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India – ‘300 cases of communal violence in four months’

VIJAITA SINGH In the past four months, the country witnessed 300 incidents of communal violence, 75 every month, where 35 people were killed, according to Home Ministry data accessed by The Hindu. In the entire year till October, 630 incidents were… Continue Reading →

Don’t call me Muslim, I am an atheist

Suvojit Bagchi The Hindu Taslima Nasreen. Photo: Arunangsu Roy Chowdhury WRITER-IN-EXILE TASLIMA NASREEN CALLS FOR REINING IN RELIGIOUS FUNDAMENTALISM, SAYING THAT CRITICISM OF RELIGION IS NOT THE DOMAIN OF NON-MUSLIM INTELLECTUALS ALONE Writer Taslima Nasreen fled Bangladesh in 1994 when… Continue Reading →

Measure of the Man – Why Modi loves hoopla

  PHOTO: ICD/CATCH NEWS BHARAT BHUSHAN@bharatitis Grand image Modi seems addicted to his foreign trips He has a sense of grandiose about himself Slipping mask His statesman image is intact only outside the country now In India the Modi magic… Continue Reading →

ISIS Killed More Americans in Beirut Than in Paris–but Only Their Hometown Papers Noticed

  By Neil deMause The debates continue over whether last week’s ISIS terror bombing in Beirut was undercovered by the media or just unappreciated by an uninterested public — even though, as Jim Naureckas pointed out on Tuesday, US news outlets overwhelmingly skewed their coverage… Continue Reading →

In Just Under 4 Minutes, CBS News Anchor Explains How and Why the US Created ISIS

By Mike Sawyer on November 20, 2015 As Americans cower in fear over the perceived threat from men, women and children attempting to escape from war-torn Syria, the majority of people are ignoring the reason there are refugees in the first place…. Continue Reading →

‘Children are worst affected’: Budget cuts are taking a toll on a crucial nutrition scheme

Anganwadi workers they are not getting funds to buy rations and their wages are getting delayed since the Modi government halved the budget for the Integrated Child Development Scheme. Anumeha Yadav  · Nov 19, 2015 · 11:30 am Photo Credit: Right to… Continue Reading →

FTII Students Protest At IFFI: Two Arrested, Brutally Beaten Up

Ultimately the roaring voice of the FTII students reached the IFFI (International Film Festival of India) inaugural held at Panaji, Goa. By Subhash Gatade Ultimately the roaring voice of the FTII students reached the IFFI (International Film Festival of India) inaugural… Continue Reading →

Indira Jaising’s , NGO Lawyers Collective served Notice for FCRA violation

  Notice alleges violation of foreign funds norms by receiving foreign contribution when Ms. Jaising held the office of Additional Solicitor-General. VIJAITA SINGH The Hindu Indira Jaising. File photo Noted lawyer Indira Jaising’s Lawyers Collective, a human rights advocacy firm… Continue Reading →

‘Love Jihad’ story falls flat, ends in peace but many others feel wounded for life

A ‘love jihad’ ends in peace for couple but many others feel wounded for life A year later, the love jihad story has fallen flat: the woman and the man, Kaleem, are living together at an undisclosed location in Meerut and… Continue Reading →

1000 Indian Muslim Leaders issue Fatwa against ISIS

AP/Kevin Frayer by THOMAS D. WILLIAMS, PH.D.5 Sep 20151,993 In Hindu-controlled India, over 1,000 Muslim leaders and scholars have sanctioned a religious ruling, or fatwa, against the Islamic State as contrary to the true teachings of Islam. The group, which met in… Continue Reading →

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