London: World rights watchdog, Amnesty International (AI), has said that Narendra Modi-led Indian government intensified the repression of human rights in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir during the last three years since it revoked the special status of the territory on August 05, 2019. The
New York: The state of religious freedom in India “significantly worsened” last year, a United States panel has said, calling for targeted sanctions against the country over alleged abuses. In its annual report, the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) urged the State Department for
New Delhi: New Delhi Television Ltd said a major stake sale by its founders to Adani group would require clearance from India’s tax authorities, adding another hurdle to the conglomerate’s bid to take control of the popular news network. The income tax department in 2017 provisionally
'New Delhi: Social media users are calling out a customer's bigotry who asked the restaurant to not send a Muslim delivery person. The customer had added the request in the instruction section while ordering food on an app-based delivery platform Swiggy. The head of an organisation of
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday granted interim bail to activist Teesta Setalvad who has been in custody for over two months after being accused of forgery and fabrication of evidence in a case related to the 2002 Gujarat riots, Bar and Bench reported. Setalvad
Mumbai: Sixteen years after a bomb exploded at a residence of a Nanded-based Rashtriya Swayansevak Sangh (RSS) worker, a former senior functionary of the organisation has moved an application before a special CBI court claiming that several senior right-wing leaders were directly involved in the
New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh has yet again earned the dubious distinction of recording the highest number of crimes against the Scheduled Castes, or Dalits, in India, shows the Crime in India 2021 report released Monday by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), which functions under
New Delhi: A man was booked on Wednesday for sexually assaulting a pregnant cow in the North Chandanpidi area, India, reported India Today. Pradyut Bhuiya, 29, was arrested after the cow-owner filed a complaint against him. The local police said that the man "brutally raped" the child-bearing
Bareilly: An office-bearer of a right-wing group has filed a police complaint against a businessman from Bareilly whose pictures showing him wearing the jersey of the Pakistani cricket team during a recent India-Pakistan match in Dubai has gone viral on the social media. The family members
United Nations: Pakistan told a UN Security Council Arria-Formula meeting that India was “actively” sponsoring terrorism against it, but warned that Islamabad would continue to counter those terrorist threats effectively. Speaking in a debate on ‘Threats to International Peace and Security caused by Transnational Activities of