Mumbai: The Shiv Sena said the West Bengal election results have proved that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah are not invincible. An editorial in the Sena mouthpiece ''Saamana'' said out of four states (West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu and Kerala) and
New York: United Nations General Assembly President, Volkan Bozkir, while reiterating that the position of the United Nations on Jammu and Kashmir is governed by the UN Charter and applicable Security Council resolutions has stressed that the status of Jammu and Kashmir should not be
New Delhi: As India battles one of the worst humanitarian crises of the COVID-19 pandemic, the country’s leaders are facing increased scrutiny and criticism over their handling of the second wave. India's official count of coronavirus cases surpassed 20 million on Tuesday, nearly doubling in the
Muzaffarabad: The journalist community across Azad Jammu Kashmir (AJK) marked the World Press Freedom Day on Monday with serious concern over the increased incidents of victimization of journalists in Indian Illegally occupied Jammu Kashmir by the Indian occupational forces with sinister motives to gag the
Geneva: Somalia’s human rights record will be examined by the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the third time on Thursday, 6 May 2021 in a meeting that will be webcast live. Somalia is one of the 14 States to be
New York: The International Press Institute, an international organisation that protects journalism against censorship, warns that dictatorial-minded governments are stepping up their efforts to suppress free media. According to the annual report of the institute, which was released on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day
London: Iran is expected to be a key topic in talks between US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his host in London, British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab. The two envoys donned face masks and fist-pumped before heading into the talks, a day ahead of the
Washington: President Joe Biden announced that he was raising the maximum number of refugees allowed into the United States this year to 62,500 -- up from the 15,000 cap imposed by his predecessor Donald Trump. The change follows backlash from allies over Biden’s earlier decision to
London: Domian Holbrook , a friend of Meghan Markle, had used inappropriate language against the British royal family on Twitter. Holbrook , who is a TV critic, mocked the royal family after actor Patrick J Adams defended his Suits co-star when the Duchess of Sussex was
