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Police in Mumbai, India, have launched an investigation after Quranic verses were found in firecrackers, according to a report. It came in response to a complaint from a local resident about a Quran desecration act, after he found verses of…

Indian Muslim activists say the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand is experiencing a disturbing surge in anti-Muslim hate triggered by an accusation of “love jihad”. Love Jihad is a Hindutva conspiracy theory alleging that Muslim men are enticing Hindu women…

Schools across India’s capital New Delhi have been shuttered and construction activity halted as the city was declared the world’s most polluted. The New Delhi government has also announced a ban on the entry of diesel buses. The closures were…

A “human error” led to a deadly train crash that killed at least 14 passengers and injured nearly 50 in India’s southeastern Andhra Pradesh state, local officials have reported. A passenger train overshot a signal on Sunday between the towns…

One woman died, 52 people were injured and 10 others suffered severe burns in three blasts at a convention centre in Kerala’s Kalamassery on Sunday morning, India Today reported. The blasts occurred at a convention centre of a Christian group…

Prime Minister Modi on Friday awarded a “5G use case laboratory” to the Department of Electronics Engineering at Aligarh Muslim University in the Indian Mobile Congress 2023 in New Delhi. The lab is supposed to foster innovation in 5G technology…

A government primary school principal in Lucknow, capital city of Uttar Pradesh, India, has been suspended for allowing a group of students to offer namaz on the school campus, Muslim Mirror reported yesterday. The principal was suspended on Saturday, October…

Gujarat high court sentenced four policemen on Thursday to 14 days’ simple imprisonment for contempt of court as they had violated Supreme Court’s orders about treatment of accused in police custody by flogging members of Muslim community in full public…

Mangaluru city police have booked Dakshina Kannada district Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) joint secretary Sharan Pumpwell after he and his followers planted saffron flags calling for a boycott of Muslim traders during festivals in Hindu temples in Karnataka. Mangaluru city…

Indian rescue teams are finding it difficult to reach flood-hit areas in the north-eastern state of Sikkim where more than 140 people are missing as the region is still experiencing bouts of heavy rain, Reuters reported on Saturday, October 7.…