Islamabad, January 20 (KMS): Indian atrocities in illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) can well be defined as war crimes as per international law as the Kashmiris continue to suffer under brutal Indian occupation.

(Greater Kashmir) It is as much a part of Kashmiri kitchen as is mutton

Mysore (Karnataka, India), January 20 (KMS): Five Dalit youth were injured after they were assaulted by upper caste Hindus for enjoying panipuri in Arasinakere village in the Indian state of Karnataka. According to Kashmir Media Service, in their complaint to Jayapura police in Mysore, the Dalit youth said that they …

In order for us to do justice to the topic of Islamophobia, it is imperative that we understand what fear implies. Fear is defined as “a distressing emotion aroused by impending danger, evil, pain, etc., whether the threat is real or imagined; the feeling or condition of being afraid.” In line with this definition, it would not be wrong to claim that many in the Western world are currently living in a state of fear of Islam. However, one needs to acknowledge that the threat Islam is seen as posing to the world is imagined rather than real. Unfortunately, though, the repercussions of this irrational fear of Islam are not only affecting individual Muslims in the form of increased discrimination, harassment, and persecution, but also infiltrating into foreign policy decisions worldwide.

Ruben Banerjee      The results of the regional elections could either reinforce the BJP’s grip on power or give the fragmented opposition a much-needed boost. India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not up for re-election for at least another two years as the country’s next parliamentary elections are due in 2024. …

Zarrar Khuhro The rapid (though short) bloom of the Arab Spring was enabled by social media. In its research on this phenomenon, the University of Washington writes: “…social media carried a cascade of messages about freedom and democracy across North Africa and the Middle East, and helped raise expectations for …

Syed Ali Mujtaba The arrests made in the ‘Bulli Bai’ app case by the cyber branch police from Mumbai and Delhi suggest the existence of Hindu Cyber wings in India. It is now common wisdom that the Hindutva brigade has created a cyber-ecosystem in the country that can pose an …

New Delhi, January 20 (KMS): Alumni of various prominent Indian educational institutions have written to President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Members of Parliament, drawing their attention to rising incidents of crime against Muslim women across India, and have called upon them, to condemn such actions and …

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh, India), January 20 (KMS): A group of Bajrang Dal workers in India beat a Muslim man, who was travelling with a married Hindu woman, in an Ajmer-bound train and was forcibly picked up from the train at Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain Railway Station. Bajrang Dal members assaulted the …

New Delhi, January 20 (KMS): In India, artists, activists, lawyers and journalists among prominent citizens, including Naseeruddin Shah and Javed Akhtar, have questioned the continued silence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the genocidal calls given at Haridwar Dharam Sansad terming it a “mockery of Indian democracy” and “violation of …