The lives of Mohammad Sajid and his family, residents of Bhoop Singh Colony, village Bhondsi, rural Guragaon, took an unexpected turn on the evening of 21st March. It was an otherwise lazy afternoon of Holi which was melting into evening, when Sajid, his sons and some of his relatives who were visitng them on the...
Year: 2019
JNU: Left-wing students shouldn’t act superior, Islamophobia is running rampant among them
Sharjeel Imam and Saquib Salim Najeeb Ahmad, a first year MSc student of Biotechnology, was beaten up on 14 October, 2016 by a group of people in Mahi-Mandavi hostel after an alleged scuffle, and he mysteriously disappeared the next day. It is for the first time that a student from a central university has disappeared,...
President Erdoğan heads to Moscow to boost Turkey-Russia ties, discuss Syria with Putin
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is traveling to Moscow on Monday for his third meeting this year with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin for the opening ceremony of the Turkey-Russia cross-cultural year. Erdoğan’s visit is expected to focus on regional cooperation between the two countries, as well as Turkey’s planned counterterror operation in Syria. “Our cooperation with...
डॉ सैय्यद ज़फर महमूद: जिन्होंने ज़कात फाउंडेशन की नींव रखी
अशरफ हुसैन वो नाम है जिन्होंने ज़कात फाउंडेशन की नींव रखी, जिससे आईएएस व दीगर अलाइड सर्विसेज में मुस्लिमों की नुमाइंदगी बढ़ी है, इस साल 28 में से 18 छात्र तो वहीं साल 2018 में 52 मुस्लिम चुने गए थे इनमें 41 का ताल्लुक ज़कात फाउंडेशन से था। मुस्लिम युवाओं को आईएएस आईपीएस बनने का...
Sadatullah Hussaini has been elected new Ameer (National President) of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind
Sadatullah Hussaini has been elected Ameer (National President) of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind. He was elected by Jamaat’s 157 member Markazi Majlis-e Numanidgan (Council of Representatives) after thorough deliberations on all aspects. He has been elected for a 4 year term from April 2019 till March 2023. Syed Sadatullah Hussaini is former National President of Jamaat’s student...
Upcoming Lok Sabha Elections: Is Modi’s Era coming to an end?
India begins its month-long general election process next week in what many regard as a heated race that will either make or break the Modi era. Prime Minister Narendra Modi of the BJP was elected by a landslide half a decade ago on promises of restoring India’s long-lost international standing and turning it into a...
Why Turkey’s Opposition Shouldn’t Underestimate Erdogan
Turkey’s main opposition party and its electoral partner pulled off a stunning upset of the governing Justice and Development Party (AKP) and its leader, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in local elections on March 31. Voters in Ankara, the capital, and Istanbul, Turkey’s industrial and economic center, opted for candidates from the Republican People’s Party (CHP) rather than...
Putin-Erdogan Summit: What’s Next For The Two Great Powers?
Turkish President Erdogan’s visit to Russia next week will see the two Great Powers take their strategic partnership to the next level in an increasingly multipolar and complex world. The Turkish leader will arrive in the Russian capital next Monday on 8 April for the upcoming session of the High-Level Russian-Turkish Cooperation Council, which is an...
The colour of the BJP in the Kashmir Valley is Green, not Saffron
The colour of the BJP in the Kashmir Valley is not saffron but green. The BJP has issued poll-related advertisements in local newspapers that don’t have even a trace of saffron but is full of green, a colour preferred by many in Kashmir because of its association with Islam and Pakistan. Many believe that green...
Did India Shoot Down a Pakistani Jet? U.S. Count Says No.
India’s claim that one of its fighter pilots shot down a Pakistani F-16 fighter jet in an aerial battle between the two nuclear powers in February appears to be wrong. Two senior U.S. defense officials with direct knowledge of the situation told Foreign Policy that U.S. personnel recently counted Islamabad’s F-16s and found none missing. The findings...