Rush Hour: HC refuses to quash FIR against Mohammed Zubair, SC criticises ED in Tasmac case and more

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The Allahabad High Court has refused to quash a first information report against Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair in a case related to a social media post about Hindutva supremacist Yati Narsinghanand. The bench, however, permitted the interim protection from arrest granted to Zubair in December to continue till the filing of the chargesheet in the case.

The Alt News co-founder was booked on October 7 for allegedly promoting enmity between religious groups with a post about Narsinghanand. The priest of the Dasna Devi temple in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad, Narsinghanand reportedly made a derogatory comment about Prophet Muhammad during a lecture on September 29, sparking protests by Muslim groups in several cities.

On October 3, Zubair had shared a purported video of the speech on the social media platform X and demanded legal action against Narsinghanand. Read on

All foreign nationals staying illegally in India, whether from Bangladesh or any other country, will be dealt as per law, New Delhi has said. This came amid reports that Indian authorities had forced persons, including Rohingya refugees, into Bangladesh and Myanmar.

India’s Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that there were...

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