The Kupwara administration in Jammu and Kashmir just doesn’t give up! Last July, all Whatsapp group admins were ordered to register themselves and now, admins of WhatsApp groups have been ordered to register the group with the District Commissioner’s office in Kupwara within 15 days! The order blames […]
The aftermath of the Pulwama attack has dominated the news media but there’s little attention about how it further exacerbated the crisis in the Kashmir Valley. But how could it, when the messenger was also muzzled, asks Moazum Mohammad. While the heightened tensions between India and Pakistan dominated […]
Has the Union government stopped advertisements for two prominent Kashmir newspapers – Kashmir Reader and Greater Kashmir? It appears so, since there have been no advertisements issued to both newspapers for the last three days. There has been no reason or official communication on the stoppage. The Kashmir […]
Veewon Thokchom, who was charged with sedition, was granted bail by the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Imphal East, Nigthoujam Lanleima. The judge, rejecting the charge of incitement to violence, asserted that the “contents of Facebook post as mentioned above cannot be states to bring into hatred or contempt or […]
By Geeta Seshu The arrest of Manipuri student leader Thokchom Veewon on sedition charges for his Facebook posts on the controversial Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) is yet another example of the jittery response of the state to any expression of dissent. Thokchom Veewon was charged with inciting violence […]
Filmmaker Siddharth Chauhan took to social media to protest the cancellation of the screening of his film by IIT Mumbai at their film festival, which concluded today. Here’s what he said : IIT Mumbai has refused to screen my film PASHI – because of it’s adult (homosexual) content! […]
Veteran actor Amol Palekar found himself stopped midway through his speech at the inaugural of the retrospective for late artist Prabhakar Barwe by none other than the Director of the National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, Anita Rupavataram. She was objecting to his comments on the lack of […]
Concerned citizens call for ‘Reclaiming the Republic’: We are a group of concerned citizens – drawn from the world of scholarship, writing, law, administration and activism – with some experience in fields such as health, education, environment, social inclusion, transparency and accountability. Some of us have worked in […]
