News That Matters To Indian Muslims - Issue #44

The Congress on Wednesday appointed MPs Syed Naseer Hussain and Chhaya Verma as its whips in the Rajya Sabha, a party statement said.

A court in Delhi on Wednesday granted bail to BJP leader and Supreme Court lawyer Ashwini Upadhyay a day after he was arrested for organising a rally in Delhi’s Jantar Mantar, where genocidal threats calling for the killing of Muslims were shouted by mobs.

A Hindu extremist group called Kranti Sena on Tuesday carried out a march in the main markets of Muzaffarnagar threatening Hindu shop owners against employing Muslims. The outfit threatened shops to not employ Muslim Mehendi artists and barbers on the occasion of Hartalika Teej, a Hindu festival.

Representatives of about 14 organizations, including women’s organisations and civil rights organizations have filed a complaint with the Director-General of Police in Bengaluru against the communal hate speech of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Sharan Pumpwell. 

Mangaluru police took Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) Mangaluru divisional secretary Sharan Pumpwell and other Hindutva organisations members into custody after they attempted to storm the house of former MLA and poet late B.M. Idinabba in Ullal on Wednesday.