Washington: Egypt has missed out on an additional $75 million in American military aid after a senior Democratic US senator blocked the funding over concerns about Cairo's human rights record including holding political prisoners. Senator Patrick Leahy, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, rejected an assessment
New Delhi: A citizens committee comprising Indian judges, in its report on the 2020 Delhi riots, has flagged the failures of Indian state machinery, indicted the BJP leadership for provoking anti-Muslim sentiments during electioneering, and condemned media for vilifying Muslims. The report, titled ‘Uncertain Justice: A
New Delhi: As many as around 15 farmers and 15 agricultural labourers died by suicide every day in 2021, accounting for nearly 7 per cent of the total suicides reported in India, the highest number of such deaths reported since 2017, as per official data
Muzaffarpur: A group of Muslim students at a college in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district held protests after they were asked to take off their hijabs, ANI reported. The students were appearing for the Sent Up tests at the city’s Mahant Darshan Das Mahila College. Students in the
New Delhi: India tested a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) from its indigenous INS Arihant nuclear ballistic missile submarine (SSBN). On October 14, the Indian Ministry of Defense (MoD) announced that the INS Arihant, which means “destroyer of enemies” in Sanskrit, successfully tested an SLBM, firing the
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi attacked the Centre over India slipping down to 107th position in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2022 and asked till when the RSS-BJP will work to “weaken” India by misleading the people from reality. India ranked 107 among 121 countries
New Delhi: As many as 29 airports and terminals in India have been named after Hindu personalities and dignitaries, with no Muslim figure including Maulana Abul Kalam Azad and A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Abdul Kalam being able to find his place in the list. There
New Delhi: Members of India's opposition Congress party voted on Monday to elect its first head in nearly 25 years from outside the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty of leaders, with a veteran loyal to the family expected to win. Results are due on Wednesday in the battered party's
Mumbai: Sikh leaders have expressed anger over the allotment of religious symbol to Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde’s faction of Shiv Sena by the Election Commission of India. Ranjitsingh Kamthekar, former secretary of Gurudwara Sachkhand Board, Nanded, and a local Congress leader in a letter written
New Delhi: A 50-year-old Muslim man named Dawood Ali Tyagi was attacked by a mob in Vinaipur in Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat district. Around 20 men reportedly charged at Tyagi with sticks and sharp objects late at night, inflicting fatal injuries upon him. Four arrests have