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A boat carrying a school group capsized in a lake in western India on Thursday, drowning 15 students and one teacher, local media reported. Eleven students were rescued when the boat capsized in Harani Lake in the city of Vadodara,…

India’s most populous state has stopped paying some 21,000 teachers of subjects including mathematics and science in Muslim religious schools, or madrasas, an official said on Thursday, and they could lose their jobs altogether. The teachers work at madrasas in…

Despite rising anxiety and fears, Muslims are determined to maintain peaceful residence in Ayodhya, where millions of Hindu devotees are going to visit on Jan. 22 the new controversial Ram temple at the disputed site of the historic 16th-century Babri…

In an interview with the Turkish Anadolu News Agency, president of Justice For All, has pointed out challenges Indian Muslims encounter in education and employment, emphasizing the difficulties they face in their daily lives. Report: Muslims in India are facing…

A Muslim man was arrested and sent to jail on Saturday for offering ‘azan’ at a 250-year-old mosque in India’s Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli. Umar Qureshi was booked under IPC section 505 (promoting enmity) and IT Act following a complaint by…

All India Majlis Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief, Asaduddin Owaisi, expressing concern over the religious landscape in India has said that Muslims’ places of worship are under constant threat, Kashmir Media Service reported. Addressing a rally in New Delhi, Asaduddin Owaisi…

India launched an astronomy satellite to start a year that will feature key tests for its human spaceflight program and a potential joint crewed mission with NASA, SpaceNews reported yesterday. According to the report, the 469-kilogram satellite carries two instruments…

A public notice in last Sunday’s newspapers of Delhi has become a matter of discussion and concern for scores of the Muslim community, heritage enthusiasts, and curators in the national capital. The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) in the public…

India’s government has used the highly invasive Pegasus spyware to target high-profile journalists, according to a new investigation by Amnesty International and The Washington Post. Created by Israeli firm NSO Group, Pegasus can be used to access a phone’s messages…

A recent surge in Covid-19 cases in India has led to six deaths and 702 new infections reported across the country as of Thursday, local media reports said citing the latest figures from the Indian health ministry. With this, the…