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Faridullah Farid Pakistan is a country that loves sports the most. Most of us might only know the country as a cricket powerhouse. However, Pakistan also actively participates in various sporting activities being held at international level as well. The popularity of sports is immense in
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s meeting with British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn in London triggered a heated online exchange between leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress. Earlier, the Indian Overseas Congress (IOC) posted a picture of Gandhi, who is on a
New Delhi: An Indian court ordered life in jail for Kashmiri leader Yasin Malik for funding “terrorist” activities and other charges, a judge said, prompting street protests outside the politician's residence. Malik, head of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), earlier told a special court
Chandigarh: Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh said that every Sikh should possess a licensed modern weapon because “such are the times”. Akal Takht is the highest temporal seat of Sikhs. Akal Takth head’s statement came a week before the 38th anniversary of Operation Bluestar, when
Islamabad: Mushaal Hussein Mullick, Chairperson of the Peace and Culture Organization (PCO) has strongly rejected the unfair trial and judgment of conviction by India’s Kangaroo courts and said there is no justice expected for Muslims from Modi’s government. Addressing a press conference here on Thursday, Mushaal
Bengaluru: After a lull of over two years during the pandemic, the police have launched a fresh drive to identify and extradite undocumented Bangladeshi migrants in the outskirts of Bengaluru. Reports came in about raids over the past weekend on shanty settlements in Sarjapura, Anugondanahalli
Madhya Pradesh: A 32-year-old woman married a 17-year-old boy in Madhya Pradesh, India, but the state's Commission for the Protection of Child Rights has asked the marriage to be declared null and void, reported the Hindustan Times. The commission has written to the district collector of
Varanasi: Rumours are being spread about the shivling claimed to be found at the Gyanvapi mosque to invoke sentiments of citizens, the mosque management committee told the Varanasi district court on Thursday, reported Live Law. The Anjuman Intezamia Masjid Committee said that it has not been
Syed Ali Haisum Bukhari India was considered a democratic country where all the minorities enjoyed their respective freedom of religion. During the Muslim rule in sub-continent even the Hindus & Christians were at liberties. Ironically, the Hindutva policy of BJP led by Prime Minister Modi is
London: Britain's Royal Mint has produced its biggest ever coin to mark Queen Elizabeth's Platinum Jubilee, a 15 kilogram (33.07 lb) giant commissioned by a private collector. The coin, which has a diameter of 220 mm (8.7 inches) and is made of fine gold, took 400
New York: The Amnesty International says 2021 saw a worrying rise in executions and death sentences as some of the world’s most prolific executioners returned to business as usual and courts were unshackled from Covid-19 restrictions. In its annual review of the death penalty, Amnesty estimates
Johannesburg: Environmental activists are gathering in South Africa this week to press governments and businesses to reduce the production of plastic because it is harming the continent’s environment. The conference, “Towards Zero Plastics to the Seas of Africa,” being held in Gqeberha (formerly Port Elizabeth), South