Washington: United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressed concern about the “rise in human rights abuses” in India, in a rare criticism of the latter country’s human rights record by a senior Washington official. He made the statement at a joint press briefing with the
New Delhi: Telangana chief minister and Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief K. Chandrashekhar Rao launched a day-long dharna on April 11, demanding that the Union government procure 15 lakh tonnes of parboiled rice from the state’s farmers. The chief minister was joined by party ministers, MPs,
New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government will not give out the Dr Ambedkar awards for the year 2022 on April 14, the birth anniversary of B.R. Ambedkar. Ever since the Modi government came to power in 2014, the awards named after Ambedkar have not been
Washington: Majority of Hindus in India believes that being Hindu is essential to be considered truly Indian, says a US survey. The survey conducted by the Washington-based Pew Research Centre says that nearly 2/3 of Hindus in India believe that for being a truly Indian, it
New Delhi: The first information report registered on the lynching of a 40-year-old man in Delhi on suspicion of cow slaughter stated that the attackers managed to leave without identifying themselves even as police had reached the spot during the assault, The Indian Express reported
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday, April 13, directed the Uttarakhand government to file a status report on the investigation into the Haridwar Dharma Sansad hate speech cases. The court also allowed petitioners to serve copies of the new applications filed against similar events planned
Bhopal: The police in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh have so far arrested 104 people in connection with the communal violence, which broke out at Khargone on April 10 during Ram Navami processions. They are all Muslims. But the police action failed to surprise
Tokyo: Japanese foreign minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said the government in Tokyo is paying very close attention to the violent acts in Tel Aviv and the Palestinian West Bank and believe the use of force or violence can’t solve the issues between the Israelis and Palestinians. At
London: Arab students from seven universities gathered for the first time in two years in London to celebrate their heritage and cultural diversity, while raising money for eye surgeries in Yemen. “We have such a strong community here in all the different London universities and universities
Kyiv: A nine-year-old girl from Ukraine has written a letter to her mother who was killed in the Russian invasion. Galia's letter has touched many hearts and an image of the letter was posted on Twitter by Anton Gerashchenko, the adviser to the Minister of Internal