Wednesday, Oct 05, 2022
Dec 16, 2021 Outlook Web Desk Vishva Hindu Parishad demanded that authorities "crackdown on institutions and organizations like Darul Uloom Deoband and PFI (Popular Front of India) that give direct or indirect nourishment to Tablighis, Tablighi Jamaat and Ijtema".
Dec 13, 2021 PTI In an unprecedented move, Darul Uloom Deoband, a renowned Islamic Seminary in Uttar Pradesh has criticised the Saudi Government. The country has recently banned Tablighi Jamaat calling it a 'danger to society'.
The Delhi High Court today allowed people to offer prayers five times a day on the first floor of the Nizamuddin Markaz, but subject to disaster management rules.
Apr 12, 2021 Outlook Web Bureau The petition filed by the board sought the opening of the Nizamuddin Markaz where the Tablighi Jamaat congregation was held last year amid the Covid-19 pandemic and has been locked since March 2020.
OCI citizens are of Indian origin, however, they are foreign passport holders and are not citizens of India.
The top court asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, whether protesting farmers are protected from Covid-19.
Earlier, the court had discharged eight other foreign nationals due to absence of credible evidence against them.
Among other things, an inclusive and accessible interfaith ecosystem could help us check the pandemic’s surge.
The bench asked the Centre to file a fresh affidavit dealing with mechanism to regulate electronic media under the Cable TV Network Act.
205 FIRs have been lodged against foreign Tablighi Jamaat members by 11 states and 2,765 such foreigners have been blacklisted so far: Affidavit
A case was registered under IPC Sections 188, 269 and 270 against 20 foreign nationals who took part in a Tablighi Jamaat event earlier this year.
The Supreme Court sought an affidavit from the I&B secretary with details of steps taken in the past to stop motivated media reporting in such cases.
As Tablighis came under the scanner of the government post lockdown in India for allegedly ' spreading the coronavirus intentionally', journalist and noted author, Ziya Us Salam pens down a topical book on the history and evolution of this Jamaat. The book is being published by Harper Collins India.
Through their resilience, coping strategies, compassion and efforts to build a more inclusive society, minorities have a lot to teach us if we are willing to listen.
The MEA said the ministry has been actively facilitating their consular access, deletion of lookout circulars and smooth repatriation to their respective countries.
Last week, the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court had quashed similar FIRs filed against 29 other foreign nationals who had visited Maharashtra after the Delhi event.
A bench comprising justices A M Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and Sanjiv Khanna asked the state government to respond to the plea and posted the matter for hearing on Monday.
The bench also noted that while the Maharashtra police acted mechanically in the case, the state government acted under 'political compulsion'.
A farmer sits near his red chillies at a deserted APMC market, during the weekend curfew imposed by the Karnataka government to curb the spread of COVID-19, in Hubballi.
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Delhi Chief Minister & AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal being welcomed by women supporters during his door-to-door campaign ahead of the Goa Assembly elections, in Goa.
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A health worker collects swab sample of a woman for COVID-19 test, amid concerns over rising Omicron cases, in Gurugram.
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Traffic jam on a road at Shalimar Bagh during the weekend curfew imposed by the Delhi government to curb the spread of Covid-19, in New Delhi.
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The Lajpat Nagar market wears a deserted look during the weekend curfew imposed by the Delhi government to curb the spread of Covid-19, in New Delhi.
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He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
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