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4 days ago | maktoobmedia.com | Gafira Qadir

After days of intensifying conflict, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri confirmed on Saturday evening that India had agreed to a ceasefire with Pakistan. “The Director General of Military Operations (DGMO) of Pakistan called the DGMO of India at 3:30 pm. It was agreed between them that both sides would cease all firing and military action on land, in the air, and at sea with effect from 17:00 hours (5 pm) onwards,” Misri said at a press conference held in South Block.

3 weeks ago | maktoobmedia.com | Gafira Qadir

Twenty-seven-year-old Taiyuba Amin didn’t know what was happening back home when her phone started buzzing with back-to-back anxious calls from home. She ignored it, thinking the family would understand that she was busy. However, it didn’t stop. “I hadn’t read the news yet. I was busy,” she said. “I thought if I didn’t answer the call, Mamma would know I was busy as always. But when it didn’t stop ringing, I answered.”Amin’s anxious mother asked her to return to the valley.

3 weeks ago | maktoobmedia.com | Amarabati Bhattacharyya

After widespread outrage and appeals from the teaching fraternity as well as the State government, the Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the untainted teachers of Classes 9-12 in West Bengal government and aided schools, whose appointments were cancelled in connection with the 2016 ‘school jobs-for-cash scam’, to continue working until fresh appointments are made to the posts.

1 month ago | maktoobmedia.com | P P Jaseem |PP Jaseem |Indian Muslim Minorities

A secret report compiled by the NPCC (National Police Chiefs’ Council), a national body of senior police officers in the United Kingdom, states that Hindu extremists may worsen community relations between Hindus and other faith groups, including Muslims and Sikhs, in the UK. The Daily Mail, one of the leading British tabloids, which leaked the report, claimed that Hindutva forces are forming alliances with far-right groups over their ‘common hatred’ towards Muslims.

1 month ago | maktoobmedia.com | Jibraan Uddin

In a deeply disturbing incident, 32 Muslim children and a senior guardian from Maida Babhangama village in Bihar were detained by the Railway Protection Force (RPF) at Mokama railway station on allegations of child labour trafficking on Monday. The children, who were on their way to pursue Islamic education at Jamia Zakariya Madarsa in Surat, Gujarat, were held for nearly 14 hours before being released due to mounting pressure from local residents and community members.