Islamabad: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi slammed India for its "partisan and obstructionist actions" after Pakistan was denied the opportunity to address a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) meeting on Afghanistan for the second time this month. India, the UNSC president for the current month, had
Gwalior: A 30-year-old man died while in police custody in Gwalior district of Madhya Pradesh. A team from Inderganj police station had taken two people into custody for interrogation, suspecting their involvement in accepting bets, on Monday night, Gwalior’s Superintendent of Police (SP) Amit Sanghi told
Srinagar: Police in Indian occupied Kashmir (IoK) fired tear gas and warning shots to disperse members of the Shia Muslims community who attempted to participate in processions marking the month of Muharram. Dozens of people were detained on Tuesday. Hundreds of Muslims chanting religious and pro-freedom
New Delhi: In February 2020, India’s capital, New Delhi, experienced its worst communal violence targeting a religious minority in more than 30 years. The death toll currently stands at 43 and parts of northeast Delhi remain under lock-down. As per usual after incidents of violence against
Brussels: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg called on the Taliban on Tuesday to facilitate the departure of all those who want to leave Afghanistan, and said the Western defence alliance has agreed to send additional evacuation planes to Kabul. He said that the member countries will
Beijing: China on Tuesday accused Washington of "leaving an awful mess" in Afghanistan after the Taliban seized control of the country prompting a chaotic evacuation of US personnel and allies. Beijing has signalled its readiness to cooperate with the Taliban after the United States’ withdrawal, which
Kabul: The Taliban announced a "general amnesty" for all government officials Tuesday, two days after the group captured Kabul and completed their hold over the country after a lightening offensive. "A general amnesty has been declared for all
Kabul: More than 40,000 people wounded during fighting in Afghanistan have been treated since June at health facilities supported by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), including 7,600 so far this month, the aid agency said on Tuesday. During the first 10 days of
Srinagar: Denial of permission for traditional 8th Muharram procession in Srinagar has exposed RSS backed Modi government’s policies towards Muslims. BJP and RSS openly hurting religious sentiments of Muslims across Indian Occupied Kashmir. Main Muharram processions have been banned in IIOJK since 1989. Anti-Muslims hatred has
New York: A US commission recommended for the second year in a row that India be placed on a blacklist for religious freedom, saying treatment of minorities had deteriorated further during RSS backed Modi's regime. The Indian government last year responded angrily to the call by