Indians honour the one definition of ‘modesty’ is behavior, manner, or appearance intended to avoid impropriety or indecency. This covers the Islamic custom of keeping the girls and women covered from the eyes of men and the public. The Hijab controversy in Karnataka is one of the manifestations of a breakdown of an unwritten contract […]
Is Urdu Education On ‘Death-Bed’ In Hyderabad?
Classrooms without roof, dusty carpets to sit, single room for three classes, no latrines, no drinking water- these are the conditions in which Muslim children of Telangana study in Government-managed Urdu schools of Hyderabad. According to the Directoroate of School Education data, a total of 2,14,605 Muslim students study in various Central, State, Mandal Parishad, […]
Why State Govt Under Wrapping The Actual Covid Cases In Telangana?
Despite heavy surge in Covid cases in Telangana, the state government is under wrapping the actual numbers received from district health officials fearing of positivity rate forces government to impose public restrictions. Telangana, it appears, has found a way to keep the rampaging third wave of Covid-19 in the state – driven by the highly […]
Massive Sankranti ‘Betting And Gambling’ Through ‘Cockfights’ And ‘Cards’ In Andhra Pradesh
According #KhabarLive sources, grounds where cockfights are going to be organised are ready for heavy betting during Sankranti festival in Andhra Pradesh. Whatever the protestations of revenue and police departments for past 20 days, curtains are going up for massive gambling throughout the state coinciding with 2022’s Bhogi on Friday, Sankranti on Saturday and Kanuma […]
Quack Treatment And Self-Medications Making Covid Patients ‘Careless’ In Hyderabad
Covid third wave is already infected many and people of Hyderabad are not going to hospitals even after testing positive and undergoing self medications or visiting quackers. Although the government has urged the public not to self-medicate, citizens are not approaching doctors and are rushing to drug stores to buy medicines for self-treatment. People are […]
Why ‘Expired’ Covaxin Being Offered to ‘Kids’ During Vax Drive?
The lack of transparency and data has made parents wary of ‘expired’ vaccine doses in spite of government clarification. On 3 January, India started offering COVID-19 vaccines to children between the ages of 15 and 18 years. The government had also issued a statement saying that, at the moment, only Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin would be […]
’Bulli Bai’ Cyber Violence Combined With Islamophobia In Hyderabad
The ‘Bulli Bai’ app controversy, the latest in a series of such attempts over the last few months at shaming and objectifying outspoken Muslim women in the public sphere, has brought to the fore again the need for reform in the legal mechanism to deal with the harassment of women online in India through foreign-based […]
New Year Gift For Indian Muslim Women ‘Bulli Bai’
Bulli Bai is the new year gift to Indian Muslim women. Many Muslim women woke up to January 1 2022 to find their photos uploaded on a social media app called Bulli Bai on an online hosting platform called GitHub. This is the second attempt by unidentified people to auction Muslim women on social media. […]
Why Omicron Caution Thrown To Wind In Hyderabad?
Despite the Omicron variant scare and alertness of the health authorities, widespread adherence to Covid safety protocols in the older parts of the city seems to be missing. A visit to different areas within the erstwhile ‘Walled City’ points out how casually the citizens have been taking the directives of the administration on the Covid-19 […]
Fake ‘Covid Vax Certificate’ Gang Exposed In Hyderabad
The Covid vaccination and obtaining the online certificate now slipping in the hands of fraudsters who are cheating gullible people and selling the certificate without administering the vaccine jabs and issuing the certificate illegally through CoWin portal. This information is the tip of the iceberg. Amid the possibility of the third wave of COVID-19, all […]