A JOINT protest by Jammu & Kashmir state committee of CITU, Jammu & Kashmir Kisan Tehrik and Democratic Women’s Association was held on May 18, in front of the divisional commissioner office, Panama Chowk, Jammu in support of the ongoing struggle by women wrestlers in New Delhi.

THERE is much debate in the media about the recently released feature film 'The Kerala Story', which falsely claims that 32,000 women from Kerala were forcefully converted from Hinduism to Islam and are buried in Syria and Yemen. The 138-minute film weaponises shreds of reality to create a false narrative on why a handful of Indians joined the embraced Islam.Kasargod and Malappuram in Kerala have been unjustly portrayed as dangerous recruitment places for the Islamic faith. Showcasing their utter lack of creativity, the filmmakers show the ringtone of the main character, Asifa's ph

Public opinion is growing increasingly against the Trinamool regime's actions, which are detrimental to the education sector and which deprive the poor people of their entitlements by embezzling funds from rural development projects. The successive revelation of various scams serves to highlight the extensive corruption that permeates all levels of the government. Despite the reluctance of the state police administration to take appropriate action, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) have initiated investigations as ordered by the court.

RECENTLY, the screening of the film 'The Kerala Story' has made headlines. The film's trailer claimed to explore the religious conversion to Islam in Kerala and the alleged recruitment of converts by IS, an Islamist military organisation. According to the trailer, 32,000 women were converted to Islam under the guise of 'love Jihad.' This sparked significant controversy within Kerala, with people vehemently protesting against the defamation of minorities and the dissemination of malicious propaganda.

IN the light of the recent Supreme Court ruling, fresh elections to the state assembly is the only solution to the current political imbroglio in the state. Therefore the Maharashtra state committee of the CPI(M) has demanded  dissolution of the assembly and holding immediate elections.The BJP led Shinde-Fadnavis government in the state has neither moral basis nor legal right to continue in office. This long held view of the CPI(M) has been vindicated by the Supreme Court ruling.