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October 29, 2016
Syria: UN chief condemns reported school attack in western Aleppo
A child standing in front of his ground-flattened school after a bombardment in Ainjara village in rural Aleppo, Syria. Photo: UNICEF/Khalil Alshawi
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the reported attack today on a school in the western part of Syria's Aleppo city that killed a...
October 29, 2016
A petrol bomb was flung near a Pandit family home in Kulgam in south Kashmir yesterday, October 28 bringing into sharp question the government’s decision to lift the security cover to 808 Kashmiri Pandit families in the Valley since July. The bomb was reportedly flung close to the home of a Pandit family at Mirhama village in Kulgam at about 6.30 p.m. on Friday evening
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October 28, 2016
A Jehanabad court on Thursday convicted 15 persons and acquitted 23 in connection with the Senari massacre of 1999, as reported by PTI. The massacre took place in 1999 in which 34 people of an upper caste were allegedly killed by the outlawed Maoist Communist Centre (MCC) ultras. The court will decide the quantum of punishment on November 15.
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October 28, 2016
While Myanmar prepares for internationally backed national election next both, a new study has claimed that Rohingya Muslim community is facing state-sponsored genocide. While on one hand, US’ decision to rollback economic sanctions brings good news to the country; on the other hand, more than a million Burmese people are on the verge of being completely exterminated, according to a TIME...
October 27, 2016
While Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis has incurred wrath of a number of politicians, filmmakers and activists for brokering a deal between the xenophobic political party Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) and makers of the film Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, filmmaker and activist Farhan Akhtar too has slammed the CM for facilitating the deal and setting a “terrible precedent”.
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October 26, 2016
हरियाणा। हरियाणा से बीजेपी सांसद राजकुमार सैनी ने हरियाणा की बीजेपी सरकार पर जाति विशेष के लोगों को संरक्षण देने और राज्य में दलित और पिछड़ों के सुरक्षित न होने की बात कही। वो सिरसा में एक निजी कार्यक्रम में मंगलवार को मीडिया से मुखातिब हुए। सैनी ने कहा की आज एक जाति विशेष के लोग दलित और बैकवर्ड समाज के लोगों पर दबाव बनाना चाह रहे हैं।
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October 26, 2016
Image: Kashmir Reader Online
In a move unprecedented in the last three decades in the strife torn Kashmir valley, the Jammu and Kashmir government published an order in early October that stated that Kashmir Reader (KR), a vocal newspaper with circulation of less than10000 copies, contained material and content ‘which tends to incite violence and disturb public peace and...
October 26, 2016
For any one growing up in the Valley, anti-India sentiment is popularly acknowledged.
Image: AFP/TAUSEEF MUSTAFA
Twitter, like most of India, has recently seen a flurry of proclamations and professions of nationalism. The most surprising of these come from Kashmir – subject to over 100 days of curfew since July – and are beautifully captured by the #kashmirlovesindia...
October 26, 2016
CPI(ML) Bihar MLA Faces Violent Reaction for for Opposing Communal Propaganda
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It is an old trick of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to spread communal frenzy through rumour-mongering under the cover of festivals. During Durga Puja and Moharram this year, communal tension was visible in...
October 25, 2016
During the ongoing curfew in Jammu and Kashmir – the longest ever curfew in the valley which has lasted for more than 100 days, J-K police have arrested close to 7,000 people in the valley, according to news reports. In what is being called the biggest crackdown in the past two decades, more than 450 people have been booked under the Public Safety Act (PSA) – the highest ever number...