New Delhi: Congress MPs led by Rahul Gandhi staged a protest against the fuel price hike at Vijay Chowk and sought its roll back. Congress MPs from both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha carrying placards, raised slogans against the government and sat on a

Tamil Nadu: H&M has signed a legally binding agreement to end sexual violence and harassment against women workers at one of its largest Indian suppliers, following the murder of a young garment worker by her supervisor last year. In January 2021, Jeyasre Kathiravel, a 20-year-old Dalit

New Delhi: Journalist Rana Ayyub was on Friday, 1 April, unable to obtain interim relief from the Delhi High Court that would allow her to travel abroad and participate in events and conferences where she was slated to speak. The high court has, however, directed the

Srinagar: The local Muslims in the Mattan area of south Kashmir’s Islamabad district are helping the Pandit families in reconstruction of their houses. According to media reports, the reconstruction of the houses of several Pandit families that had begun last year, is about to be completed

Colombo: Protesters from across Sri Lanka descended on the nation’s capital in February, shouting above the street noise and pumping their fists in the air in frustration. The group was made up of fishermen and their supporters, and their rage was sparked by the Indian boats

Buenos Aires: Whether it is found in children’s school books, on bank notes, murals and road signs, tattooed on people’s bodies or even as an article in the constitution, Argentina’s claim to the Falkland Islands is a national obsession. Forty years since Argentina launched its disastrous

Colombo: Sri Lanka announced nationwide 13-hour daily power cuts from Thursday and more hospitals suspended routine surgeries after running out of life-saving medicines, as the cash-strapped island’s economic crisis deepened. The South Asian nation of 22 million people is in its worst economic spiral since independence

Sydney: Heavy rains deluged Australia’s east coast, submerging entire towns, while thousands of people fled their homes for the second time within weeks after fast-moving flood waters burst river banks and broke over levees. Several towns in northern New South Wales, already reeling after record floods

Islamabad: As one of the top troop-contributing countries, Pakistan deeply valued the vital role played by the “blue helmets” in maintaining security and stability in many conflict-ridden areas around the world, the Foreign Office said. In the wake of the crash of a Pakistan army helicopter