A petition -- floated for wider support in the context of the anti-conversion Bill scheduled to be tabled in Karnataka Upper House on February 14, 2022 -- by prominent citizens, has insisted that all anti-conversion laws in India should be repealed.
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Article: Shorn of SAD alliance, BJP is cautiously injecting Hindutva narrative in Punjab
(The Wire) The BJP is testing the waters, especially in pockets of Hindu vote banks, by gradually raising the pitch for Hindu nationalism.
Read More »58 global bodies demand release of journalists detained in IIOJK
New Delhi, February 16 (KMS): As many as 58 global rights groups, including Human Rights Watch, Committee to Protect Journalists and Reporters Without Borders, have urged the authorities in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) to release the incarcerated Kashmiri journalists Fahad Shah, Asif Sultan, Sajad Gul and Manan …
Read More »Narsinghanand granted bail in another case
The Hindu hate preacher, Yati Narsinghanand of Dasna temple has been granted bail in another case of making derogatory remarks against Muslim women by the Haridwar sessions court of Uttarakhand.
Read More »Main accused of running over farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri released on bail
Lucknow, February 16 (KMS): Ashish Mishra, son of Indian minister Ajay Mishra Teni, who was the main accused in mowing down four farmers in Lakhimpur Kheri in the Indian state of Punjab on October 3, last year, following a protest by farmers, has been released from Lakhimpur jail. According to …
Read More »Hijab controversy reaches Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow, February 16 (KMS): Controversy over a ban on wearing hijab by girl students in a southern Indian state Karnataka has now reached India’s most populous state, Uttar Pradesh (UP), with a group of youth demanding of a college to impose ban on the head coverings. The authorities closed colleges …
Read More »Karnataka HC urged to allow Hijab as more students skip school
Bengaluru, February 16 (KMS): The High Court in the Indian state of Karnataka was urged to direct the government to allow students wearing the hijab in classes as more students remained out in schools across the state, refusing to shun the head covering. Teachers have also turned out students who …
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