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Islamabad: Pakistan condemned a Swedish far-right group's desecration of the Holy Quran and offensive remarks passed by a Dutch politician, according to a statement issued from the Foreign Office (FO). "Pakistan strongly condemns the recent abhorrent act of desecration of the Holy Quran during rallies in
New Delhi: India’s right-wing is now up in Arms against the state-owned Pawan Hans and has been demanding a ban on the company. Pawn Hans- India’s biggest helicopter service provider has apparently caused displeasure among the extremist Hindus with its alleged list of new apprentices, as
Maharashtra: Curfew was clamped after attacks on Muslims were carried out by Hindutva extremists over the removal of Hindutva flags installed on mosques and other religious places in Achalpur city, Amravati district of Maharashtra state. Additional Superintendent of Police, Shashikant Satav, said that 22 persons have
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party is trying to create a “communal situation” in the country, said Nationalist Congress Party Chief Shared Pawar. His statement came amid a wave of violence between Hindus and Muslims in Delhi, Vadodara, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Rajasthan and
Qaisar Mansoor Incidents of communal violence have been reported in India on the occasion of ‘Ram Navami’. The riots claimed 53 lives and resulted in damage of property worth hundreds of crores. Reports in the aftermath have found that most of those who died were Muslims,
Islamabad: The Government of Pakistan has decided to extend by two months the time for transportation of Indian wheat and lifesaving medicines to Afghanistan via Attari-Wagah border crossing on a humanitarian basis. The Foreign Office spokesperson in a statement said that the extension manifests Islamabad’s sincere
New Delhi: Hitting back at BJP president J P Nadda over his attack on opposition parties, the Congress questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi's silence over the recent communal violence in some parts of the country and asked why he has not yet denounced the incidents
New Delhi: In a dangerous open challenge to Delhi Police, that comes under the Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who had directed the force to take strict action against those accused in the Jahangirpuri violence, the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) reportedly threatened to launch "a
Islamabad: The Foreign Office strongly condemned the recent spree of targeted attacks against the Muslim community by "fanatic Hindu mobs" in various Indian states, calling the international community to hold the country accountable "for its gross and widespread human rights violations". Indian police had on Sunday
Roorkee Uttarakhand: Dada Jalalpur is a hamlet in Roorkee’s Bhagwanpur region. On April 16, violence broke out here after a Hanuman Jayanti ‘shobha yatra’ or procession. The lanes of the hamlet are narrow, but they clearly separate ‘Hindu’ areas from ‘Muslim’ ones. The former is marked
Riyadh: The King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Center and the UN University for Peace signed a wide-ranging cooperation program. The supervisor general of KSrelief, Dr. Abdullah Al-Rabeeah, and the permanent observer of UN University for Peace, David Fernández Puyana, signed the program in Riyadh. The deal
Colombo, Sri Lanka: Sri Lankans protesting for days near the president’s office criticized a lack of progress in finding those responsible for the deaths of more than 260 people in Daesh-inspired bombings on Easter Sunday three years ago, piling pressure on the government already embroiled