Islamabad, June 28 (KMS): Pakistan has expressed serious concern over the blocking of access in India to the Twitter handles of its missions abroad by the Indian government. In a statement, Foreign Office spokesperson Asim Iftikhar said India has withheld access to the twitter handles of Pakistan’s embassies in Iran, …
Read More »‘#IStandWithZubair’ becomes top trend on twitter
Islamabad, June 28 (KMS): The hashtag #IStandWithZubair has become top trend on twitter with the users of the microblogging website demanding his immediate release of the Indian journalist and Alt News Co-founder, Mohammad Zubair. the twitter users showered heaps of praises on Mohammad Zubair in their posts. They also condemned …
Read More »Hindu nationalist groups exploiting Youtube to target Muslims in India: Report
New York, June 28 (KMS): Muslims are targeted by backers of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and other Hindu nationalist groups on social media in India, said a report published by the New York University (NYU) Stern Center for Business and Human Rights, with declaring Youtube most troubling abuse in …
Read More »Journalist Mohammed Zubair sent to police custody for 4 days
New Delhi, June 28 (KMS): A Delhi court today extended by four days the custodial interrogation of Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair in a case related to an allegedly “objectionable tweet” he had posted in 2018. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Snigdha Sarvaria passed the order after hearing arguments from Delhi police …
Read More »CPJ calls journalist Zubair’s arrest another low for press freedom, urges India to release him
New York, June 28 (KMS): The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), an independent watchdog body, has called on Indian authorities to “immediately and unconditionally” release journalist and AltNews Co-founder Mohammad Zubair, who was arrested by security officials on Monday, and to cease harassing him in retaliation for his work, Steven …
Read More »4 dead after chopper crashes in Arabian Sea near Mumbai
Mumbai, June 28 (KMS): At least four persons died after a helicopter ditched into the Arabian Sea near a rig of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, off Mumbai High Fields on Tuesday. The chopper was carrying nine people – seven passengers, reportedly ONGC staffers, and two pilots – and a …
Read More »Police on alert in Rajasthan’s Udaipur following tailor’s murder
Jaipur, June 28 (KMS): Police in Udaipur city of the Indian state of Rajasthan are on alert following the murder of a tailor in Maldas area. Shops have been shut, the police are on alert and Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has appealed for peace. Calling the situation “painful” and “shameful”, …
Read More »31% of Rajya Sabha MPs have criminal cases: Report
New Delhi, June 28 (KMS): About 31 per cent of sitting Rajya Sabha MPs have declared criminal cases against them while the average assets of the Upper House members are Rs 79.54 crore, says a report released by ADR-National Election Watch. Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and National Election Watch …
Read More »VHP, BJP, Bajran Dal leaders behind 2002 Gujarat riots, says ex VC
Ahmadabad, June 28 (KMS): Indian businessman and former Chancellor of Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Zafar Sareshwala, has said that leaders of Hindutva parties were behind the 2002 Gujarat riots. Speaking exclusively to media in Ahmadabad, Gujarat, he said Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Pravin Togadia, Bajrang Dal’s Babu Bajrangi, …
Read More »Protest in Delhi against arrest of Teesta Setalvad, voice of victims of Gujarat massacre
New Delhi, June 28 (KMS): Students, teachers, activists and civil society members staged a protest in New Delhi against the arrest of Teesta Setalvad by the Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad, calling it a “pre-planned conspiracy” and an attempt to “silence” other activists. Teesta Setalvad is an Indian civil rights activist and …
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