New Delhi: The Election Commission issued a notice to West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee for “openly demanding votes on communal grounds”. The Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief has been directed to explain her remarks within 48 hours of receipt of the notice, failing which the commission

New York: The United States said it is restarting assistance to the Palestinians, announcing $235 million in new humanitarian, economic and development support, reversing a Trump-era decision to cut such funding. The bulk of the money will go through the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees –

Washington: The US State Department has refused to comment on Pakistan cancelling an earlier decision to import sugar and cotton from India but did ask the two neighbours to hold direct talks to normalise relations. “I wouldn’t want to comment on that specifically. What I would

Kiev: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was travelling to the country's eastern frontline on Thursday, after a surge in clashes with separatist forces and a spike in tensions with Moscow. Fighting between the Ukrainian army and separatists has intensified in recent weeks, raising fears of a major

Yangon: A leading Myanmar actor, singer and model who has backed the country’s anti-coup protests was arrested on Thursday, his sister said, as the junta hunts more than 100 celebrities for supporting the movement. The country has been rocked by daily protests since the military seized

Srinagar: Two Indian policemen disgraced and molested a young girl in Kulgam district, in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). Two policemen raped the girl in Qazigund area of the district. Reportedly, after the incident, the girl came to Primary Health Centre (PHC) Qazigund for check

New York: In a report titled “The State of the World’s Human Rights 2020/2021” Amnesty International examines the human rights situation in 149 countries. In the section on India, it said: “The police continued to carry out unlawful killings – some amounting to extrajudicial executions –

Yangon: A group representing Myanmar’s ousted civilian government said Wednesday it has gathered 180,000 pieces of evidence showing rights abuses by the junta including torture and extrajudicial killings. The country has been in turmoil since the army deposed civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi on February

Vienna: Iran, Russia and the United States reacted positively to the opening exchanges in a first day of talks in Vienna aimed at rescuing an international agreement on Tehran s nuclear programme. US President Joe Biden has said he is ready to reverse the decision of

Dubai: Sudan called on the United Nations to replace Ethiopian peacekeepers in Abyei with another force from different countries, Foreign Minister Mariam al-Mahdi said on Wednesday. Mahdi made the statement during an interview with the pan-Arab Al-Hadath news channel following the latest round of talks with