New Delhi: Attacking the Centre, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said that unemployment is high in the country and its informal sector is in shambles following the "ill-considered demonetisation decision" taken by the BJP-led government in 2016. He also criticised the Union government for
The horrible incident of mass rape of around hundred defenseless Kashmiri women On February 23, 1991 at Kashmiri villages of Kunan and Poshpora of Kupwara district by the armed barbaric Indian soldiers is, no doubt, a big slur on the face of India who fallaciously
Srinagar: Former Chief Minister of PDP-BJP coalition in erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir State, Mehbooba Mufti said that the Kashmir issue was not about raods and development but a “far bigger issue”. “Jammu and Kashmir issue is not about roads and lanes but a far bigger issue.
Islamabad: In 2020, India topped list of 29 countries that blocked access to the internet despite increased demand during COVID-19, while over the past year billions of people all over the world have relied heavily on internet connectivity to keep in touch with family and
PARIS: A court in France on Monday found former president Nicolas Sarkozy guilty of corruption, handing him a three-year prison sentence in a ruling that deals a major blow to any lingering political ambitions. The three-year jail sentence includes two years as suspended and the remaining
Paris: Lawyers representing survivors of a chemical weapons attack in 2013 in Syria have filed a criminal complaint against Syrian officials whom they blame for the deaths of hundreds of civilians in a rebel-held area. France is home to thousands of Syrian refugees, and its investigating
James Wilson Like many countries in the region, the Central African Republic has been ravaged by post-election strife. The latest bout of fighting is two months old and dates from the presidential and legislative elections of December 2020. The CPC (Coalition of the Patriots of the Central
Jerusalem: More than 400 European parliamentarians have urged leaders to use Joe Biden’s new presidency as an opportunity to stop what they term Israel’s “de-facto annexation” of the occupied West Bank. A letter was signed by 400 European politicians from across a range of backgrounds who
New York: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said a “disappointing” $1.7 billion has been pledged by countries for humanitarian aid in Yemen –– less than half the $3.85 billion the world body was seeking for 2021 to avert a large-scale famine. "For most people, life
Washington: The United States said it remained ready to meet Iran but was not "dogmatic" about how, after Tehran rejected an EU-proposed gathering. "We remain ready to engage in meaningful diplomacy to achieve a mutual return to compliance" in a 2015 nuclear deal, State Department spokesman