested Mahboob Alam alias Mahboob Alam Nadvi, the Bihar president of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI), in connection with the 2022 Phulwarisharif criminal conspiracy case. Alam, a resident of Hasanganj in Bihar's Katihar district, was nabbed from Kishanganj, the agency said in a statement. He is the 19th accused to be arrested and charge-sheeted in the case, which was initially registered by the local police against 26 people. Accord ...Read More >
Patna: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested the Bihar state president of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI) in connection with the 2022 Phulwarisharif criminal conspiracy case.The accused, Mahboob Alam alias Mahboob Alam Nadvi, a resident of Hasanganj in Katihar district, was arrested in Kishanganj on Saturday. He is the 19th person to be arrested and charged in the case, which was originally filed by local police in July 2022 against 26 persons.The case pertains to the alle ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 13 (ANI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday arrested the Bihar state president of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI) in the 2022 Phulwarisharif criminal conspiracy case, the probe agency said. According to NIA, Mahboob Alam alias Mahboob Alam Nadvi, a resident of the Hasanganj area of district Katihar, Bihar, was nabbed from Kishanganj. He is the 19th accused to be arrested and chargesheeted in the case, which was initially registered by the l ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], September 13 (ANI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday arrested the Bihar state president of the banned Popular Front of India (PFI) in the 2022 Phulwarisharif criminal conspiracy case, the probe agency said. According to NIA, Mahboob Alam alias Mahboob Alam Nadvi, a resident of the Hasanganj area of district Katihar, Bihar, was nabbed from Kishanganj. He is the 19th accused to be arrested and chargesheeted in the case, which was initially registered by the l ...Read More >
Chennai, Aug 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) Tamil Nadu has once again emerged as the country's leader in industrial employment, with Chief Minister M.K. Stalin attributing the achievement to the policies of the Dravidian model government. Citing the Union government's Annual Survey of Industries 2023-24, CM Stalin said the recognition from New Delhi is itself the strongest rebuttal to critics, who have been "targeting" the state government on the industrial and economic fronts. In a post on 'X', the Chie ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 28 (SocialNews.XYZ) Kerala BJP President Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Thursday termed the upcoming Global Ayyappa Summit a political drama by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. The Global Ayyappa Summit, scheduled for September 20, to be held on the banks of the sacred Pampa River near Sabarimala, is part of the platinum jubilee celebrations of the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB). CM Vijayan will inaugurate the event, conceived as one of the largest spiritual congregations in ...Read More >
Jaipur, Aug 28 (PTI) The Rajasthan High Court on Thursday cancelled the contentious police sub-inspector recruitment exam-2021 owing to paper leak. Justice Sameer Jain in a detailed judgment cancelled the exam 2021 which was the bone of contention for both BJP and Congress governments in the state. "Illegality and fraud on the system was so conspicuous. It is strange that the state government did not take action any decision on the subject. The court's decision hopefully will act as a deterren ...Read More >
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], August 28 (ANI): The three-member panel, appointed to investigate the Sambhal violence case, submitted its report to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, according to the state Information Department. The 450-page report consists of details about the November 2024 Sambhal violence and also touches on the previous riots which took place in the city. Also Read | JeM Terrorists in Bihar: Police Issue High Alert As 3 Jaish-E-Mohammed Operatives Enter State ...Read More >
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