Asaduddin Owaisi

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27 Oct 2022 12:10 AM

Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi. (PTI file image)

Owaisi rejects Z category security a day after attack

Home ministry officials said the AIMIM chief's threat perception was assessed afresh after Thursday evening’s incident

05 Feb 2022 8:21 AM

Owaisi shared picture of the bullet marks on his car. (Photo: Twitter/@asadowaisi)

Owaisi fired upon on way to Delhi from UP; escapes unhurt

No one was injured in the incident that took place at about 6 pm

04 Feb 2022 12:54 AM

AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi (Twitter@farhazkhanAIMIM)

Afghanistan's takeover by Taliban will benefit Pakistan, harm India: Owaisi

Owaisi was talking to reporters on the occasion of former MP Atiq Ahmad and his wife joining AIMIM

07 Sep 2021 8:56 PM

Referring to the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, Owaisi demanded that the Centre clarify whether it would re-designate 100 Taliban leaders who have been labelled as terrorists by the United Nations. — ANI

Maharashtra: Scores of Congress, NCP activists join AIMIM

Owaisi declared that AIMIM will contest all the upcoming municipal corporation polls in Maharashtra and register decent victories

29 Aug 2021 11:57 PM

Owaisi had earlier visited Lucknow and has been in talks with smaller political outfits. (Photo: PTI)

UP Assembly polls: AIMIM denies reports of alliance with SP

The Hyderabad MP had earlier announced that AIMIM will contest 100 seats in Uttar Pradesh polls

25 Jul 2021 11:21 AM

No alliance with AIMIM for 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly polls: Mayawati

BSP to contest the Assembly elections to be held in UP and Uttarakhand alone, and will not be entering into any alliance, barring Punjab

27 Jun 2021 12:45 PM

Women leaders belonging to the TMC have also slammed the Prime Minister, saying this was not just an insult to an elected chief minister but to all women. (Photo: AFP)

Anita Katyal | Modi’s ‘Didi’ jibe offends women; what AAP shares with Owaisi

Roadside Romeos have apparently been mimicking the Prime Minister, using the same catcall, when they see women on the streets of Kolkata

18 Apr 2021 12:00 AM

MIM to go alone in West Bengal Assembly elections. — PTI file photo

Asaduddin Owaisi withdraws support to Peerzada Abbas Siddiqui in West Bengal polls

Owaisi kickstarted his campaign at Sagardighi in Murshidabad and announced the names of two candidates

28 Mar 2021 9:18 AM

‘Uncle-aunty’ rule at Centre, ridicules Owaisi

Owaisi told that the BJP governments are imposing restrictions on people in regards change of religion, matters of love, marriage and food

31 Dec 2020 4:39 AM

The AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi (Photo: PTI/File)

Girl shouts ‘Pakistan Zindabad’, Asaduddin Owaisi snatches her mike

The AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi who was on the stage was stunned and rushed to snatch the mike from the student activist.

21 Feb 2020 3:41 AM

Manjhi, a former Bihar chief minister and founding president of the HAM, said his decision followed a call from Soren, who sought his 'blessings' at the swearing-in function. (Photo: File | PTI)

Manjhi to attend Sorens swearing-in, give Owaisi rally a miss

Manjhi sought to strike a defiant note insisting that he was going to Kishanganj.

28 Dec 2019 4:06 PM

The National Population Register (NPR) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) are two sides of a coin, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi has said. (Photo: File)

'NPR and NRC are two sides of a coin': Owaisi

His claim comes a day after Union Minister G Kishan Reddy had clarified that there was no link between the two.

28 Dec 2019 11:48 AM

MIM president Asaduddin Owaisi (Photo: PTI/File)

Know your limitations, Asaduddin Owaisi tells Army Chief

Asaduddin Owaisi said that the right to protest is a constitutional right.

27 Dec 2019 2:45 AM

HAM chief Jitan Ram Manjhi (Photo: PTI/File)

Jitan Ram Manjhi, Owaisi set to hold joint rally against CAA, NRC

AIMIM state unit sources said that “Jitan Ram Manjhi will also be sharing the dais with Asaduddin Owaisi against the CAA and NRC”.

27 Dec 2019 2:38 AM

The AIMIM MP said that during the course of the meeting, Telangana Chief Minister had agreed that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) was against the Constitution and that is why his party TRS had opposed it in the Parliament. (Photo: File)

No difference between NPR and NRC, Amit Shah misleading country: Asaduddin Owaisi

Owaisi said that he had urged KCR to oppose the NPR like Kerala and other state government as it is a matter concerning states too.

25 Dec 2019 5:49 PM

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday filed a petition before the Supreme Court stating that the present Citizenship (Amendment) Act "miserably fails" on the touchstone of Article 14 and the parameters for non-arbitrariness provided therein. (Photo: File)

CAA 'miserably fails' on touchstone of Article 14: Owaisi in his petition to SC

Any classification based on a religious identity ipso facto violates Article 14 of the Indian Constitution, Owaisi in his petition stated.

15 Dec 2019 12:50 PM

'I have filed a PIL before the SC challenging the #CAA @aimim_national will fight this battle to preserve a plural, secular constitutional democracy in Bharat. This fight will be before every possible forum & using every constitutional tool available to us,' Owaisi tweeted. (Photo: File)

'Filed PIL against CAA, AIMIM will fight at every possible forum': Owaisi

Invoking Mahatma Gandhi, Owaisi had said he was called Mahatma after he tore the discriminatory citizenship card in South Africa.

14 Dec 2019 8:58 PM

AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday claimed that the government is bringing Pakistan founder Mohammad Ali Jinnah alive with the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill. (Photo: File)

Will ‘knock on all doors’ in country if…: Owaisi on Citizenship Bill

Attacking Cong and NCP, he said despite fighting elections against Sena, two parties joined hands with saffron party for political gains.

10 Dec 2019 6:38 PM

Owaisi said the Bill was not only the part of a conspiracy to make Indian Muslims stateless but would also lead to pose a risk to the national security. (Photo: ANI)

Asaduddin Owaisi tears up copy of Citizenship bill during siscussion in Lok Sabha

'I oppose this Bill as it is against the Constitution and an insult to our freedom fighters,' Owaisi said.

10 Dec 2019 9:29 AM

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