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Netizens took to social media recently to express their shock at the decision of the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), the premier educational body that prepares and publishes textbooks used by schools across India, to include a chapter written by far-left ‘activist’ and Anti-Hindu Delhi riots accused Harsh Mander.

Amid the ongoing halal row in the state of Karnataka where some Hindu organizations have launched a nationwide campaign demanding a ban on Halal products, a petitioner has knocked on the doors of the Karnataka High Court seeking directions to not impose any restrictions upon the Muslim meat traders.

In a major blow to imprisoned Samajwadi Party MP Azam Khan, the Uttar Pradesh Shia Central Waqf Board has seized several waqf properties from him and handed them over to Rampur’s royal family.

On February 12, lifestyle and entertainment magazine Filmfare shared a video of a toddler who recreated Gangubai Kathiawadi look where Alia Bhatt played the role of a madame sexually assaulted by the mafia. Filmfare wrote, “Knocked it out the park! How amazing is this recreation of Alia Bhatt’s scene in Gangubai Kathiawadi?”

While the ban on hijab in educational institutions in Karnataka, which has erupted into a full-fledged controversy in the country, is only about adhering to basic school uniform requirements, a segment of the leftist intelligentsia and Islamists have cleverly misconstrued it to peddle their anti-Hindu agenda. On February 15 (Tuesday), one Naomi Barton who identifies herself as an ‘Audience Editor’ with leftist propaganda website The Wire used the ongoing controversy to openly incite violence against Hindus.

On February 14, during an interview with news agency ANI, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath gave a warning to those dreaming of ‘ghazwa-e-hind’.

Candle marches were organized in various cities of Jharkhand in protest of Rupesh Pandey’s murder by Islamists during Saraswati Visarjan. 17-year old Rupesh Pandey was lynched by a mob of Islamists in the middle of a ruckus that emerged when a Saraswati Visarjan procession was passing from Lakhna Dulmaha Imambada of the Nai Taand village in Hazaribagh.

In response to media queries on India’s reaction to comments by some of the countries on the ongoing hijab controversy in Karnataka, the official spokesperson of the Foreign Ministry, Arindam Bagchi has curtly stated that India does not welcome motivated comment on its internal issues.

After Pakistan attempted to milk the Hijab controversy, the United States of America has decided to meddle into India’s internal affairs by putting misleading information regarding the ongoing Hijab controversy in the country.

A crime report has been registered against 27 accused Muslims and 100 other unknowns in the Rupesh Pandey murder case in Hazaribagh on 8th February 2022. Manish Jaiswal, BJP MLA of Hazaribagh city has come forward in support of the victim’s family and is continuously raising this issue from his Twitter account.