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Goa CM meets Hindu priest who reportedly called for genocide of Muslims

Acharya Paramhans reportedly met the Chief Minister of Goa, BJP’s Pramod Sawant in the state on February 18

Logical, Legal Compulsion for West Bengal, other states to un-sign MoUs with UIDAI: Expert to Mamata Banerjee

In a brief yet succinct communication, with references to detailed articles and backgrounders, Dr Gopalkrishna has, while welcoming chief minister (CM), West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee’s concerns on the “mass de-activation of Aadhaar cards in Burdwan and other districts of Bengal,” urged her to un-sign WB’s MoU with UIDAI

Grave concerns on DPDP Act, 2023 as journalistic activities threatened: Editor’s Guild to MEITY

In a detailed representation to Ashwini Vaishnaw, the Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology, the Editor’s Guild of India (EGI) has pointed out how the provisions of the Digital Personal Data Protect Act, 2023 (DPDP Act) –possibly inadvertently--violate privacy principles enunciated by the Supreme Court-appointed Justice BN Srikrishna Commission report as also threaten the very existence of journalistic activities in India

West Bengal: FIR against priest and other who conducted puja at Adina Mosque

Following the trend where Hindutva inclined organisations have been claiming several mosques as formerly being Hindu temples, another incident where a Hindu priest conducted a puja ceremony at a mosque, which comes under the Archaeological Survey of India, in West Bengal’s Malda.

Farmer Unions reject Union’s proposal for 5 year contractual MSP on three pulse crops, maize, and cotton, calls it “eyewash”

SKM (non-political) and KMM to resume with the ‘Delhi Chalo’ protest on February 21, appeal to state and union to allow them peaceful passage, SKM to hold black flag protest outside BJP MPs houses, farmers from Haryana to join the protest and demand MSP for bajra and oilseeds

Concerned over arrest of TV journalist working for Republic Bangla: Editor’s Guild

The Editors Guild of India has expressed concern at the arrest of a TV journalist working with Republic Bangla from Sandeskhali of West Bengal on...

As BJP’s electoral politics begins influencing Muslim elite, discrimination ‘intensifies’

As the 2024 General Elections are looming on the horizon, some elite Muslims are appealing to their community to give a relook at BJP. They claim that Indian Muslims are not being discriminated against. Such intellectuals also argue that BJP is giving special attention to Pasmanda Muslims and Sufi Muslims. 

Mamata Banerjee attacks Union Govt, says Aadhaar cards being rejected en masse in Bengal

Also raising serious concern about thousands of Aadhaar cards being de-activated or “rejected” without following any procedure in [arts of Bengal, CM Banerjee criticised the Union Govt for flagging issues like CAA –selective citizenship—only before the elections.

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