Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee claimed Thursday that the manufacturers of the controversial Pegasus spyware — the Israel-based technologies company NSO Group — had approached the West Bengal Police in an attempt to sell them Pegasus, but that she had turned down the
Qaisar Mansoor Bollywood film ‘The Kashmir Files’ is a deceitful tale of lies and propaganda aimed at fanning anti-Muslim sentiment across India. Vivek Agnihotri’s film, Kashmir Files based on the exodus of Kashmiri Hindus during the Kashmir insurgency. The movie depicts the situation surrounding the exodus of
Srinagar: After Mehbooba Mufti and Dr Farooq Abdullah, National Conference Vice President and former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah spoke about ‘The Kashmir Files’. He said that many lies were projected in that film. Talking to reporters on the side-lines of a political
By Sheikh Saaliq When Aliya Assadi was 12, she wore a hijab while representing her southern Indian state of Karnataka at a karate competition. She won gold. Five years later she tried to wear one to her junior college, the equivalent of a U.S. high school. She
Kolkata: TMC candidate for Ballygunge assembly by-poll, Babul Supriyo, who switched over to the Mamata Banerjee-led party from the BJP last September, said his decision to quit the saffron party was prompted by politics of “hatred and divisiveness” practised by its members. The former MP had
Pune: A 22-year-old Dalit man was allegedly murdered by the kin of a woman from an upper caste, police said. The accused were angry with the deceased due to his alleged love affair with the woman, they added. The incident took place at Shivane . Police
Contributed by Dr. M. Abbah, LIPR Trustee based in London Dear Americans As I bid farewell to the White House after eight years of service in the public office, I would like to address issues of interest to the nation. At the moment when you elected me
By Qudrat Ullah, LIPR Ambassador of Peace based in Islamabad India in its official response has stated that the missile which went into Pakistan on 09th March was due to ‘accidental firing’ caused by a ‘technical malfunction’ in the ‘course of routine maintenance’. Though it did
London: Russian news channel RT’s licence to broadcast in the UK has been revoked with immediate effect by the regulator Ofcom, which said it “cannot be satisfied that RT can be a responsible broadcaster in the current circumstances.” RT has already been pulled by some UK
Anjeky Beanatara, Madagascar: With precious few trees left to slow the wind in this once fertile corner of southern Madagascar, red sand is blowing everywhere: onto fields, villages and roads, and into the eyes of children waiting for food aid parcels. Four years of drought, the