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Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray sends 'chadar' to Ajmer Sharif dargah

Mumbai: Shiv Sena Chief Uddhav Thackeray along with party leaders presented a 'chadar' to be offered at the Ajmer Sharif dargah in Rajasthan as part of the 813th yearly Urs of Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti. The Ajmer Sharif Dargah is a Sufi shrine of the revered Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, located at Ajmer in Rajasthan. This statement follows after a …

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3 weeks, 1 day ago

HistoriCity| Ajmer dargah: Where a Mughal Princess gave up her Comforts

Hindustan Times

If there’s one religious shrine in India that embodies the pluralistic culture of this land it is the mausoleum of Sufi saint Khwaja Moiunddin Chishti in Ajmer. Quoting Nizamudding Auliya, the great Sufi saint of 13th century Delhi, S A A Rizvi writes in the History of Sufism in India, “The Sultanu’l-Masha’ikh believed that when Khwaja Muinu’d-Din reached Ajmer, India …

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3 weeks, 5 days ago

Who is Hindu Sena chief Vishnu Gupta, who claims there was a temple at the Ajmer Dargah?

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A local court in Ajmer on Wednesday admitted a petition seeking a physical survey of the Ajmer Sharif Dargah, the shrine of the revered Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti. The petition was filed by Hindu Sena chief Vishnu Gupta, who claimed that the renowned dargah was originally a Lord Shiva temple Vishnu Gupta and his group have also been the …

India Delhi Court Sufi Hindu Survey Dargah

3 weeks, 6 days ago

Was Ajmer Dargah a Shiva temple? What books, Hindu lawyer's evidence suggest

India Today

A court in Ajmer on Wednesday issued notices to the Union Minority Affairs Ministry, the Archaeological Survey of India, and the Ajmer Dargah Committee seeking their response to a petition that sought a physical survey of the renowned Dargah Sharif. In his petition, Gupta also demanded that the Ajmer Dargah be declared the 'Sankat Mochan Mahadev Temple' and called for …

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3 weeks, 6 days ago

Rajasthan Court Issues Notices On Suit Claiming A Shiva Temple Lies Beneath Ajmer Sharif Dargah

Live Law

A court in Rajasthan's Ajmer district today issued notice to the Archaeological Survey of India, Union Ministry of Minority Affairs and the Ajmer Dargah Committee in a civil suit filed by Hindu Sena President Vishnu Gupta claiming that the Ajmer Dargah was built over the remains of a Shiva temple. Gupta's suit filed through advocate Shashi Ranjan Kumar Singh seeks …

Hindu Muslim Dargah Suit Gupta Temple Shiva

3 weeks, 6 days ago

Rajasthan: Court accepts petition claiming that Ajmer Sharif Dargah is a Hindu temple

Op India

A court in Rajasthan Ajmer has agreed to hear a petition claiming that Ajmer Sharif Dargah is a Hindu temple. The petition filed by Hindu Sena claiming that the mausoleum of Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti is Shiva temple has been accepted by a lower court in Ajmer. The Hindu Sena in September filed a petition at the Ajmer civil …

India Court Sena Hindu Dargah Temple Petition

11 months, 3 weeks ago

New Year pilgrimage: Devotees throng Ajmer's Sufi shrine for spiritual harmony

Hindustan Times

A large number of devotees visited the shrine of Khwaja Garib Nawaz in Ajmer on the first day of the New Year. The shrine was built in memory of Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti, which is a typical Sufi shrine that sees a horde of pilgrims from all over the world experience divine peace. The shrine of Mu'in al-Din Chishti or Moinuddin …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Can Pakistan’s Law on Transgender Rights Survive?

The Diplomat

While Pakistan and its mainstream media remained engulfed in a political fire fueled by former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s arrest on May 9, the Federal Shariat Court released its verdict on a petition filed against the landmark Transgender Persons Act 2018. On May 19, the FSC announced its verdict striking down core sections of the Transgender Persons Act 2018 – …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Karan Thapar slams India for not having a generous visa regime for Pakistanis

Op India

Karan Thapar wants India to make the visa regime for Pakistanis easy and smooth. Proud democracies should distribute visas Karan Thapar in his recent Hindustan Times article says that India is “nasty” toward Pakistanis. Karan says ” Should we allow our neighbour’s behaviour to set the standard for our own?” Ironically, Karan goes on to cite Akhand Bharat or Greater …

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1 year, 9 months ago

IND vs AUS 4th Test, Day 1: Powered by Usman Khwaja's gritty ton Australia grinds hosts India

India TV News

IND vs AUS 4th Test, Day 1: Australia after their resounding victory in Indore have started the Ahmedabad Test on a high. Steve Smith and Usman Khwaja came to Australia's rescue and added 79 runs for the third wicket. At the close of the day's play, Khwaja has remained unbeaten on 104 off 251 deliveries and Australia's hopes to score …

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1 year, 11 months ago

ICC Latest Rankings: Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Usman Khwaja make notable gains | READ

India TV News

ICC Latest Rankings: Earlier today the International Cricket Council announced the latest rankings and it has brought in some very good news for the Indian and the Aussie batters. Australian left-handed batter Usman Khwaja made huge gains owing to his stellar ton against South Africa in the third Test match in Sydney. It was not only Khwaja who made huge …

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2 years, 4 months ago

AMU celebrates its role in the Freedom Movement

The Hindu

Commemorating the contribution of Aligarh Muslim University in the Freedom Movement, AMU Vice-Chancellor Professor Tariq Mansoor will inaugurate a special gallery in the iconic Maulana Azad Library on August 15. Apart from stalwarts like Raja Mahendra Pratap, Maulana Hasrat Mohani, Maulana Mohammad Ali Jauhar and Abdul Majeed Khwaja, who dedicated their life for Independence, Prof. Mansoor underlined the university had …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Opinion | In the name of Khwaja, Muslims must unite and stop this dangerous trend

India TV News

Rajasthan Police has arrested Salman Chishti, the ‘khadim’ of famous Ajmer Sharif shrine, for publicly offering a reward to the person who beheads Nupur Sharma for her objectionable remark against Prophet Mohammad. There was another ‘khadim’ Gauhar Chishti who made a similar video on June 17 calling people to behead Nupur Sharma. He was addressing a crowd near Nizam Gate …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Hindu outfit claims Ajmer shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti was temple

India TV News

Highlights Hindu outfit has demanded survey of Ajmer shrine by ASI Maharana Pratap Sena claimed Hindu symbols were present on walls, windows of shrine Mausoleum secretary Wahid Hussain Chisti dubbed the claim an attempt to disturb communal harmony Claiming the mausoleum of Sufi saint Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer was once a temple, a Hindu outfit has demanded a survey of …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Meet the Khwaja Sira: Pakistan’s Transgender Community

The Diplomat

It took Dr. Sarah Gill more than a decade to fulfill her dream of becoming a doctor, which generally is a five-year journey for students enrolled in an Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery degree in Pakistan. She had to constantly battle the discrimination faced by the transgender community in Pakistan, known as the Khwaja Sira in South Asian circles. …

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2 years, 9 months ago

Khwaja Yunus custodial death case: Bombay HC asks mother to suggest names for Special Public Prosecutor appointment

India Today

With a view to resuming the trial of Khwaja Yunus, an accused in the 2002 Bombay blast case in suburban Ghatkopar, the Bombay High Court on Tuesday asked Yunus' mother, Asiya Begum, to suggest names of counsel who could be appointed as Special Public Prosecutor. A division bench of justices PB Varale and SM Modak asked Begam's counsel Mihir Desai …

Mumbai Trial Court Names Desai Bombay Yunus

2 years, 10 months ago

UP polls: BSP fields Khwaja Samsuddin against CM Yogi from Gorakhpur

India Today

The Bahujan Samaj Party on Saturday released a list of 54 candidates for the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. The party has fielded a Muslim candidate, Khwaja Samsuddin against Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath from Gorakhpur Urban constituency. Khwaja Samsuddin also contested the councillor elections in the year 2000 from the party symbol. According to Ashok Siddharth, chief sector in charge …

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3 years, 3 months ago

Khwaja Yunus Custodial Death Case Against Sachin Waze: Maharashtra Govt. Undertakes Not To Appoint New Special Public Prosecutor Till October 14

Live Law

Following a nudge from the Bombay High Court on Wednesday, the Maharashtra Government agreed not to appoint another Special Public Prosecutor in the 2003 custodial death case of Khwaja Yunus, till October 14. However, the court said that it is only right that the State's earlier statement - not to appoint another SPP- will continue till then. After a while, …

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3 years, 3 months ago

KBC 13 Episode 16 Written Update: Big B recalls a qissa from audition of his debut film Saat Hindustani

India Today

Amitabh Bachchan began this week's episode of Kaun Banega Crorepati 13 chanting Lord Ganesha's name. During the episode, Big B recalled the time when the director of his first film Saat Hindustani, Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, had thought that he eloped from his home to join the film industry. She got a question related to Amitabh Bachchan's debut film Saat Hindustani. …

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3 years, 3 months ago

The last US plane has departed Kabul, so what now for the people of Afghanistan?

ABC

After the last American plane left Kabul, the city's skyline lit up with gunfire — a Taliban celebration of the "complete independence" they have achieved over Afghanistan. Key points: A financial and humanitarian crisis is gripping Afghanistan As the last US flight left, citizens of Kabul were left feeling betrayed, while several women told the ABC they were in imminent …

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3 years, 3 months ago

As many as 5 rockets were fired on Kabul airport, says US official

CNN

CNN — As many as five rockets were fired at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on Monday local time, a US official told CNN. Khwaja Tawfiq Sediqi/AP The rocket strike comes just days after two suicide bomb attacks at the airport killed more than 170 people, including 13 American service members. On Saturday, US President Joe Biden warned …

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3 years, 4 months ago

Mumbai court pulls up Maharashtra CID for delay in probing Khwaja Yunus custodial death case

India Today

A sessions court in Mumbai has pulled up the Maharashtra CID for its failure to timely investigate the alleged custodial death of Khwaja Yunus that took place in 2003. The court said so far only one witness has deposed in this case, while the victim’s mother has been running from pillar to post to get justice. He was in the …

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3 years, 9 months ago

The custodial death of Khwaja Yunus: Sachin Vaze's role and a case that is pending since 2003

Op India

Sachin Vaze, the Mumbai Police officer who has been making headlines since he was reinstated in 2020 in Mumbai Police, has a ‘tainted’ record at service. Popular as an encounter specialist, Vaze’s name was involved in Khwaja Yunus death case, which was picked in connection to a 2002 bomb blast. It has been almost two decades since Yunus allegedly died …

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3 years, 9 months ago

Sachin Vaze: From TRP case to Hrithik-Kangana spat, arrested cop has a long history

India Today

Mumbai Police assistant inspector Sachin Vaze, who has been arrested by NIA in the Ambani bomb scare case, is not new to controversies. Arnab Goswami to Hrithik Roshan During his tenure as the head of the Criminal Intelligence Unit of the Mumbai crime branch, Sachin Vaze was handling high-profile cases, including the TRP rigging scam in which he arrested a …

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Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray sends 'chadar' to Ajmer Sharif dargah

HistoriCity| Ajmer dargah: Where a Mughal Princess gave up her Comforts

Who is Hindu Sena chief Vishnu Gupta, who claims there was a temple at the Ajmer Dargah?

Was Ajmer Dargah a Shiva temple? What books, Hindu lawyer's evidence suggest

Rajasthan Court Issues Notices On Suit Claiming A Shiva Temple Lies Beneath Ajmer Sharif Dargah

Rajasthan: Court accepts petition claiming that Ajmer Sharif Dargah is a Hindu temple

New Year pilgrimage: Devotees throng Ajmer's Sufi shrine for spiritual harmony

Can Pakistan’s Law on Transgender Rights Survive?

Karan Thapar slams India for not having a generous visa regime for Pakistanis

IND vs AUS 4th Test, Day 1: Powered by Usman Khwaja's gritty ton Australia grinds hosts India

ICC Latest Rankings: Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma and Usman Khwaja make notable gains | READ

AMU celebrates its role in the Freedom Movement

Opinion | In the name of Khwaja, Muslims must unite and stop this dangerous trend

Hindu outfit claims Ajmer shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti was temple

Meet the Khwaja Sira: Pakistan’s Transgender Community

Khwaja Yunus custodial death case: Bombay HC asks mother to suggest names for Special Public Prosecutor appointment

UP polls: BSP fields Khwaja Samsuddin against CM Yogi from Gorakhpur

Khwaja Yunus Custodial Death Case Against Sachin Waze: Maharashtra Govt. Undertakes Not To Appoint New Special Public Prosecutor Till October 14

KBC 13 Episode 16 Written Update: Big B recalls a qissa from audition of his debut film Saat Hindustani

The last US plane has departed Kabul, so what now for the people of Afghanistan?

As many as 5 rockets were fired on Kabul airport, says US official

Mumbai court pulls up Maharashtra CID for delay in probing Khwaja Yunus custodial death case

The custodial death of Khwaja Yunus: Sachin Vaze's role and a case that is pending since 2003

Sachin Vaze: From TRP case to Hrithik-Kangana spat, arrested cop has a long history