New Delhi: A massive protest erupted in Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh on Monday ahead of a demolition drive planned by the Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled South Delhi Municipal Corporation, reported PTI. The Muslim-dominated neighbourhood was among the sites in the national capital where protests against the Citizenship
New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Haribhushan Thakur Bachaul has said that Muslims should be set ablaze just as Hindus burn Ravana effigies during the festival of Dussehra. “We need a Hanuman ji so that our youth could be strong, the people of our country
Srinagar: The latest Delimitation Commission’s report recommending massive redrawing of the occupied Jammu and Kashmir assembly and Indian parliamentary constituencies continues to draw flak from all major regional political parties. Describing the Commission Draft Report as bizarre, National Conference General Secretary Haji Ali Mohammad Sagar said
New Delhi: In an outspoken interview where he does not mince his words, a recently retired judge of the Supreme Court has said Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code, which is the Law of Sedition, should be “immediately abolished”. Justice Deepak Gupta says that
Sharon Ikeazor & Vincent Van Quickenborne The ocean is a vital life support system for the planet, and we are running out of time to preserve the marine biodiversity that it is home to and upon which we all depend. Having played a key role thus far
By Barrister Ali Tahir A Pakistani military drone successfully hit its targets last week; Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan’s (TTP) hideouts in Khost and Kunar provinces of Afghanistan. The strikes were carried out by using unmanned aerial vehicles, or in simple terms, drones. These hideouts were no-go areas even
United Nations: The UN Security Council unanimously adopted its first declaration on Ukraine since Russia invaded in February, backing Secretary-General Antonio Guterres efforts to find a "peaceful solution" to the war. The declaration, drafted by Norway and Mexico and obtained by AFP, stopped short of supporting
Riyadh: The Saudi-led military coalition fighting Yemen s Huthi insurgents said it had freed a batch of rebel prisoners, part of what it describes as efforts to end the seven-year war. Last week, the coalition said it would release 163 prisoners it accused of participating in
Seoul: North Korea fired an unidentified projectile into waters off its east coast Saturday, the South Korean military's Joint Chiefs of Staff said. The latest launch comes just three days after Pyongyang last fired a missile, as warnings grow that it may conduct a nuclear test. "North
Zaporizhzhia: US President Joe Biden announced another package of military assistance for Ukraine, as dozens of civilians were evacuated from Mariupol's besieged steelworks, the last pocket of resistance against Russian troops in the port city. Worth $150 million, the latest security assistance would include artillery munitions