GUWHATI: Nearly all schools remained shut in India's violence-hit Manipur state despite a government order to reopen them in a bid to restore normalcy after two months of ethnic clashes that have killed almost 120 people. Students, teachers and support staff did not show up at
STOCKHOLM: Climate activist Greta Thunberg has found herself in legal trouble as she has been charged with disobeying a police order during a climate protest in southern Sweden. The incident took place on June 19 in the city of Malmo, where Thunberg participated in a demonstration
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi expressed his displeasure over an inhuman act of a Bharatiya Janata Party leader of urinating on a tribal youth. The BJP leader, identified as Pravesh Shukla, was caught on camera, the other day, urinating on the tribal youth in Sidhi
NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said that the Indian government has urged Western countries not to give space to Khalistani elements, PTI reported. “We have requested our partner countries like Canada, the US, the UK and Australia, where sometimes Khalistani activities happen, to
ISLAMABAD: The All Parties Hurriyat Conference Azad Jammu and Kashmir (APHC-AJK) chapter held a reception at its office in Islamabad in the honour of the leaders of the Kashmir Movement in UK, Europe, Spain and Scotland, in which the speakers demanded of the UN to
JAMMU: Members of various Sikh organizations in an emergency meeting in occupied Jammu and Kashmir unanimously called for restoration of statehood and early assembly elections. The meeting, chaired by S. Mohinder Singh, Chief Organizer of Bhai Kanhaiya Nishkam Sewa Society, J&K, highlighted the need for the
LONDON: Scotland will mark the coronation of King Charles and his wife Camilla on Wednesday with a grand procession, a fly-past and a service of thanksgiving. Charles and Camilla were crowned in London's Westminster Abbey in May in front of about 100 world leaders in Britain's
UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that the world has the power to “seek and unite for solutions” — even when beset by growing divisions and rising geopolitical tensions — to deal with three major challenges, including climate change, facing the humanity. The secretary-general
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has urged arch-rival India to take benefit of the multibillion-dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) infrastructure project instead of creating hurdles in its way. The premier said this in a statement on Wednesday to mark the completion of 10 years of CPEC. Highlighting
The Hague: In the early years of Syria's brutal conflict, top government officials established and directed paramilitary groups known as shabbiha to help the state crack down on opponents, war crimes investigators have documented. In a report shared with Reuters, the Commission for International Justice and