Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 20 (IANS) Leader of the Opposition (LoP) V.D. Satheesan on Tuesday mounted a sharp attack on the CPI(M), alleging that the controversial communal remarks made by State Fisheries Minister Saji Cherian were part of a “deliberate and pre-planned strategy” executed with the knowledge of Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.LoP Satheesan said the sequence of events — from a briefing allegedly given by the Chief Minister’s PR agency to Delhi-based media, followed by t…
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New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind President Arshad Madani has launched a sharp attack on the Congress party, questioning its historical approach to communalism and asserting that a failure to act decisively against communal forces has pushed the country to what he described as the “brink of destruction”.In a post on X, Madani said that decisive action at a critical moment in history could have altered the country’s trajectory.“After the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, had the…
Patna, Jan 6 (IANS) Union Textile Minister Giriraj Singh on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi over the ‘love jihad’ issue, accusing him of promoting a “jihadi mindset”.Speaking to reporters in Patna, the Begusarai MP said that Owaisi’s demand for presenting data on love jihad in Parliament should be first addressed in Hyderabad, where AIMIM holds political influence.Giriraj Singh claimed that the issue goes beyond personal relationships and alleged that it was p…
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) Are the Left parties in India secular and liberal as they are usually considered? No, claims Bangladesh’s exiled author Taslima Nasreen in a recent Facebook post.She points out the dichotomy among communists being “very active against jihadists in Bangladesh” today having once called her book on radical fundamentalism as lies, finally driving her out of Kolkata.“Some blind (for their organisation) communist factions in West Bengal are spitting venom against me. Th…
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IANS) Bangladesh’s exiled author Taslima Nasreen finds the current situation in her country of birth worsening through time, even compared to the day she was forced to leave over three decades ago. “I’d say that was the time of the beginning of the growth of religious fundamentalism in the country; now, Bangladesh is full of such elements,” said Taslima in an exclusive interview with IANS. “The then administration played into the hands of fundamentalists, and I was pe…
Jaipur, Dec 27 (IANS) Ajmer Dargah administration has called upon caretakers of dargahs across India to raise a united moral voice against atrocities on Hindus in Bangladesh. The Anjuman Moinia Fakhria, representing the Khadims (priests) of the shrine, expressed deep concern over reports of targeted violence against members of the Hindu community in Bangladesh.On the culmination of the annual Urs at Dargah Sharif, Ajmer, on December 27, Anjuman Moinia Fakhria strongly condemned the brutal killin…