Author: Dharshini Mahendran

“The entire Muslim community shouldn’t be singled out and forced into unemployment as a result of one person”, says Shehar Qazi reddering to the targeting of the community. In Uttarakhand, Muslim religious leaders have organised a “mahapanchayat” on June 18 to protest the “increasing targeting” of their group. Days after minority group traders in Uttarkashi were forced to their businesses and leave the state amid counsel conflicts, Muslim religious leaders in Uttarakhand’s Dehradun have called for a “mahapanchayat” on June 18 to protest what they claim is “increasing targeting” of their community. The interfaith strife began on May 26 after…

“We are to implement POCSO with appropriate caution and to expedite the probe,” While hundreds of POCSO cases are still outstanding throughout Tamil Nadu, a number of districts in the police’s southern jurisdiction have come up with a system  Without the help of a sympathetic “trial monitoring officer,” J Josephraja, a 49-year-old pastor accused of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl in a church in Rajapalayam, Tamil Nadu, would have been denied bail. His bail was denied by the special court in Virudhunagar district, which hears cases under the (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act 2012) Pocso Act, and he…

Rahul Gandhi has a history of attacking the nation and commenting on our politics every time he travels. Rahul Gandhi, during his visit to the US,  gave speeches in the various sessions held criticizing the ruling party and the democracy of the nation. On Thursday, the Congress retaliated against External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar for criticizing Rahul Gandhi for recent comments he made in the US, claiming that it was Jaishankar who had appointed him to a ministerial position and that he was the one who had pioneered the practice of taking national politics abroad. After Jaishankar criticized Mr. Gandhi…

The Red Cross has warned that the discovery of landmines will be severely hampered by the breaking of a significant dam in southern Ukraine A dam break in the Russian-controlled Nova Kakhovka region early on Tuesday morning prompted a swift rise in water levels downstream, necessitating a widespread evacuation. The head of the Red Cross’ weapon contamination unit, Erik Tollefsen, cautioned that dislodged mines had raised serious worries for both residents of Kherson and those providing assistance. “We recognised where the risks were,” he said to the AFP news agency. “All that is certain is that they are someplace downstream,…

The state government slammed the company concerned, with a show cause notice amid the Bihar bridge collapse. The bridge under construction, which connects Sultanganj in Bhagalpur with Khagaria, collapsed on Sunday evening. Engineer incharge has been suspended. A top official claimed that the State government has issued a show cause notice, on June 6, to the construction company in question after taking a sombre perspective of the bridge collapse in Bhagalpur, Bihar, two days ago. Additionally, the executive engineer in question has been suspended, according to Pratyay Amrit, the Additional Chief Secretary for the department responsible for road development. Mr.…

Awadhesh Rai, was fatally shot on August 3, 1991. Mukhtar Ansari, Bhim Singh, former MLA Abdul Kalim, and two other people I were mentioned by Mr. Rai in the FIR. The 1988 murder of local contractor Sachchidanand Rai was the case that brought Mukhtar Ansari to public attention for the first time. After this murder, he is thought to have entered the criminal underworld. The court today at Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, found jailed gangster Mukhtar Ansari guilty of the murder of a 32-year-old man and sentenced him to life in imprisonment. Ansari, a five-time member of the legislative assembly, is accused…

Gautam Adani announced the support they’ll provide to the children who lost their parents in the train crash incident. The tragic incident of the train crash in Odisha has left the whole world shook as fatalities rises. Gautam Adani, the chairperson of the Adani groups, took the issue of the train accident to twitter on Sunday. In the tweet he has expressed his dejection towards the heart wrenching tragic, claiming it to be deeply disturbing. Billionaire Gautam Adani announced the support to victims by sponsoring the education of the children who’ve lost their parent to the train accident. As many…

The new residence is expected to be set by the end of this year. The vice president’s current official house is on Maulana Azad Road. The new V-P residence will cost ₹206.49 crore to build, which also covers five years of service and upkeep. The Central Vista’s next significant project, following the new Parliament, is a new mansion for the Vice President which is anticipated to be finished by year’s end. By mid-2024 the first three buildings of the Common Central Secretariat would likely be completed  The new V-P residence, which spans 15 acres and is located next to the…

The increasing violence in Manipur has resulted in refugees moving to Mizoram for safety. Since May 3, Manipur has seen racial conflict, with the majority of the conflicts occurring between the Meitei community and the Kuki community Following aggression in the state over the past few weeks, Mizoram, which already hosts refugees from Myanmar and Bangladesh, has taken in about 8,000 Manipur refugees, mostly Kukis. Mizoram is working to make sure it takes proper care of the newcomers without jeopardising its own interests and India’s safety. In addition to being home to the Chin-Kuki-Mizo ethnic group, which has close cultural…

3 consecutive accidents due to fire crackers claimed many lives and left several with injuries in West Bengal. Every religious holiday celebrated in Bengal and the adjoining states is marked by the hullabaloo of firecrackers. However the ban on crackers has led to the production of illicit crackers. After three firecracker blazes in Bengal on May 16, May 21, and May 23 that left 16 people dead and numerous others injured, investigators brushed for clues at the worn-out sites. Moreover experts believed that the tragedy was imminent because of rising consumption and the necessity of fireworks to mark every happy…