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Don’t let the Amritpal saga damage the future of Punjab
The radical preacher’s sudden appearance, alleged ties to Pakistan, dramatic escape, and video leaks raise unanswered questions.
Published on Mar 31, 2023 09:44 PM IST
Ayodhya verdict: How RSS prepared for Supreme Court judgment
The Sangh, which is the ideological fountainhead of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, welcomed the SC’s verdict on Saturday to hand over the disputed land in Ayodhya to the Hindus.
Updated on Nov 09, 2019 02:22 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Smriti Kak Ramachandran
Transgender people hope for SC intervention
The 2011 census puts the number of transgender persons in Assam at 11,374 but activists say the actual number is many folds higher.
Updated on Sep 05, 2019 12:15 AM IST
Guwahati | Dhrubo Jyoti
Thakor community bans cellphones for unmarried women in Gujarat villages
The diktat was passed “unanimously” in a meeting on July 14 by elders of the community from 12 villages in the district’s Dantiwada taluka, a leader from the community said Tuesday.
Updated on Jul 17, 2019 10:23 AM IST
Palanpur | Press Trust of India
Palestinians: 15 injured in clashes with Israeli police
Mohammed Abu Homus, a community leader, say the family is demanding an autopsy. The family has also asked a court to order the release of Obeid’s body.
Updated on Jun 30, 2019 07:28 PM IST
JERUSALEM | Associated Press
Maratha reservation judgment may kindle fresh quota stirs by other communities
Community leaders claimed the Bombay HC order will revive their agitations seeking reservation, and put pressure on their respective state governments to meet their demand.
Published on Jun 28, 2019 11:10 AM IST
Jaipur/Chandigarh/Ahmedabad | HT Correspondents
2019 Lok Sabha polls: In Mumbai’s BJP stronghold, Urmila Matondkar reaches out to Gujaratis
Urmila Matondkar, Congress’s star candidate in Mumbai North, is reaching out to the Gujarati community in the constituency. Over the past week, the actress has met several community leaders, women groups and traders in the constituency to get their support.
Updated on Apr 05, 2019 08:26 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Ankita Bhatkhande, Mumbai
The decades-old dispute over Jain guru worship
Followers of Shwetamber Tapgachha said they believe in the performance of Navangi Pooja of their living monks and observance of certain rituals, which they were prevented from doing by a temple trust run by another sect
Updated on Dec 23, 2018 11:23 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Manoj R Nair
Kerala ignored sentiments while implementing Sabarimala verdict, says RSS
The RSS also called upon all the stakeholders including spiritual and community leaders to come together to analyse and address the issue availing judicial options also.
Updated on Oct 03, 2018 08:24 PM IST
Silent to violent: Have Maratha leaders lost control of protests?
Splinter groups in Navi Mumbai showed that the community leaders may not have their followers under control; the incidents forced Maratha Kranti Morcha to call off the bandh in Mumbai.
Updated on Jul 26, 2018 12:17 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Surendra P Gangan, Mumbai
‘Unexplained’ killings of community leaders sow fear inside Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh
Earlier, Bangladesh police and aid workers had blamed violence in refugee camps on a struggle for control of supplies to the camps. On the recent killings, police said intelligence received so far suggested several of them were due to personal disputes.
Updated on Jul 05, 2018 01:29 PM IST
Cox's Bazar/Dhaka (Bangladesh) | Reuters
Ensure sex workers in India have access to sexual reproductive health services
We must ensure that every woman receives SRH services she needs — without being shamed or judged. No country will be fully developed unless all its women are safe and healthy
Published on Jun 08, 2018 12:02 PM IST
Sonal Mehta and Shamnu Rao
Indian-origin girl killed in botched carjacking in South Africa
Sadia Sukhraj, a grade four student from Chatsworth, was on her way to school with her father on Monday when three armed men allegedly accosted their car.
Updated on May 29, 2018 03:19 PM IST
Press Trust of India, Johannesburg | Press Trust of India
Rajputs warn of ‘remove BJP’ stir in Rajasthan
For a state where caste and community are the cornerstones of votebank politics, task seems to be cut out for Vasundhara Raje-led BJP government ahead of the assembly polls scheduled in Rajasthan later this year.
Published on May 08, 2018 10:27 PM IST
Hindustan Times | HT Correspondent
Pakistan’s Ahmadi community faces persecution, hate crime: Report
In Pakistan, Ahmadis are forbidden from calling themselves Muslims or using Islamic symbols in their religious practices.
Updated on Apr 28, 2018 10:28 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Islamabad | Imtiaz Ahmad