India’s media blackout following #OperationSindoor, a military offensive framed as a strike against terror bases in Pakistan, began with the targeting of Pakistani news outlets and has since expanded to include independent Indian media.
Social media accounts of at least two political commentators and a journalist have been blocked, with reports of one journalist’s arrest. Platforms like Maktoob Media, Free Press Kashmir, and The Kashmiriyat which have reported on civilian casualties and state violence are now inaccessible. Meanwhile, mainstream outlets like Republic TV have circulated unverified claims, including labeling a civilian killed in Pakistani shelling as a terrorist.
The state’s actions align with broader patterns of digital authoritarianism, where control over digital infrastructure is used to suppress dissent and control narratives. By restricting access to independent reporting while amplifying state-aligned disinformation, the government is consolidating information control under the guise of national security. This follows an established model, where censorship, surveillance, and media suppression intersect to limit press freedom. #DigitalAuthoritarianism #PressFreedom #India #Kashmir
Both @ZeeNews and @News18India are involved in this hate-crime against the state of India. Please ensure timely and prompt action under the appropriate and applicable sections against both entities in this regard @PoonchPolice, before further damage is done.
@PoonchDm@DICPoonch
The iconic Karachi Bakery in Hyderabad is having tough time to prove that its founder is an Indian. A migrant from Karachi who founded it in 1950s. There are many others who do this to keep their emotional bonds alive. This madness should stop.
The Home Minister of Karnataka, @DrParameshwara has also been the longest serving PCC President of @INCKarnataka and served as Deputy CM of the state as well as Speaker of the Assembly. Furthermore, as a Dalit is Dr. Parameshwara ignorant about how mob violence operates in our country, why did he not extend any empathy to the victim knowing how such persecution works?
Is it forgivable for such a seasoned politician to have prejudiced a case of murder by lynching, in this manner? Did any Congress leader attend Ashraf’s funeral in Kerala?
As a community we expect honest answers from those who are beneficiaries of our electoral support.
#Ashraf
Do you know how long 5 years are?
Of captivity, endless waiting, of losing hope, deprived of the night skies, of the touch loved ones, of sounds of the streets. Of the unbearable heaviness of time.
Devangana and me write for the @IndianExpress
https://t.co/inpZ09Urmh
In the same Supreme Court, Umar Khalid's bail plea was withdrawn as the presiding judge consistently echoed the government's stance. Though the Court denounced bulldozer injustice, Muslim homes still face demolition. The Court offers grand declarations, but little justice for minorities.
Louis Theroux just met the woman colonising Gaza.
In this viral interview, she confessed:
• Her network seizes Palestinian homes
• How she controls the Israeli government
• Being the architect behind every illegal settlement built
Here's her chilling plan (it's sick): 🧵
The footage from when it started. The first few seconds are still missing. Wing Commander Shiladitya Bose has been booked for attempt to murder and Vikas Kumar for assault and grievous injury
Radhey Shyam, who previously headed the Special Cow Protection Task Force in Nuh, is backed by Hindu right-wing groups such as the Bajrang Dal and figures like Bittu Bajrangi—notorious for perpetrating violence against Muslims in Nuh and nearby regions.
https://t.co/csWVDr8ndA
Wow. @FareedZakaria on CNN just did a piece on the need for Israel to release Marwan Barghouti from prison, citing comparisons with Nelson Mandela and Northern Ireland's Gerry Adams. We need a huge, global campaign for his release!
@KeypadGuerilla Vikas Kumar who is seen getting beaten in the video gets arrested and the IAF officer seen in the video brutally beating the Vikas isn't. Because the guy who made the video first playing the victim card and the media picked up his story as he is IAF Wing Commander.
कवि कह रही हैं कि जिस कांग्रेसी सत्ता को गिराने के लिए उसने जान लगा दी वह सभ्य भारत की निर्माता थी और जिस भाजपा को ले आने में भूमिका निभाई वह बर्बर।
कवि सच कह रही हैं लेकिन बहुत देर से
What Anita Dube has done isn’t a gesture of solidarity or resistance, it’s the oldest trick in the book, inherited from the same colonial masters: steal the voice,erase the name, and sell the illusion of originality. It is the systematic erasure of authorship in favour of profit
at an enormous price without ever telling me.
This is not solidarity.This is not homage.This is not conceptual borrowing.This is theft.This is erasure.This is entitled section of the art world doing what it does best extracting,consuming, profiting while pretending radical.
My name is Aamir Aziz. I am a poet.
My poem Sab Yaad Rakha Jayega has been used without my knowledge, consent, credit, or compensation by the internationally celebrated artist Anita Dube.