Saeed Ghasseminejad Mohsen Khojastemehr, the CEO of the National Iranian Oil Company, said earlier this month that Iran’s oil production has returned to its pre-sanctions levels. While this claim may constitute an exaggeration, Iran’s stated progress reflects the Biden administration’s failure to enforce existing sanctions on
Rampurhat (West Bengal): A woman, who suffered burn injuries in the Rampurhat massacre in West Bengal’s Birbhum district in March, died on the morning of May 1 while undergoing treatment. With this, 10 people have died of burn injuries after their houses in Bogtui village were
Guna Madhya Pradesh: A Dalit family was allegedly stopped by some people from performing the last rites of a relative on an elevated platform at a cremation ground in Madhya Pradesh’s Guna district, following which the police arrested three persons, an official said on Monday,
Assam: India should replace marriage and inheritance laws that are based on religion with a uniform civil code, the chief minister of a northeastern state said, taking aim at rules that allow Muslim men, for example, to have four wives. Successive governments have steered clear of
New Delhi: India's electricity demand touched a record high in April as its northern states reeled under the hottest pre-summer months in decades, with a surge in the use of air conditioning triggering the worst power crisis in more than six years. Power demand grew 13.2%
Gujarat: On April 28, Iftiyakh Sayid’s godown was reduced to rubble. He had used the warehouse to store agate semi-precious stones, the main commodity of trade in the decrepit coastal town of Khambhat in Gujarat. The 80 foot-by-20 foot warehouse was nearly a decade old.
Haryana: Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Aseem Goel took an oath to make India a Hindu nation at an event in Haryana’s Ambala city. The oath was administered by Suresh Chavhanke, the editor-in-chief of the television channel Sudarshan News, who is facing trial in a hate speech
Qaisar Mansoor Since BJP came into power, it has been spreading ‘us-versus-them’ philosophy in a country which is already been divided into various factions. Government bodies began rewriting history books, lopping out sections on Muslim rulers, changing official place names to Hindu from Muslim, and more
New Delhi: Over 100 former civil servants have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi with a hope that he will call for an end to what they termed as "politics of hate" allegedly practised "assiduously" by governments under BJP's control. In an open letter, they said
Qaisar Mansoor Observing May Day, the world on Sunday commemorated the labor protests of 1886 at the Haymarket Square Chicago and expressed quiet solidarity with workers. But not many people know that much before this incident, the world’s first organized labor and trade union movement had taken