New Delhi, September 03 (KMS): Senior journalist and founder of People’s Archive of Rural India (PARI) Network, P Sainath, returned the Basavashree Award conferred on him by the Murugha Mutt, a Lingayat religious organization. P Sainath returned the Award after a sexual abuse case involving a leader of the Lingayat …
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Article: Ganesh Chaturthi at Idgah Grounds Is An Effort to Turn Muslim Spaces ‘Public’
(The Wire) The state, with the nuisance power of Hindutva gangs and behind the cover of Ganesh, wants to set a precedent to have other programmes and events on these grounds, which will gradually push Muslims out.
Read More »UP govt’s move to roll back free ration scheme may affect 150 million people
Lucknow, September 03 (KMS): The government in Uttar Pradesh has decided to do away with the distribution of free wheat and rice under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) in a move that is expected to affect the pockets of at least 36 million ration card holders – or 150 …
Read More »Lack of post-surgery care in prison ‘partially paralysed’ activist Atiqur Rahman, allege kin
New Delhi, September 03 (KMS): Activist-scholar, Atiqur Rahman has become “partially paralysed” and is in urgent need of medical care, his family and lawyers have said. Atikur Rahman was arrested along with three other persons in October 2020 while on his way to Hathras village of Uttar Pradesh where a …
Read More »Pakistan categorically rejects Indian media story on flood relief work
Islamabad, September 02 (KMS): Pakistan has categorically rejected the contents of the story carried by an Indian news outlet alleging flood relief work by a banned organization. In response to media queries on the story, the Foreign Office Spokesperson, today, said, “It only betrays India’s bias and prejudice towards Pakistan, …
Read More »26 injured in Rajouri, Poonch road mishaps
Jammu, September 02 (KMS): In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, at least 26 people were injured, today, in two separate road accidents in Rajouri and Poonch districts of Jammu region. In Poonch district, an overloaded auto rickshaw, plying on Poonch-Digwar road skidded off the road and fell into a …
Read More »Indian hegemonic designs continue, Modi commissions aircraft carrier
Kochi, September 02 (KMS): Continuing with Indian nefarious hegemonic designs in the region, Prime Minister Narendra Modi commissioned India’s first indigenously designed and built aircraft carrier INS Vikrant in the coastal city of Kochi in the Indian state of Kerala state on Friday. The Indian Prime Minister commissioned the carrier, …
Read More »Indian SC grants bail to activist Teesta Setalvad, raises questions over her custody
New Delhi, September 02 (KMS): An interim bail was granted to social activist Teesta Setalvad by the Supreme Court of India over allegations that she faked documents to file cases related to the anti-Muslim riots in the Indian state of Gujarat in 2002. Chief Justice of India, UU Lalit, said …
Read More »Rich tribute paid to Syed Ali Gilani at IRS
Islamabad, September 02 (KMS): The Institute of Regional Studies (IRS), Islamabad, organized a webinar, entitled: “An appraisal: Kashmir’s struggle for self-determination”. The panelists included Dr Farhan Chak, Dr Mujahid Gilani, Altaf Wani and Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai. Ambassador Nadeem Riyaz, President of IRS, made moving remarks about Syed Ali Gilani. …
Read More »Man found hanging inside lock-up in Rajouri
Srinagar, September 02 (KMS): In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, a man was found hanging, today, inside a police lock-up in Rajouri district of Jammu region. Officials identified the man as Abdul Majid of Parghal in Darhal area of the district and said that he was in custody on …
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