Language is not religion and to consider Urdu as a language of Muslims is a “pitiable digression” from reality and unity in diversity, the Supreme Court has said while rejecting a petition challenging use of Urdu on the nameboard of municipal council

Yakub Habeebuddin Tucy, who claims to be a descendant of the last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar, has written to United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres seeking to ensure the protection of Aurangzeb’s tomb in Shambhaji Nagar.

The Bengali-speaking indigenous Muslims in the district have traditionally and historically been a tool for “consolidation of block votes” not only for Mamata Banerjee, but for Congress and the CPM.