New Delhi fog disrupts air & rail travel
New Delhi: Low temperatures and fog in New Delhi hit air and rail movement as a cold wave gripped the Indian capital with minimum temperatures dipping as low as 5.6 degrees Celsius (42 F).
India to deploy tactical missiles near China & Pakistan border
New Delhi: India plans to deploy 120 tactical missiles on its uneasy borders with China and Pakistan, according to media reports on Tuesday. However, experts say the announcement is more likely a response to domestic opposition that has accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of being weak-kneed
Lured to count trains, Indian youth lose millions in fraud
New Delhi: In a country where the Panama Papers and fugitive billionaires have failed to cause ripples, a fraudulent job scheme has caught the nation’s attention. Reports on Tuesday spoke of a bizarre railway job scam that has been detected by Delhi Police wherein 28 unemployed
India: BJP MP urges Hindus to keep weapons at home, cut enemy’s head
Karnataka: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of Parliament (MP), Pragya Singh Thakur, has urged Hindus to keep weapons prepared at home to use against enemies.
Indian BSF soldier allegedly beaten to death in Nadiad
Gujrat: An Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldier was allegedly beaten to death in Gujarat’s Nadiad area after he attempted to rebuke a boy who had circulated an obscene video of his teenage daughter.
Indian officials seal temple after Dalits entry prevented in Tamil Nadu’s Salem district
Chennai: Revenue officials sealed the Sakthi Mariamman Temple at Virudasampatti in Tamil Nadu’s Salem district after upper caste Hindus prevented the entry of Dalits into the temple.
‘Deeply disturbed’ by Taliban’s ban on women working for NGOs in Afghanistan: UN chief
United Nations: United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed deep concern about the reported ban imposed by the Taliban on women from working for national and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Afghanistan.
Hezbollah hands over suspected killer of UN peacekeeper
Beirut: Lebanon’s powerful Hezbollah group has handed over a man suspected of killing an Irish United Nations peacekeeper earlier this month.
Save the Children halting operations in Afghanistan after ban on female staff
Kabul: Three foreign aid groups, including Save the Children, announced that they were suspending their operations in Afghanistan after the Taliban ordered all NGOs to stop their women staff from working.
Deadliest year for Rohingya at sea in years as 180 presumed drowned
Dhaka: The possible sinking of a boat with 180 Rohingya Muslims on board will make 2022 one of the worst years for the community as refugees try to flee desperate conditions in camps in Bangladesh, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) told Reuters.