#MartyrsRealHeroesOfKashmiris Glowing tributes paid to Afzal Guru, other Kashmiri martyrs #MartyrsRealHeroesOfKashmiris Srinagar, February 09 (KMS): In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the All Parties Hurriyat Conference leaders have paid glowing tributes to the noted son of Kashmiri soil, Muhammad Afzal Guru, on his 9th martyrdom anniversary, today, saying that …
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Stop harassing journalists in the name of national security: Editors Guild on Kashmiri scribe’s arrest
New Delhi, February 09 (KMS): Editors Guild of India (EGI) has condemned the harassment of journalists in the name of “national security” after the arrest of The Kashmir Walla editor, Fahad Shah, in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). “The space for media freedom has progressively eroded in Kashmir,” …
Read More »Feature: 146 killings in 5 years: Yogi Adityanath’s ‘encounter squad’
Arshi Qureshi As Uttar Pradesh prepares for elections – and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party is busy waving its five-year report card – the Yogi regime is particularly proud of the state’s law and order situation since 2017. Union Home Minister Amit Shah recently during his recent visit to Muzaffarnagar …
Read More »Article: Hidden in Modi’s attack on Congress is an admission of his govt’s failures during pandemic
(The Wire) Even as he used 'tukde-tukde gang' and 'urban Naxals' as a diversionary tactic, the prime minister's subtle apologia directed at the electorate of poll-bound states couldn’t be missed.
Read More »Article: ‘Saffron Controversy, Not Hijab Controversy’: Muslim Women Protest Across Karnataka
(The Wire) Across the state, women-only protests reiterated their constitutional right to wear a hijab in educational institutions.
Read More »Feature: ‘Cruel Yogi-Modi Raj’: As UP polls loom, palpable anger against BJP in Aligarh
(The Wire) This western Uttar Pradesh town has seen a surge in communalism under the Yogi Adityanath's government, while development has taken a backseat.
Read More »Article: Santishree Pandit’s Appointment as JNU VC Is Part of the BJP’s Majoritarian Project
(The Wire) The development comes at a time when bigotry has really made its masterpiece. In the past week, Islamophobia and Hindu fanaticism have entered the most sensitive of spaces: classroom and funeral ground.
Read More »Article: Udupi Hijab Row: Hopefully, Sanity Will Prevail
(Clarion India) In India communal forces have an added agenda to keep harassing Muslims as much as possible and this becomes highly accelerated whenever elections are near.
Read More »New JNU V-C under fire for intemperate remarks on Twitter against students, Muslims, farmers
New Delhi, February 09 (KMS): The newly appointed Vice-Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit, has come under fire for her posts on Twitter giving a call for genocide of Muslims, abusing Islam, protesting farmers, Shaheen Bagh protesters and the JNU itself. Pandit, who hastened to delete her …
Read More »Court adjourns Hijab row hearing, BJP Govt declares 3-day holiday for schools, colleges
Bengaluru, February 09 (KMS): Amid tension and violence at educational institutions and other places, the High Court in Indian state of Karnataka adjourned till Wednesday afternoon, the hearing of petitions questioning the denial of permission to wear hijab to classrooms by Udupi Pre-University College students and others. The single bench …
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