Qaisar Mansoor On 29 May 2009, Nilofar Jan (22) and her sister-in-law Asiya Jan (17) were allegedly raped and murdered in south Kashmir's Shopian district. Their bodies were found by the side of a local stream outside the town. Neelofer and Asiya’s family alleged that they had
Srinagar: Jailed Kashmir human rights activist and Chairman of Asian Federation against Involuntary Disappearances and journalist of Indian Occupied Kashmir Khurram Parvez, included in Time’s list of 100 most influential people – 2022. International recognition of his work as a human rights activist and journalist prove
New Delhi: Indian Congress has released a 20-page Hindi booklet titled ‘8 saal, 8 chall Sarkar Viphal,’ (’Eight years, Eight deceits and a failed government’) to highlight Modi government’s failures with regard to economy, employment, inflation, farmers’ income, national security, welfare for the Scheduled Castes,
Qaisar Mansoor On the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, Pakistan reiterated its commitment to continuing working with the UN for advancing the shared ideals of peace, stability and cooperation. UN designates 29 May as ‘International Day of UN Peacekeepers’ in commemoration of the day in 1948
Guwahati: The Assam Police have detained 26 Myanmar nationals after they entered the Assam state. 26 Rohingya Muslims reached in the state’s capital Guwahati in a train from occupied Jammu and Kashmir. The Assam police arrested them when they entered the Silchar city in a car. Many Rohingyas
Bihar: In Indian State of Bihar, a 16-year-old Muslim girl was raped, tortured and murdered by village head, his brother and accomplices. The victim’s family said that the local authorities and police are protecting the accused and have manipulated the post-mortem report for the same. She went
New Delhi: Three men stole and sold 40 luxury cars in a grand heist using a software-based hacking device after being inspired by Hollywood series Fast and Furious, reported Hindustan Times. Police identified the trio as Manish Rao (42), Jagdeep Sharma (43), and Aas Mohammad (40). Deputy
London: A Conservative lawmaker submitted a letter of no confidence in Boris Johnson on Friday and another quit a role as an assistant to Britain’s interior minister, putting new pressure on the prime minister over illegal parties at his Downing Street residence during COVID-19 lockdowns. Bob
Khartoum: Sudanese women's activist Amira Osman Hamed has won a Front Line Defenders Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk, the organisation announced. The activist and engineer, now in her forties, has been advocating for Sudanese women for two decades, and was detained this year in
Moscow: Two Communist lawmakers in Russia’s far east urged President Vladimir Putin to put an end to Moscow’s offensive in Ukraine in a rare public show of dissent. Despite thousands of people having been killed and wounded during Russia’s three-month military campaign in Ukraine, Putin has