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Hindu Rashtra demand raised by saints as Chhattisgarh padyatra comes to a close

March 22, 2023 Editor

The padyatra, supported by the BJP and right wing groups Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), is seen as a move to polarise and consolidate Hindu votes in the state ahead of the Assembly elections. The month-long padyatra (footmarch) of Akhil Bhartiya Sant Samiti across Chhattisgarh ended on Sunday at a ground in Raipur city with a demand for “Hindu Rashtra” (Hindu country). The padyatra, supported by the BJP and right wing groups Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), is seen as a move…

Concerns rise as India experiences sixth earthquake in March

March 22, 2023 Editor

Earthquake In India: The epicentre of the earthquake was in the Hindu Kush mountains, in Badakhshan, the US Geological Survey said. At least nine people were killed and 44 injured in Pakistan by a magnitude 6.5 earthquake that struck Afghanistan late on Tuesday, news agency Reuters reported. In Afghanistan, at least two people were killed in the temblor that was felt in Pakistan, India, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. The epicentre of the earthquake was in the Hindu Kush mountains, in Badakhshan, the US Geological Survey said, while…

Divisive Rhetoric in Maharashtra: 50 Rallies in 4 Months Focused on ‘Love Jihad’, ‘Land Jihad’, and ‘Economic Boycott’

March 21, 2023 Editor

At one such rally, at Mumbai’s Mira Road on March 12, speeches were made against “Islamic aggression”, “love jihad” and “land jihad”, with some of the speakers calling for an economic boycott of Muslims. Starting November last year, at least 50 ‘Hindu Jan Aakrosh Morcha’ rallies have been held across Maharashtra, in almost all of the state’s 36 districts. Each of these events has followed a set pattern: a brief march through the heart of the city, amid a sea of saffron flags and caps, followed by a short rally,…

Call for Religious Conversion: Hindu extremist leader Suresh Chavanke advocates converting 4 Million Muslim women to Hinduism

March 21, 2023March 21, 2023 Editor

Call for Religious Conversion: Hindu extremist leader advocates converting 4 Million Muslim women to Hinduism

Hindu militant and owner of an extremist television network, Suresh Chavhanke, has called on Hindus to convert 4 million Muslim women to Hinduism in a bigoted and sexist threat. Known for repeatedly issuing threats of violence against Muslims, Chavhanke’s latest statement, given on video, has gone viral. “We need forty lakh women from the Muslim community to increase the ratio, as women are less than men among Hindus,” said Chavanke. Last year, Chavhanke had administered a genocidal oath to a Hindu group in India’s capital, New Delhi, that said, “We take…

Economic Boycott: Rally held on Mira Road by Jan Aakrosh Morcha calling for Muslims Boycott

March 14, 2023March 14, 2023 Editor

During the gathering which was recorded by police, Hindustani said, “Naya Nagar on Mira Road is today occupied by 97-98 per cent jihadis. Where will Hindus seek refuge.” As part of the ‘Hindu Jan Aakrosh Morcha’ being organised by right-wing organisations across Maharashtra, yet another rally was held on Mira Road on Sunday, where calls to economically boycott the Muslim community were raised by speakers who addressed the protesters. The protesters marched for about 2 km from Mira Road’s Golden Nest Chowk. After the march ended, speeches were made against…

‘How Did Pulwama Happen’ Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa Rajasthan Congress Leader’s remark sparks new row

March 14, 2023 Editor

Rajasthan Congress in-charge Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa made comments on the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama in February 2019, months before the Lok Sabha elections, in which 40 soldiers died. Rajasthan Congress in-charge Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa’s controversial statement on Prime Minister Narendra Modi has raised a storm in the BJP. Senior leaders of the party have accused him of insulting the country and the Prime Minister, much like Rahul Gandhi “the way he tries to defame the country’s image abroad”. Mr Randhawa, in a recent address at a Congress…

Is another India – Pakistan War on cards? High possibility of military retaliation in Kashmir under Modi’s leadership: US Intel

March 9, 2023March 9, 2023 Editor

A US intelligence report has raised concerns about the possibility of India retaliating against Pakistan in the event of a terror attack on India or an orchestrated “violent unrest in Kashmir” by extremist groups based in Pakistan. The annual threat assessment report by the US Director of National Intelligence predicts the possibility of a conflict between India and Pakistan with particular concern due to the risk of an “escalatory cycle between two nuclear-armed states”. Given Pakistan’s history of supporting extremist groups, the report acknowledges a higher probability of India responding…

Factually Inaccurate: India slams UN Human Rights for comments on J&K

March 8, 2023 Editor

India on Tuesday voiced regret over comments by the UN’s human rights commissioner on the situation in Kashmir, terming the reference as “unwarranted and factually inaccurate”. In a statement at the General Debate on the Oral Update by High Commissioner during the 52nd Session of Human Rights Council, Permanent Representative of India to the UN in Geneva Ambassador Indra Mani Pandey also asserted that New Delhi does not see any role for the human rights commissioner office’s in matters that are the country’s internal affairs. “We take note of the…

Article 370 abrogation only on paper: Sanjay Raut

March 6, 2023 Editor

Shiv Sena (UBT) Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday said abrogation of Article 370, which ended the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, by the Narendra Modi Government was only on paper and was done to serve the political interests of the Bharatiya Janata Party. In his weekly column ‘Rokthok’ in party mouthpiece ‘Saamana’, Raut said Kashmiri Pandits had not got their rights despite this move, and BJP leaders have no answers to their woes. A Kashmiri Pandit was killed by terrorists in Pulwama recently but the BJP poured…

India rejects OIC’s ‘Unwarranted References’ on J&K at Human Rights Council

March 5, 2023 Editor

India has assailed the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for its “unwarranted references” to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and for allowing Pakistan to hijack and misuse its platform for carrying out Islamabad’s “nefarious agenda” against New Delhi. Exercising its right of reply at the High-Level Segment of 52nd session of the Human Rights Council, Seema Pujani, First Secretary, Permanent Mission of India in Geneva, outrightly rejected the reference to the statement made by the OIC representative. “The fact is that the entire territories of the Union Territories…