Lucknow, April 11, 2023 (PPI-OT):Muslim leaders have alleged that in the recent outbreak of violence in Shastri Nagar, Jamshedpur, the Jharkhand police targeted Muslims. According to them, the police allegedly raided a mosque, caused damage to the structure, and desecrated the holy Quran. On Sunday night, a violence unleashed by

New Delhi, April 11, 2023 (PPI-OT):Congress former chief Sonia Gandhi, in an apparent reference to recent anti-Muslim violence during Hindu Ram Navami processions in several Indian states has said that religious festivals seem to have become occasions to intimidate and bully others. Sonia Gandhi in an Op-Ed in “The Hindu

New Delhi, April 11, 2023 (PPI-OT):Members of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have made a demand for the establishment of a “Hindu Rashtra” and for action to be taken against individuals involved in “love jihad”, the term used by Hindu extremists against the Muslims who marry Hindu women. The demand was

Hyderabad, April 11, 2023 (PPI-OT):All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) President, has slammed the Indian Finance Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, over her statement that Muslims in India are doing better than those in Pakistan. The Member of Indian Parliament from Hyderabad, Asaduddin Owaisi took to Twitter for a point-by-point rebuttal to Sitharaman’s

New Delhi, April 11, 2023 (PPI-OT):India has recorded fresh 5,676 Coronavirus infections, while the active cases increased to 37,093. The death toll has increased to 5,31,000, according to the Indian Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. While three deaths each were reported from Delhi, Punjab and Rajasthan, two were recorded

Jamshedpur, April 10, 2023 (PPI-OT):Restrictions have been imposed after anti-Muslim violence erupted in the Indian state of Jharkhand over a stage-managed incident of ‘desecration’ of Hindu religious flag in the state. The incident led to attacks on Muslims by Hindus at Shastrinagar in Jamshedpur area of the state. Shops of

New Delhi, April 10, 2023 (PPI-OT):Around 250 educationists and historians have criticised India’s National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) over its decision to remove chapters of Mughal-ruled India in the name of revision of textbooks. The move, they said, was driven under a divisive and partisan agenda, being

New Delhi, April 10, 2023 (PPI-OT):New York-based Human Rights Watch has said that the Hindu festival of Ram Navami in India, which this year coincided with the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, was marred by violence sparked when Hindus in processions passed through Muslim neighbourhoods brandishing weapons and shouting anti-Muslim