GURUGRAM, India: Over 3,000 poor Muslims have fled a business hub outside New Delhi this month, fearing for their lives after Hindu-Muslim clashes and sporadic attacks targeting them, residents, police and a community group said. Shops and shacks owned or run by Muslims and their houses
NEW DELHI: India Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to face a heated debate over silence on the deadly violence in the remote state of Manipur, during the ongoing session in the Lok Sabha today (Tuesday), local media reported. Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi initiated a debate
ISLAMABAD: Reacting to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s recent remarks to hold talks with neighbouring countries, the Indian Foreign Office recently said that it wanted good, neighbourly relations with Pakistan. Although in his remarks, PM Shehbaz had not named any country, Indian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi
MANIPUR: Three people were killed and houses set ablaze in fresh violence in India’s Manipur, police officials said, as sporadic violence and killings continue in the remote northeastern state. The three people killed belonged to the majority Metei community in the state’s Bishnupur district, a police
ASSAM: The Assam Police arrested two members of the Bajrang Dal for organising an arms training camp at a school in Darrang, PTI reported. Darrang Superintendent of Police Prakash Sonowal said that the accused have been identified as Bijoy Ghosh and Gopal Boro. “Both of them have
LUCKNOW: An Indian court on Thursday ruled that officials can conduct a scientific survey to determine if a 17th-century mosque in the country’s north was built over a Hindu temple. The Gyanvapi mosque in the holy Hindu city of Varanasi, an area Prime Minister Narendra Modi
NEW DELHI: At least four persons were killed when a police officer with the Railway Protection Force (RPF) allegedly opened indiscriminate fire inside a moving train in India's southwestern state of Maharashtra, official sources said. The shootout took place inside the Jaipur Express train, which was
NEW DELHI: Former Indian Army chief Gen (retd) M. M. Naravane has said that foreign interference in the Manipur violence cannot be ruled out and is “definitely there,” stressing that alleged Chinese aid to various insurgent groups has been continuing for many years. TheWire quoted Gen
MADHYA PRADESH: In yet another incident of violence against women in India, a Muslim girl, a physiotherapist by profession, was molested and beaten up in the middle of a street by some men in the Ujjain city of Madhya Pradesh, Free Press Journal reported. The harrowing
WEST BENGAL: A couple in the Indian state of West Bengal reportedly sold their eight-month-old baby to purchase an iPhone and fund their travel for creating content on Instagram, Indian media reported. The Indian Express, quoting police officials, reported that local authorities sprang into action after