Mumbai: Indian Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday spoke up in support of college students in Karnataka who have been banned from wearing the hijab in classrooms. In a post on social-networking website Twitter, the Congress leader said, “Whether it is a ghoonghat, a pair
Karnataka: Karnataka police have once again displayed how they prefer violence as a means to quell protests. They resorted to a lathi-charge on two separate student protest groups on January 31, 2022, severely injuring Dalits students and Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) activists. Bangalore University Post
London: Speaking about the ongoing hijab row in India, Nobel laureate and education rights activist Malala Yousafzai has said that the "objectification of women — for wearing less or more — persists." Taking to Twitter, Malala talked about the hijab controversy raging in India's state Karnataka
Brescia, Italy– Kashmiri voice for right to self-determination resonated at the biggest Kashmir rally in Brescia Italy where tens of hundreds of Pakistanis, Kashmiris and their European allies turned up on Sunday. “This impressive show of support for Kashmiris is a signal that day is not
New Delhi: Minorities in India are facing ‘imminent existential threat’ under a systemic campaign of violent Hindu nationalist persecution. This is a finding from Destructive Lies, a shocking new report from the London School of Economics (LSE), commissioned by Open Doors. The driving force behind this increasing
Srinagar: Complete shutdown is being observed, today, to mark the 9th martyrdom anniversary of Kashmiri freedom fighter, Muhammad Afzal Guru. Call for the shutdown has been given by the illegally detained All Parties Hurriyat Conference Chairman, Masarrat Aalam Butt, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Jammu and Kashmir
New Delhi: As the issue of unemployment is being discussed in Parliament during the debate on Union Budget, the Union government on Wednesday informed the Rajya Sabha that more than 25,000 Indians died by suicide due to either unemployment or indebtedness between 2018 and 2020.
Bhopal: Fifteen job openings for peons, drivers and watchmen in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior saw nearly 11,000 unemployed young men flock to the city not just from within the state but also neighbouring Uttar Pradesh. Although the jobs needed candidates who had cleared the 10th-grade exams, applicants
Qaisar Mansoor Soon after Modi was elected as the Prime Minister of India, he gave a conciliatory speech trying to reassure Muslims. But hate crime against Muslims soared; data shows that some 90% of religious hate crimes in the last decade have occurred since Modi came
Sajjad Shaukat The 9th of February 9 is being celebrated as the martyrdom anniversary of Muhammad Afzal Guru whom India secretly hanged and buried inside the Tihar jail complex on February 9, 2013. It triggered protests in Kashmir and widespread condemnations from various political and human