Hyderabad, May 15 (IANS) All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) President Asaduddin Owaisi said on Friday that Madhya Pradesh High Court order declaring the Bhojshala-Kamal Maula mosque complex as a temple is similar to the Supreme Court judgement in Babri Masjid case. Terming the judgement of the High Court ‘erroneous’, the Hyderabad MP said the court overlooked several basic facts.Owaisi told a press conference on Friday that this court judgement has also been delivered on the basis of…
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New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) All political parties are fearful of losing votes of the majority community, while those of minorities are being taken for granted in today’s increasingly polarised political landscape, said Mohammad Adeeb, a former Parliamentarian and noted politician. In a special interaction with IANS, the former RS MP said, “Every political party has become solely focused on ensuring that the Hindu vote base does not drift away.”On questions of whether the community could rely …
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) The Opposition leaders on Tuesday claimed involvement of “mafia” or “influential people” in the NEET-UG paper leak. They said that the BJP-led Centre should be answerable to the lakhs of students and their parents who put in their years of hard work and money to prepare for the medical exam.The Opposition’s response came after the National Testing Agency (NTA) cancelled the NEET-UG 2026 examination conducted on May 3 and announced that the exam would be re-conducted on d…
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 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…
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday criticised a fresh circular issued by the Haj Committee of India that asks pilgrims to pay an additional Rs 10,000 as differential airfare, citing the ongoing crisis in West Asia, and demanded that the directive be withdrawn with refunds issued to those affected.He pointed out that the extra charge is being imposed after an amount of Rs 90,844 per pilgrim has already been collected from those departing from Mumbai, raising conce…
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…