Lucknow Muslim Family

A week after a new ordinance by the Uttar Pradesh government to stop unlawful conversion became law, the police in state capital Lucknow stopped a wedding ceremony between a Hindu woman and a Muslim man, citing the ordinance.

A Muslim family in Lucknow has been celebrating Ramlila for the last three generations. Mohammad Sabir Khan, the eldest member of the family and director of the grand event said, he has been participating in it for over four decades.

The Uttar Pradesh government has denied receiving any information from the Intelligence Bureau (IB) regarding Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi's claim that young Muslim men whose families were affected in the Muzaffarnagar communal riots have been contacted by Pakistani agencies who want to recruit them to work against India.

Naseem Khan is satisfied with the modest earnings from his small tailoring shop. But every year around Dusshera, Khan turns slightly worried. He starts accepting orders in bulk to raise his income, not for his family, but for raising funds for organising Ramlila: the mythological play based on the Hindu epic Ramayana.

A Bahujan Samaj Party (BJP) legislator was booked on Saturday, along with three members of his family for knocking down a Muslim cleric with his car in Uttar Pradesh, police said.

A week after a new ordinance by the Uttar Pradesh government to stop unlawful conversion became law, the police in state capital Lucknow stopped a wedding ceremony between a Hindu woman and a Muslim man, citing the ordinance.

A Muslim family in Lucknow has been celebrating Ramlila for the last three generations. Mohammad Sabir Khan, the eldest member of the family and director of the grand event said, he has been participating in it for over four decades.

The Uttar Pradesh government has denied receiving any information from the Intelligence Bureau (IB) regarding Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi's claim that young Muslim men whose families were affected in the Muzaffarnagar communal riots have been contacted by Pakistani agencies who want to recruit them to work against India.

Naseem Khan is satisfied with the modest earnings from his small tailoring shop. But every year around Dusshera, Khan turns slightly worried. He starts accepting orders in bulk to raise his income, not for his family, but for raising funds for organising Ramlila: the mythological play based on the Hindu epic Ramayana.

A Bahujan Samaj Party (BJP) legislator was booked on Saturday, along with three members of his family for knocking down a Muslim cleric with his car in Uttar Pradesh, police said.