Nashik, May 11 (IANS) Nida Khan, one of the key accused in the high-profile Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)-linked sexual harassment and alleged religious conversion case, was on Monday remanded to 14-day judicial custody by the Nashik Court.Following the court’s order, Khan was sent to Nashik Road Central Jail. She had earlier been in police custody, during which she was questioned extensively regarding several aspects of the case.Khan was produced before the court after the expiry of her pol…
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Mumbai, May 11 (IANS) The residence where Nida Khan, a key accused in the TCS religious conversion case, found shelter for over a month, is set to face demolition in a day or two, said Maharashtra Minister Sanjay Shirsat on Monday.Nida Khan, a woman employee at the software firm’s Nashik unit, was in hiding for over a month after the forced conversion scandal came to light, which shook the nation. She was recently apprehended from a house, purportedly belonging to the AIMIM corporator.The Maha…
New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) When the Election Commission of India confirmed a record-breaking final voter turnout of 92.47% across two phases, representing the highest-ever poll participation in West Bengal since Independence, surpassing the previous record of 84.72% set in 2011, this figure is not merely a statistical achievement. It is a declaration of democratic will by a population that had been systematically suppressed, intimidated, and taken for granted at the polls for generations. In previ…
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) Political leaders across parties reacted sharply on Friday after AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi remarked that “Vande Mataram” cannot be treated on par with the national anthem, triggering a fresh political debate over nationalism, religion, and constitutional values.Owaisi, in a post on social media platform X, said, “Vande Mataram is an ode to a goddess. It cannot be treated on par with the national anthem. ‘Jana Gana Mana’ celebrates India and its people, not a particular…
Begusarai, May 8 (IANS) Union Minister and veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Giriraj Singh on Friday lashed out at Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi, saying the Congress should be renamed as “Muslim-Maoist Party” as Singh claimed that majority of its winning candidates in the Assam Assembly polls are Muslims.”Since Rahul Gandhi came to power, the Congress party is no longer the same; it has become a Maoist-Muslim Congress,” the Union Minister told reporters in Bihar’s B…
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) Amid the concerns and objections raised by the Opposition over putting Vande Mataram (national song) on the same footing with Jana Gana Mana (national anthem), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday refuted the volley of charges as “untenable and unjustifiable”.It said that attempts to portray Vande Mataram as “exclusionary or unconstitutional” were an intellectually dishonest and historically selective move.BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya took to X to issue a …
Hyderabad, May 5 (IANS) AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi said on Tuesday that Muslims in India should develop their independent political leadership to become citizens with rights, instead of being mere voters for “so-called secular parties”.Reacting to the results of the Assembly elections, especially in West Bengal and Assam, the Hyderabad MP told media persons here that the “so-called secular parties” have failed to stop the BJP.“I want to reiterate that Muslims should try to create their o…
Gandhinagar, April 26 (IANS) Polling for Gujarat’s local body elections concluded at 6 p.m. on Sunday, with turnout figures indicating moderate participation across the state’s urban and rural local bodies.According to the data, the overall voter turnout stood at 57.14 per cent.Among the different tiers, taluka panchayats recorded the highest turnout at 61.22 per cent, followed by district panchayats at 60.66 per cent and municipalities at 58.12 per cent.Municipal corporations registered a compa…
Mumbai, April 19 (IANS) Waris Pathan, an AIMIM leader and former Maharashtra MLA, has alleged that his social media account was hacked and that he was threatened with the circulation of morphed private photographs unless he paid Rs 5 lakh, officials said on Sunday. According to the Worli Police, a case has been registered, and an investigation is underway.The officials said that Pathan, who is also a national spokesperson of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen, subsequently received a ran…
New Delhi/Hyderabad, April 18 (IANS) AIMIM president and Lok Sabha MP Asaduddin Owaisi has written to the Consul General of India in Dubai, seeking urgent assistance for the repatriation of the mortal remains of a Hyderabad resident who died under unclear circumstances in the UAE.In a letter dated April 17, Owaisi urged the Indian mission to intervene in the case of Mohammed Arief Ahmed, an Indian national from his constituency, who had travelled to Dubai for employment and passed away there.Acc…