Press Release05 August 2019,New Delhi:The National Executive Council meeting of Popular Front of India held in Calicut, Kerala on 3rd & 4th August has stated that BJP is misusing the dominant majority the party has in the parliament for repressive legislations that infringes basic democratic rights. A number of legislations with long term impact like...
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Kashmir Is India’s Palestine, Palestine Is “Israel’s” Kashmir
India’s revocation of Kashmir’s relative “autonomy” embodies everything that its new “Israeli” ally wishes it could do to Palestine such as eliminating its separate political status and giving non-residents of the UNSC-recognized disputed territory the right to buy property there as part of its long-term plan to wage demographic warfare against the locals, yet few...
Democracy died a sad death in Kashmir in 1953
Dr. Nyla Ali Khan It was in August of 1953 that my grandfather wrote, “In the early hours of the night of August 9, I and my cabinet were dismissed without a confidence motion of the Assembly by the legally and constitutionally questionable fiat of the Head of the State. I was put under arrest...
Jammu and Kashmir: Chronology of recent major developments
The government, on Monday, introduced a resolution to remove provisions of Article 370, which provides special status to Jammu and Kashmir. In addition, Home Minister Amit Shah also introduced a Bill bifurcating the State of Jammu of Kashmir into Union Territory of Ladakh and the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Restrictions under Section 144 CrPC...
Article 370 Scrapped: Today is a wretched day for democracy
Dr.Nyla Ali Khan The Indian Constitution has been blatantly violated in Kashmir and the ideals it enshrines completely forgotten. Forces have arisen which threaten to carry this saddening and destructive process further still. The Indian Constitution sought to guarantee an independent judiciary, an honest electoral process, and rule of law. It is not surprising that...
Omar Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti placed under house arrest amid Kashmir lockdown; Section 144 imposed in Srinagar
Restrictions under Section 144 CrPC has come into effect from 12 a.m. in Srinagar. Mobile internet snapped in entire Jammu and Kashmir. An uneasy calm enveloped the Kashmir Valley on Sunday as additional security forces occupied civilian installations and police stations and were put in “standby mode.” Late in the night, National Conference vice-president Omar...
It is time to end the long night of suffering for the people of Kashmir: Pakistan PM Imran Khan
After the reports of India and Pakistan locking horns on Line of Control, Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, said, “It is time to end the long night of suffering for the people of Occupied Kashmir,” and added that the people of Kashmir must be allowed to exercise their right to self determination according to...
Sikar’s prominent political family takes up plantation drive
Ashfaque kayamkhani,Jaipur: A prominent political family in Rajasthan’s Sikar district has taken up a massive tree plantation drive recently as a “non-political activity” during the monsoon season to make its contribution to environment protection. Over 11,000 saplings were planted in the two-day programme with the participation of local communities in the last week of July....
NDTV’s popular anchor Ravish Kumar has been conferred with the prestigious Ramon Megsasay Award 2019
Many Congratulations Ravish for winning prestigious Ramon Megsasay Award for “harnessing journalism to give voice to the voiceless”. NDTV Ravish Kumar has been conferred this honour for the year of 2019. Ravish Kumar is among the five recipients of the 2019 Magsaysay award, the Asian equivalent of the Nobel, which recognises the “greatness of spirit...
riple Talaq Law will cause more harm than good to Muslim women: Jamaat-e-Islami Hind
New Delhi, (Millat Times) The President of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind – Syed Sadatullah Hussaini has expressed concern over the passage of the Triple Talaq Bill in the parliament and its assent by the President of India. In a statement to the media the JIH President said: “We do not feel that this law will help promote...









