UTTARAKHAND: In a representation to Dr DY Chandrachud, Chief Justice of India (CJI), the People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), pointing towards "alarming rise of hate speech, vigilantism, and targeted communal violence against the minority Muslim community in Uttarakhand", has said that freedom of speech
Srinagar: Extrajudicial killings, custodial torture and arbitrary detentions by Indian troops have become a regular feature in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. A to a report released by Kashmir Media Service, deplored that Kashmiris continue to live in dire situations created by over 1 million
Washington: Two US lawmakers, Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, have said that they will boycott the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi’s address the US Congress. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on US official visit, is scheduled to address a joint session of the US
Pristina: NATO forces in Kosovo are ready to face any situation if acts of violence similar to recent encounters threaten the peace, the NATO commander in Pristina said on Tuesday. Some 30 NATO peacekeeping soldiers defending three town halls in northern Kosovo were injured in clashes
Paris: French authorities are expected shortly to issue a decree shutting down a climate activist group after demonstrators clashed with police over a controversial irrigation project that left one man in a coma. Government spokesman Olivier Veran accused the Uprisings of the Earth (SLT) coalition of
Vatican City: U.S. climate envoy John Kerry has said that the United States and China - the world's two biggest greenhouse gas emitters - must create a partnership to tackle climate change without allowing their differences on other issues get in the way. Kerry spoke to
Geneva: The World Health Organization has flagged at least seven cough syrups made in India as toxic in its investigation into the contaminated medicines suspected to have led to more than 300 deaths, The Indian Express reported on Tuesday. Christian Lindmeier, the spokesperson for global health
LUCKNOW, India: At least 98 people have died due to severe heat in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Many parts of north India continue to swelter under extreme heatwave conditions. At least 54 people died in a district in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh over
New Delhi: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that New Delhi's stance on Ukraine was not widespread in the United States. Asked in an interview with the Wall Street Journal about critical comments in the US for not taking a more forceful stance against Russia’s
Srinagar: Indian state terrorism spanning over a period of the past thirty-four years has forced the people of Jammu and Kashmir to abandon their homes in occupied Jammu and Kashmir and live a refugee life outside of the territory. According to report released on the World