''The Milli Gazette'' is an Indian English language digital news publication (formerly a fortnightly

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) based in

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. Founded in January 2000, the publication describes itself as the Indian Muslims' Leading News Source. In 2008, it started its

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publication. ''

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'', a British daily while quoting ''Gazette'' editor,

Zafarul Islam Khan Zafar ul Islam Khan Ex. Chairman of Delhi Minority Commission, author and journalist based in New Delhi. He is currently editor and publisher of The Milli Gazette fortnightly focusing on issues concerning the Muslim community. He is also the fo ...

, described the ''Milli Gazette'' as "a newspaper widely read among India's 140m Muslims" and "an influential newspaper for Indian Muslims."' ''

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'' and ''The Citizen'' described the publication as the first English language Muslim newspaper of India. With its 1–15 January 2010 edition, ''Milli Gazette'' completed its 10th year in publication. In 2011, ''

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'' reported that the ''Milli Gazette'' is frequently cited by media houses on stories related to Indian Muslims.

Closure of print publication

In March 2016, the paper published a story titled ''We don’t recruit Muslims: AYUSH Ministry'' by journalist Pushp Sharma. The story – based on replies to RTI queries sent to the Ministry of Ayush pertaining to recruitment of Muslim yoga teachers and trainers – alleged that the Ministry did not recruit Muslims "as per government policy". The ministry sent a letter to the Kotla Mubarakpur police station seeking an FIR against Sharma and the newspaper. In May 2016 the paper was issued a show-cause notice based on a complaint by Sharma alleging the publication of misinformation. Sharma denied filing such a complaint. The show-cause notice was withdrawn in 2019 – three years after filing. Editor

says that this "fiasco" accompanied by financial troubles led to the closure of the print publication at the end of 2016, retaining only its digital version. Speaking to

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about the stigma of having a primarily Muslim audience, Khan said "The Hindu community and Hindu businessmen did not advertise with us at all" and that the Muslims who are in a position to advertise did not do so because of the fear of being persecuted by authorities.

Notable contributors

* Asghar Ali Engineer * Balraj Puri *

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* Nilofar Suhrawardy * Ram Puniyani

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Milli Gazette Newspapers established in 2000 English-language newspapers published in India Islamic media in India Biweekly newspapers Indian news websites 2000 establishments in Delhi