Seven students have been booked for cheering Australia’s win in World Cup final. Reacting to the opinions and comments on booking of some students of SKUAST-Kashmir under UAPA for sloganeering during India-Australia cricket World cup final, Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday said ‘it is not merely about raising pro Pakistan slogans and is also about normalising an abnormal : that everyone hates India (as different from the government of the day and party in power) ‘openly’. In a statement, a police spokesperson said a number of opinions and comments…
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Mystery posters threaten Hindus, Sikhs in Poonch, Jammu; Police investigate
Posters warning Hindus and Sikhs to leave their homes were found pasted in a village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district. Police in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Saturday recovered posters pasted on some houses, warning Hindus and Sikhs to leave their homes or else they would face consequences. At 6 pm, locals discovered three posters pasted on the walls of houses in Degwar Maldiyalan village in Poonch district. The posters, written in Urdu, read, “All Hindus and Sikhs should leave this area as soon as possible. Otherwise, you…
Read MoreTeacher’s Question to Muslim Student ‘Why didn’t you go to Pakistan?’ Raises alarms about Religious Intolerance
This comes amid the outrage over a video from UP in which students are seen slapping a Muslim classmate on the order of their teacher. The teacher, Tripta Tyagi, is heard making communal remarks in the video Four students of a Delhi school have alleged that their teacher made communal remarks and asked them why their families did not go to Pakistan during Partition. This comes amid the outrage over a viral video from Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar, where students are seen slapping a Muslim classmate on the order of their…
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