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Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati, the chief priest of the Dasna Devi temple.

After temple entry ban, Dasna Muslims now suffer social apartheid

After a Muslim boy was assaulted for drinking water inside a temple in Dasna near Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh, the surrounding areas have turned into a

Students at a madrasa.

Students of stand-alone madrasas face prospect of a drop year as the institutions have remained shut since the lockdown last year

Most madrasas complete their academic year a little before Ramzan (due to start around mid-April), and start their session shortly after Eid-ul-Fitr.

S.Y. Quraishi: “It is believed that Muslims are responsible for population explosion. That is the first myth.”

S.Y. Quraishi: ‘Islam is not against family planning’

Interview with S.Y. Quraishi, former Chief Election Commissioner, on his newest book.

Women worshippers at the the Ishaat-e-Islam Masjid.

The Ishaat-e-Islam Masjid in Delhi opens its door to women worshippers

Winds of change are blowing in Muslim society. Even as a petition seeking women’s right to pray in mosques is awaiting hearing in the Supreme Court, t

A Muslim girl’s death by suicide in Ahmedabad allegedly over dowry harassment is uniting clerics of the community against the social evil

A little over a month after Ayesha Banu’s suicide in Ahmedabad following allegations of harassment over dowry, clerics of the community are coming tog

BJP workers protesting against the Punjab government over the manhandling of Arun Narang, BJP MLA from Abhor, allegedly by a group of protesting farmers, in Patiala on March 28.

BJP MLA attacked in Punjab allegedly by farmers as he arrived to address a media conference

Arun Narang, the Bharatiya Janata Party MLA from Abohar in Punjab, was at the receiving end of farmers’ ire on March 27 when he went to Malout townshi

Sagar Sarhadi (1933-2021).

Sagar Sarhadi, Urdu short story writer, playwright and writer-director of several Hindi films, passes away

He was the unsung hero of the celebrated filmmaker Yash Chopra’s timeless romantic classics like

S.M. Mushrif: ‘Secularists should challenge UAPA in Supreme Court’

Interview with S.M. Mushrif, former Inspector General of Police, Maharashtra.

Salman Farsi, a medical practioner, works with an ambulance service in rural Maharashtra.

How Salman Farsi copes with the stigma after his acquittal in the 2006 Malegaon blast case

Salman Farsi, who was acquitted in the 2006 Malegaon blast case, speaks of his ordeals and the pain of social exclusion.

Aakar Patel: ‘Structurally, we have already arrived at a Hindu Rashtra’

Interview with Aakar Patel, author of “Our Hindu Rashtra”.

A Congress delegation led by M. Veerappa Moily, after submitting a memorandum to the Governor at Raj Bhavan in Hyderabad on March 23, 2019. In its representation, the delegation said Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao violated constitutional norms by encouraging defections to the Telangana Rashtra Samithi.

Anti-defection law ridden with loopholes, prone to misuse

Legal experts want the anti-defection law to be re-examined as it is not equipped in its present form to prevent rampant misuse of its provisions.

The February 24, 2020, photograph of Mohammed Zubair being beaten by a mob that indulged in violence against those protesting against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act in North East Delhi.

A year on, life is a struggle for Mohammed Zubair, who was beaten and left for dead during the violence at North East Delhi

A year after the February 2020 pogrom, Mohammed Zubair, who became the emblem of hate violence in North East Delhi, continues to be in dire straits. L

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