Chhatra Dal is student wing of Bangladesh Nationalist Party, Islami Chhatra Shibir is Jamaat-e-Islami's. BNP and Jamaat have historically teamed up against Sheikh Hasina's Awami League.
Last August, the interim govt lifted ban on Jamaat-e-Islami. It has rebranded itself as 'moderate & democratic', and is advocating for peaceful transition to an Islamic welfare state.
The Jamaat-e-Islami and other outfits that campaign against the stoking of Islamophobia in Kerala must first look within before conveniently laying the blame on others.
Samastha’s AP faction is among the most orthodox Muslim outfits in Kerala. Its primary objection to MEC 7 is the mingling of genders and the exercise being held in public view.
The Yunus government is fighting the issue of banning the Awami League on two fronts. On one side stand the ordinary Bangladeshis, and on the other are the BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami.
In a leaked audio, ousted leader Sheikh Hasina is heard urging party leaders to take to the streets Sunday. Interim govt has said that the 'fascist' party will not be allowed to hold rally.
28 former militants and separatists, including 10 candidates backed by Jamaat-e-Islami and others by Awami Ittehad Party (AIP), bit the dust as J&K chose to vote for mainstream parties.
Hafiz Mohammad Sikandar Malik, from Bandipora’s Gundpora area, contested elections as an Independent, backed by banned organisation Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) Kashmir.
Hafiz Mohammad Sikander Malik, former district president of the banned Jamaat-e-Islami Kashmir, is contesting from Bandipora as an Independent. Held in 2019, he faces UAPA charges.
The banned organisation has entered electoral scene by supporting 10 Independents, who are drawing large crowds at rallies. Govt officials say this is a tactic to have the ban lifted.
Is there a place for a counter-bureaucracy, or a separate and competing bureaucracy to counterbalance the force of the executive’s bureaucracy, asked author MH Mody in 1980.
With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.
If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.
Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.
Peaceful + Peaceful = Rest in peace.