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The claims of the BJP government that the abrogation of Article 370 and downgrading of a state with special status into two union territories has paved the way for new industries, created new employment opportunities, decreased terror incidents, brought atmosphere of peace and security, nurtured democracy, eradicated corruption, brought new Central laws for betterment of people in this region are nothing but a concocted and fabricated stories while the ground situation belies these claims, the People's Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) said in a statement issued to The Kashmiriyat. In the official press release, the PAGD said that the claims in a recently released report by the Union Home ministry titled “The dream of one nation, one law, one symbol fulfilled: After effective remov...

Calls to boycott Indian products in Qatar have racked up as the first trend on Twitter after Indian authorities violently attacked and evicted thousands of Muslims in the South Asian state. A hashtag that roughly translates to #BoycottIndianProducts trended region-wide in response to the violent crackdown in the Darrang District of Assam, where at least two people have been killed. The “forced evictions” of Muslims started on 20 September. So far, more than 800 families have allegedly been forced out of their homes on the grounds that they were “illegally constructed.” India’s ruling Hindu nationalist party has made headlines in recent months for its fierce Islamophobic campaign against Muslims in Assam, who make up one-third of the population in the northeastern state. In 2018...

Jagadguru Paramhans Acharya Maharaj, based in Ayodhya has demanded that India should be declared a ‘Hindu Rashtra’ by October 2. He said that if India isn't declared a Hindu Nation by October 2, he will take a ‘Jal samadhi' (water mausoleum). “I demand that India should be declared a ‘Hindu Rashtra’ by October 2 or else I'll take Jal Samadhi in river Sarayu,” ANI tweeted from its official handle. He has also demanded that the central government should "terminate the nationality of Muslims and Christians living in India." "I demand that India should be declared a ‘Hindu Rashtra’ by October 2 or else I'll take 'Jal Samadhi' in river Sarayu. Centre should terminate nationality of Muslims and Christians," Jagadguru Paramhans Acharya Maharaj said. This is not the first time he's ...

While lighting the tiny oil brass lamp with cloth wicks every morning at the crematorium and waiting for the dead to arrive, Subeena Rahman never thinks of her religion. With a shawl draped over her head, the Muslim woman, in her late 20s, knows better than anyone now that death has no religion and everyone is alone and empty-handed during their final journey. Working as a crematorium keeper at a Hindu crematorium in Irinjalakuda in this central Kerala district for the last three years, this young undergraduate has cremated hundreds of corpses, including those of over 250 COVID positive people so far. Even dripping with sweat in a PPE kit for hours while cremating the bodies of COVID victims back-to-back during the second wave of the pandemic, she never forgot to pray for the departe...

The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe charges of anti-Hindu propaganda by senior IAS officer Mohammad Iftikharuddin. According to a statement by the Home Department, the two-member SIT will be headed by DG CB-CID G.L. Meena and ADG zone Bhanu Bhaskar. The SIT has been asked to submit its report within seven days. The allegations have been levelled by National Vice President of Math Mandir Coordination Committee, Bhupesh Awasthi, against IAS officer Mohammad Iftikharuddin of carrying out propaganda against Hinduism. Mohammad Iftikharuddin is a 1985 batch officer and is presently serving as the Chairman of Uttar Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation. Awasthi released videos of religious programmes of the officer who...

On Sunday evening, Mohammad Sultan (38) was brutally attacked by Bajrang Dal members in Barkagaon in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh district while traveling with a buffalo, Maktoob Media reported. In the latest Maktoob Media report, a family member of the victim Sadique says that Sultan had attacked while traveling with a buffalo he had bought. “They (assailants) are Bajrang Dal workers,” Sadique was quoted in the report. The village chief, Chandrika Kumar Sah, of Napo village where Sultan was beaten told the reporter that Sultan and his friends were traveling with buffaloes, adding, "A few days ago, some pets were stolen in the village. So, the assailants accused Sultan of stealing. That was a misunderstanding. The matter is now in the police station." The report says that the cop at ...