New Delhi: Rajkumari Devi frowned and pursed her lips looking at the heap of potatoes in front of her. She had sat cross-legged for the last eight hours on the grey concrete floor surrounded by gunny bags at the potato shed in Azadpur mandi, a
Manipur: Dozens of rebel fighters have been killed in clashes with security forces in India’s remote northeastern state of Manipur. The state has been on edge since the explosion of inter-ethnic violence on May 3 between tribal groups and the ethnic majority Meitei people over plans
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said that India is facing a “very complicated challenge” from China which has been particularly visible in the last three years in the border areas, reported Press Trust of India (PTI). “There are clearly responses that are required,
London: The British government on Friday announced an independent inquiry into tensions between Hindus and Muslims in the city of Leicester last year, reported PTI. UK Communities Secretary Michael Gove commissioned the review under the chairmanship of Lord Ian Austin, who is a former minister for
United Nations: Pakistan has told the UN General Assembly that it considers the veto power vested in the Security Council’s five permanent members an important issue that needed to be tacked as part of the 15-member Council’s reform to make it more effective. Speaking in a
Islamabad: Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari thanked the countries who stayed away from participation in the G20 tourism meeting in Srinagar. “I salute to China, Saudi Arabia, Turkiye and other countries who rejected the Indian invitation to participate in the G20 tourism meeting in the Illegally
New Delhi: Evictions and demolitions have intensified in New Delhi and other cities hosting G20-related events rendering several people homeless, activists have said. At a public hearing in New Delhi, civil society and community members shared accounts of the evictions and anti-encroachment drives. The hearing was
Fahad Ali Since BJP came to power, communalism has reached high pitch and unfortunately the focus of hatred is directed towards Muslims. Initially increase in wave of communalism was attributed to the failure of secularist policies followed by the then dominant political Congress Party that consequently faced
New Delhi: In the strategically significant area of Depsang plains in Ladakh, China’s People’s Liberation Army has demanded the creation of a 15-20km buffer zone or no patrol zone inside India-claimed lines as a precondition for disengagement, Kolkata-based The Telegraph reports, citing an official from
New Delhi: India will make tests mandatory for cough syrups before they are exported, a government notice showed on Tuesday, after Indian-made cough syrups were linked to the deaths of dozens of children in Gambia and Uzbekistan. Any cough syrup must have a certificate of analysis