Tablighi Jamaat: News
20 Dec 2022
National Investigation Agency (NIA)Amravati man's murderers are radicalized Islamists of Tablighi Jamaat: NIA
Probing the Amravati pharmacist's June murder, the National Investigation Agency (NIA), in its chargesheet, said the 11 accused in the case were "radicalized Islamists of Tablighi Jamaat."
29 Nov 2022
Delhi High CourtHC directs Delhi Police to return keys of Nizamuddin Markaz
The Delhi High Court on Monday rebuked the Delhi Police over the continuing restrictions at Tablighi Jamaat headquarters in Delhi's Nizamuddin since March 2020.
02 Sep 2021
Supreme Court Of IndiaCommunalizing news gives bad name to country, says Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Thursday slammed web portals for their attempts to give a communal color to news, saying these portals lack accountability.
19 Mar 2021
MaharashtraMBBS book that linked Tablighi event to COVID-19 outbreak withdrawn
A reference book for the second-year MBBS students in Maharashtra has been withdrawn after objections were raised over some parts of its contents that allegedly linked the congregation of Tablighi Jamaat (TJ) in New Delhi last year to the outbreak of coronavirus.
04 Jun 2020
Ministry Of Home AffairsTablighi Jamaat event: Over 2,200 foreigners banned for 10 years
More than 2,200 foreign nationals, who attended an event organized by Tablighi Jamaat in Delhi, were banned from traveling to India for 10 years, ANI reported on Thursday, citing sources.
03 May 2020
Yogi AdityanathHiding illness a crime, says Yogi Adityanath on Tablighi Jamaat
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday blamed the Islamic missionary group Tablighi Jamaat for the spread of the coronavirus in the state.
20 Apr 2020
KarnatakaCoronavirus: Unruly mob attacks health workers in Bengaluru, 59 arrested
A team of health workers and police personnel were attacked in West Bengaluru last evening when they had gone to quarantine dozens of people who had come in contact with three coronavirus patients.
17 Apr 2020
XI'm not Zaira Wasim: Babita Phogat, after tweets spark controversy
Wrestler Babita Phogat, who joined Bharatiya Janata Party in 2019, slammed her critics on Twitter this morning after one of her posts regarding Tablighi Jamaat sparked a controversy.
14 Apr 2020
Delhi PoliceTablighi Jamaat chief's quarantine period ends, to join probe
Maulana Saad Kandhalvi, the chief of Islamic sect Tablighi Jamaat, will join the probe related to the event which happened in New Delhi last month since his quarantine period has ended.
13 Apr 2020
West BengalCoronavirus: West Bengal is testing the least among Indian states
India is not testing as much as it should. For a population of over one billion, we tested merely 1,95,748 samples until yesterday, April 12.
11 Apr 2020
Delhi Disaster Management AuthorityCoronavirus: 52 evacuated from Delhi's Chandni Mahal mosques test positive
Delhi's Chandni Mahal locality has emerged as a containment zone after 52 out of 102 people who were evacuated from 13 mosques in the area tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
10 Apr 2020
Delhi PoliceCongress leader hid Nizamuddin visit; family tests positive for coronavirus
Delhi Police have booked a Congress leader, a former civic councilor, for hiding his visit to Nizamuddin Markaz, which became India's biggest coronavirus hotspot, last month.
09 Apr 2020
Delhi Police'Why didn't Delhi Police stop Tablighi Jamaat?' asks Maharashtra Minister
A day after he targeted the Union Home Ministry over the Tablighi Jamaat event, Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Thursday blamed the Delhi Police.
08 Apr 2020
Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)In 5 days, India's COVID-19 cases doubled to 5,000
In spite of a nationwide lockdown, the highly-contagious novel coronavirus continues to spread across India, sickening more and more people every day.
08 Apr 2020
UttarakhandJamaatis in hiding face attempt to murder charges in Uttarakhand
Sending a clear message that the administration will not let coronavirus infected persons put others at risk, the Uttarakhand police has booked two members of Tablighi Jamaat for attempt to murder after they hid their travel history.
07 Apr 2020
Yogi AdityanathDelhi: FIR against two Tablighis for defecating in quarantine center
In an utterly disgusting incident, two members of Tablighi Jamaat, the Islamic sect that turned out to be the super-spreader of coronavirus in India, defecated openly in a quarantine center in New Delhi's Narela, after which an FIR was registered against them on Saturday.
07 Apr 2020
Indian RailwaysRailways, shut for first-time, asked to build more isolation coaches
The coronavirus pandemic has put a monumental strain on India's healthcare system, which was never at par with that of the developed countries.
06 Apr 2020
IndiaIgnoring suggestions of clerics, Tablighi Jamaat chief organized 'super-spreader' event
An event of Tablighi Jamaat held in March 2020 became the reason India's coronavirus numbers spiked and now it has been learned that clerics advised Maulana Mohd. Saad Kandhalvi, the chief of the Islamic sect, to not hold the meet but he ignored their suggestions.
05 Apr 2020
TelanganaCoronavirus: India's death toll nears 100-mark; over 3,000 cases reported
In the last 24 hours, the number of cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) jumped by 525, the Ministry of Health confirmed. This is the largest single-day spike in coronavirus cases.
03 Apr 2020
IndiaEvery fourth coronavirus-case in India is linked to Tablighi Jamaat
For the maximum time in March, India was focusing on lockdown, isolating suspected coronavirus patients, and the plight of migrant workers. And then the repercussions of a congregation of Tablighi Jamaat came to light.
03 Apr 2020
Yogi AdityanathUP: Tablighi Jamaat members booked under NSA for vulgar conduct
Members of the Islamic group, Tablighi Jamaat, who misbehaved with nurses at a Ghaziabad Hospital, passed lewd comments and allegedly made obscene gestures face charges under the stringent National Security Act (NSA), reports said on Friday.
03 Apr 2020
GhaziabadGhaziabad: Tablighi Jamaat members kept in hospital roam naked
In a rather disgusting incident, members of Islamic group Tablighi Jamaat, who have been kept under observation in Ghaziabad, allegedly passed lewd comments at nurses and roamed about naked inside the medical facility, the Chief Medical Superintendent of the MMG District Hospital claimed in a letter to the Uttar Pradesh Police.
02 Apr 2020
MaharashtraCoronavirus: India's death toll crosses 70; 21 dead in Maharashtra
Even as India remains on lockdown, the number of cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) surged past 2,000 on Thursday.
02 Apr 2020
Hindustan TimesCoronavirus: 'Fatwa' issued saying hiding COVID-19 symptoms is a 'crime'
The Darul Uloom Firangi Mahal has issued a "fatwa" (decree) asking people to get tested for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and not hide their symptoms if they develop any.
02 Apr 2020
AR RahmanAmid Tablighi Jamaat row, AR Rahman speaks against religious congregations
After an Islamic religious event in Delhi emerged as a super-spreader of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the country, celebrated music composer and singer AR Rahman spoke against such congregations, in wake of the ongoing pandemic.
02 Apr 2020
IndiaJNU student threatens to cough on guard and spread coronavirus
In a shocking incident, a JNU student threatened to cough on a guard and spread coronavirus after he was allegedly not allowed to leave the campus due to the nationwide lockdown, Times Now reported on Thursday.
02 Apr 2020
TelanganaThings to know about Tablighi Jamaat chief Maulana Saad
An event organized by an Islamic group, Tablighi Jamaat, in March is giving sleepless nights to authorities as it became a coronavirus hotspot in the country. Possibly infected with COVID-19, the attendees traveled miles setting off fears of community transmission.
02 Apr 2020
Delhi PoliceTablighi Jamaat event put nearly 9,000 at coronavirus risk: Centre
The infamous event organized by Tablighi Jamaat in Nizamuddin, New Delhi, last month, has put nearly 9,000 at risk of the contagious coronavirus, the Union Home Ministry said on Wednesday.
01 Apr 2020
MumbaiCoronavirus: Dharavi man dies from COVID-19; death toll crosses 50
Over the past two days, the threat of the coronavirus pandemic has increased manifold.
01 Apr 2020
Delhi PoliceChief of Markaz Nizamuddin, named in FIR, untraceable
Maulana Saad Kandhalvi, the chief of Markaz Nizamuddin, where Tablighi Jamaat hosted an event for several days last month is untraceable, reports said on Wednesday.
01 Apr 2020
Delhi PoliceCoronavirus: Amit Shah knew about Nizamuddin Markaz' hazard, didn't act
Late last month, when the leadership of Nizamuddin Markaz turned a deaf ear to the pleas of Delhi Police to vacate the area despite the health risk it posed, National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval was sent to the spot at 2 am by Union Home Minister Amit Shah to get the job done, reports HT.
01 Apr 2020
TelanganaCoronavirus hotspot: 2,361 evacuated from Nizamuddin Markaz, contact tracing on
2,361 people, who had been living in Nizamuddin Markaz, the place that has become the hotspot of deadly COVID-19 in India, have been evacuated, reports said on Wednesday.
31 Mar 2020
TelanganaNizamuddin mosque meet could be India's super-spreader? A timeline
A spike in India's coronavirus cases has been linked to an event held in Nizamuddin, Delhi, earlier this month, and authorities are scrambling to trace possible suspects.
30 Mar 2020
Delhi PoliceCoronavirus: 300 attendees to be tested after Delhi mosque event
Over 300 people in Delhi's Nizamuddin were taken to different hospitals on Monday to be tested for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
