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Kavitha Plans Political Comeback with New Party

Fresh from her acquittal in the alleged Delhi liquor policy case, former Nizamabad MP Kalvakuntla Kavitha appears ready to turn a personal and political setback…

Mar 4, 2026 · Syed Khaled Shahbaaz
Hyderabad

Former Law Minister Asif Pasha Passes Away 

Hyderabad, December 28:  Asif Pasha, former Minister, and an accomplished advocate, passed away here on December 28, 2025, just three days after turning 96. A nonagenarian…

Dec 28, 2025 · Syed Khaled Shahbaaz
Editorial

Azharuddin: A Bed of Roses or a Crown of Thorns?

By: Dr. Syed Fazil Hussain Parvez “At long last, disbelief has been shattered; God be praised.” The long wait is finally over. The indication that…

Nov 5, 2025 · Gawah News Desk
International

Hindutva Ideology and its impact on Indian Muslims

by: Dr Tajammul Hussain India’s cultural and political complexities, particularly regarding the Hindutva ideology and its impact on Indian Muslims, are important and worthy of…

Dec 1, 2024 · Gawah News Desk
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International

The Tumultuous Nepali Politics

By: Asad Mirza A universal truth is that there are no permanent enemies and friends in politics, only ensuring your interests, supremacy and continuing in…

Jul 17, 2024 · Asad Mirza
India

Emergency: Declared versus Undeclared

By: Ram Puniyani Om Birla, the speaker of Lok Sabha is mired in many controversies. When he started his 2nd term as Lok Sabha (Parliament) Speaker…

Jul 6, 2024 · Gawah News Desk
India

Modi’s election speeches: A flood of lies and hatred

                                                                               – Ram Puniyani The propaganda machinery of the BJP is quite strong and the party’s parent organisation RSS further expands the reach of this machinery. The basic…

Jun 1, 2024 · Gawah News Desk
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Old foes poised against each other again

India and Pakistan are poised against each other, to play a more proactive and constructive role in Afghanistan’s redevelopment, trying to negate each other’s initiatives.…

Nov 15, 2021 · Gawah News Desk
International

Chinese Naval Strategy’s Covert Dimensions

In recent times the Chinese navy’s coercive activities in the South China Sea and its global port-buying spree have added different dimensions to its naval…

Oct 18, 2021 · Asad Mirza
International

Autumn’s Shadow on the Arab Spring

The onset of Arab Spring had raised expectations in the region of power being transferred to the people ultimately, but the ensuing developments have completely…

Aug 31, 2021 · Gawah News Desk
International

US-Jordanian Ties Rejuvenated

King Abdullah’s US visit marks an end to four years of being snubbed by the Trump administration, and may herald a new chapter in the…

Aug 6, 2021 · Asad Mirza
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The Mindset of an Indian-American

The 2020 survey carried out by Carnegie Endowment, tries to find and analyse the reasons for Modi’s popularity in the United States. Indian-origin American citizens…

Feb 22, 2021 · Gawah News Desk
International

US Elections : Changing Equations Globally

Joe Biden’s win will have a definite impact on America’s relationship with other countries across the globe. Twenty years after the nail biting Bush-Al Gore…

Nov 9, 2020 · Asad Mirza
International

China’s Diplomatic Outreach-I

Israel-China Relations on an Upswing Economic ties between China and Israel have increased considerably in recent years. In addition Israel has also been working hard…

Oct 10, 2020 · Asad Mirza
United Nations Anniversary
International

UN Diamond Anniversary: A Sombre Celebration

At 75, UN calls for a boost to multilateralism. The 75th UN General Assembly (UNGA) session, which began on 15 September has been unlike any…

Sep 24, 2020 · Gawah News Desk
India

Indo-Nepal—Strained Ties

By: Asad Mirza The seesaw like relations between India and Nepal, have taken a nosedive for the worse, during the last fortnight. The immediate provocation…

May 30, 2020 · Asad Mirza
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India

India in Chaos

The continuous images on television and social media platforms of beaten out, hungry, gaunt faces of luggage carrying individuals on their heads, some of whom…

May 27, 2020 · Gawah News Desk
Crime

Anatomy of a riot in India

Asad Mirza One wonders how a riot starts. A city or a locality which is apparently calm, with people going about their day to day…

Mar 17, 2020 · Asad Mirza
International

Afghan Accord: Watchful Joy

By: Asad Mirza The United States signed a peace deal with the Taliban, of Afghanistan on 29 February at Doha, Qatar. The accord follows a…

Mar 2, 2020 · Asad Mirza
India

Trump India Visit: Result Zero

By: Asad Mirza US President Donald Trump became the seventh American president to visit India, with his maiden two-day visit on 24 February 2020. The…

Feb 26, 2020 · Asad Mirza
India

Spirit of India won!

By: Asad Mirza 8 February in Delhi saw the end of one of the most vitriolic, hate-fuelled and destructive election campaign in India. The ruling…

Feb 11, 2020 · Asad Mirza
India UK Trade after Brexit
Opinion

A new dawn for the Indo-UK trade?

By: Asad Mirza The UK officially became a non-member of the European Union (EU) from Friday 31 January’s night, a certainty welcomed by Indian businesses operating…

Feb 10, 2020 · Asad Mirza
Opinion

Delhi Elections: Muslims and the NRC

By Asad Mirza The lead-up to the Delhi assembly elections is slowly building up. The manner, in which the ruling BJP has made it a…

Jan 30, 2020 · Asad Mirza
Opinion

What Now?

by Asad Mirza The only face off seems to change the retrospective date for the NRC and instead set a current date for new citizens…

Jan 20, 2020 · Asad Mirza
India

Chanakya’s Chakravyuh

By : ASAD MIRZA For the past one-month or so, since the new Citizenship Amendment Act and NCR and NPR were thrust on the Indian citizens,…

Jan 16, 2020 · Asad Mirza
India

Indian Women will soar high like Shaheen

Shaheen Bagh women have presented a model of Gandhian Satyagraha in practice. Shaheen is a Persian origin word in Urdu, referring specifically to the Barbary…

Jan 15, 2020 · Asad Mirza
OIC Flag
International

Malaysian Threat to the OIC

by: Asad Mirza The fifth edition of an annual gathering of Muslim leaders from across the world was hosted by Malaysia from Dec 19 to…

Jan 15, 2020 · Asad Mirza
India

Time to be united

By: Asad Mirza One has lost the count of sleepless nights spent since 15 Dec when the ‘police action’ against Jamia students started a whole…

Jan 7, 2020 · Gawah News Desk
Editorial

Different labels, the goal same

By Asad Mirza It seems the ruling class in India is trying to teach the public, the rudimentary alphabets. For it first comes the CAA…

Jan 3, 2020 · Asad Mirza
NRC and CAA
India

The Deadly NRC-CAA Duo

by: Asad Mirza The protests against the CAA started as soon as the news that the Bill has been given Presidential Assent became public. The…

Dec 18, 2019 · Syed Khaled Shahbaaz
International

Social Media and UK Elections

By: Asad Mirza The exponential growth of Social Media services in the recent years, with every person becoming a photographer or a journalist or a…

Dec 11, 2019 · Gawah News Desk
India

Ram Temple: The Original Game Plan

The number of devotees thronging Ayodhya, to have a glimpse of the old Ram temple at the disputed site has been swelling since the SC…

Dec 4, 2019 · Syed Khaled Shahbaaz
British Indians in UK Elections 2019, Brexit and more
India

British Indians and UK Elections 2019

British Indians (also Indian British people or Indian Britons) are citizens of the United Kingdom (UK) whose ancestral roots lie in India. According to latest…

Nov 25, 2019 · Syed Khaled Shahbaaz
International

At last, The British Public Wins

After losing a record 15 votes in the House of Commons in his first hundred days as the prime minister, and at the fourth attempt…

Nov 11, 2019 · Gawah News Desk
India

Indo-US Relations – a New thrust

By: Asad Mirza Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in the US today, on his first visit to the US after becoming the country’s…

Sep 23, 2019 · Syed Khaled Shahbaaz
International

Boris Johnson: A Maverick

By: Asad Mirza Former London Mayor Boris Johnson led the campaign for Britain to leave the EU, and after a dramatic prime minister race, he’ll…

Sep 2, 2019 · Syed Khaled Shahbaaz
National

Congress’s Fall, BJP’s Rise and the Muslims

By:Asad Mirza Rahul Gandhi’s resignation as Congress President seems to have put the party on the brink of a collapse. Even after getting rejected by…

Jul 31, 2019 · Syed Khaled Shahbaaz
India

Reawakening UK-India Ties

By: Asad Mirza While the Brexit saga keeps on unfolding and the race for the next prime minister ship heats up between Boris Johnson and…

Jul 12, 2019 · Syed Khaled Shahbaaz
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Media Ownership Monitor: Who owns the media in India?

By :Asad Mirza The Media Ownership Monitor (MOM) project, a global research and advocacy effort to promote transparency and media pluralism at an international level,…

Jul 5, 2019 · Syed Khaled Shahbaaz
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Asaduddin Owaisi vs Mohammed Azharuddin [Video]

Should Mohammed Azharuddin contest election from Hyderabad? If so, he will contesting against MIM leader  Asaduddin Owaisi. The Telangana State Congress has invited Mohammed Azharuddin,…

Oct 21, 2017 · Syed Khaled Shahbaaz