Panaj: The Congress in Goa termed the death of Jesuit priest Stan Swamy, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist link case, in a Mumbai hospital “custodial killing” and decided to hold a protest on Tuesday at Azad Maidan in Panaji. “@INCGoa strongly condemns d custodial killing
New Delhi: A day after RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat asserted that the DNA of all Indians is the same, senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh said if Bhagwat is true to his words, he must give directions that all those BJP leaders who “harassed” innocent Muslims
New Delhi: Authorities in France have initiated a judicial probe into allegations of corruption in the sale of 36 Rafale fighter aircraft to India, according to French website Mediapart. On Friday, Mediapart, which ran a series of reports in April this year on the 2016 inter-governmental
Mumbai: India, which recently experienced a COVID-19 surge in April-May, is now contending with an upsurge of rare post-COVID complications. Last month, it reported hundreds of black fungus cases among adults as well as young children. Hospital authorities confirmed to media that at least 19 cases
New Delhi: Indian women were horrified to see their pictures, Twitter handles and names shared on a website which was "auctioning and selling them". The contact details of Muslim women shared on the website, Sulli Deals, were posted on an "auction list". Sulla or Sulli is
Lucknow: BSP leader Mayawati accused the Modi government of giving political colour to the issue of religious conversion in an attempt to hide its failures ahead of the 2022 assembly elections in five states. Mayawati said that “it seems that now they (BJP) want to give
Brussels: The European Union has called the "grave violations" against children in Indian Occupied Kashmir an "important issue" that it has a "keen eye" on. The violations were highlighted recently by the UN chief in the annual report on 'Children and Armed Conflict', which was launched
Geneva: UN-sponsored talks aimed at paving the way for elections in Libya in late December have failed to find common ground, the deputy of the United Nations mission in Libya said after weeklong talks near Geneva. Raisedon Zenenga, assistant secretary-general and mission coordinator of the UN
Kabul: The Taliban outlawed dozens of seemingly innocuous activities and pastimes in Afghanistan during their 1996-2001 rule -- including kite flying, TV soap operas, pigeon racing, fancy haircuts, and even playing music. These have made a comeback in the years since, but fears are growing they
Nicosia: The European Union deployed aerial assistance to help Cyprus contain a huge forest fire raging north of the cities of Limassol and Larnaca, a blaze one official called the worst on record. The blaze, fanned by strong winds, affected at least six communities in the
