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The Siddaramaiah administration is considering a proposal to give Muslims preference in public contracts for building (civil) projects worth up to Rs 1 crore. If the plan is approved, Karnataka will receive a 47% quota in government bids.

Muzzammil Ayyub Thakur will speak for the motion 'This House Believes in the Independent State of Kashmir' at the Oxford Union.

Notably, while our report mentions that the man accused of violating women is Rafiq alias Ali Khan, the media, in reporting on this case, refers to him as a 'Tantrik' and uses terms like tantra-mantra. Apart from that, it has written Bengali Baba in the headline leaving the readers in the impression that the arrested accused is a Hindu 'baba' and conveniently covering up his Muslim identity.

ABVP staged a protest on the issue in Bhopal and warned that such incidents would not be tolerated under the rule of CM Mohan Yadav.

Hindu activists have given a memorandum to the district authorities and asked them to address the issue of a stepwell being converted into a mazar.

Justice Sanjiv Khanna has ruled in favour of the Modi government over the abrogation of Article 370 and against it in the electoral bond case.

Several Hindu organisations' activists accused the organisers of the event of luring Hindu men and women to convert to Christianity with promises of financial and health benefits. Over 100 people, including women and children, were present at the event where alleged forced conversion was taking place in Raigarh.

The Haridwar district administration has also invited MLAs to the Deepotsav program including Congress MLA from Piran Kaliyar Furqan Ahmed, BSP MLA from Laksar Mohammad Shahzad, and Congress MLA from Mangalore Qazi Nizamuddin.

Reportedly, one of the accused, Lokesh, had earlier served as a district vice president for Chandrashekhar Azad's Azad Samaj Party in Muzaffarnagar.

Congress leader Kamru Zzaman Choudhury's suggestion to sell temple gold for clearing India's debt during a debate has triggered controversy, prompting sharp criticism.