Shafaqa India: The controversy surrounding Uttar Pradesh’s madrasa policy has intensified, with Shahnawaz Alam, the minority cell chairman of the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee, launching a scathing critique against the…
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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has drawn a flak as it rolls out a campaign aimed at connecting with Muslim women in Uttar Pradesh. With eyes on the upcoming Lok…
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REVANCHIST geography is a central plank of the Sangh Parivar’s ideology, as devotees of Hindutva dream of recreating ‘Akhand Bharat’, a mythical, massive landmass covering all of South Asia and…
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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath appears to be gunning for the support of the war-mongering wing of the Hindutva movement, saying “there is no reason” India “cannot take back…
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Imagine living as a Muslim in India, and sticking to your belief that ‘there is no God but Allah and Muhammad (PBUH) is His messenger.’ Things might turn against you…
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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has hauled up the district and police administration over the protests organised outside Lulu mall in state capital Lucknow. He has directed the Lucknow…
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In wake of Nupur Sharma’s objectionable comments about Prophet Mohammed in a television news debate, protests broke out in different states across the country. And even though the Bharatiya Janata…
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The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh is apparently back to its name changing spree. A tweet by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has sparked off speculations about the name of…
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Outrage against a Hindu monk who publically issued rape threat against Muslim women is growing rapidly in the country with many joining the chorus of condemnation. They all were unanimous…
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On Wednesday, the 8th of Rajab, news channels and social media accounts circulated a video clip of a sister in an Indian University, who, with her words and deeds, embodied…
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Nearly 90 million voters took part in the elections that came to a close this month in India’s Uttar Pradesh state, making them the world’s largest subnational elections. But as…
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The ruling national party of India – the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) seems to have decapitated all opposition political parties in the country. The results of five states in India,…
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The BJP’s citadel remains intact. The party has reasserted its nationwide supremacy by winning the Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur. Months after suffering reversals in the…
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The ruling BJP can retain power in the crucial state of Uttar Pradesh with a tally of 236 seats, claimed the ABP C-Voter Exit Poll. However, the BJP will return…
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Asking the people to think about what they are voting for, Congress leader P Chidambaram on Sunday said the Yogi Adityanath model of government has made the state poorer and…
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The Uttar Pradesh government has withdrawn notice sent to the anti-CAA protesters seeking to recover damages after the Supreme Court pointed out last week that the state may have overreached…
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A monk known for his incendiary anti-Muslim rhetoric leads the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) into elections in India’s most populous state on Thursday, where a strong win could…
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This is one battle, rather two battles, that have every eye fixed on it. The hostility between the rivals is legendary and parties do not matter much in this war.…
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In the streets around a revered religious site in the Indian city of Mathura where a temple and mosque stand side-by-side, the handful of Muslim restaurants that remain are mostly…
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The ongoing Uttar Pradesh elections witnessed another low when Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath calling the Samajwadi Party “worshippers of Jinnah” and supporters of Pakistan. He passed on this remark in…
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The Yogi Adityanath government on Saturday decided to rechristen Faizabad junction as Ayodhya Cantt, as per a tweet shared by the Chief Minister’s office. Earlier, the government had renamed Faizabad…
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BJP MP Varun Gandhi has once again hit out at the Yogi government, saying that if the public has to do everything on their own, then what’s the government is…
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Even as non-BJP parties in Uttar Pradesh make a pitch for soft Hindutva, the BJP is trying to woo Muslim minorities in every assembly constituency. BJP workers have been given…
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Modi’s India has recorded another chapter in fascism, this time it’s the district of Lakhimpur with a substantial Sikh population in Uttar Pradesh (UP). Union Minister of State for Home…
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At least eight people have been killed in northern India after clashes broke out at a farmers’ protest, officials told local media, in a deadly escalation of their year-long campaign…
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The Indian Express on Sunday came to the rescue of Uttar Pradesh (UP) Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath as it apologised for showing a flyover built in Kolkata by the West…
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Since the Taliban has taken over Afghanistan a couple of weeks ago, there has been chorus from the right wing rouble rousers and numerous faceless and traceless Hindu organizations clamouring…
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IN an era of majoritarian hegemony and aggression it is worthwhile examining certain facets of “minoritarian” politics. Scrutiny of a Muslim leader, Azam Khan, from Uttar Pradesh (UP), India’s ‘heartland’,…
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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has said the new population control policy recently implemented by the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh, will not work. Kumar said that this law…
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Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has created a larger-than-life image for himself as a Hindu torchbearer. His saffron robes underline his almost aggressive brand of Hindutva – the kind…