It happened 39 years ago but it feels as if it was yesterday – the heart, body and mind still feel the tremors of the emotional earthquake it caused. Religious minorities have suffered worst form of atrocities since Modi’s BJP came into power in 2014. Modi
Washington: Documents marked as classified were discovered at former US vice president Mike Pence's Indiana home last week, and he has turned those classified records over to the FBI, his attorney said in letters seen by Reuters. The attorney, Greg Jacob, sent a letter to the
New Delhi: India and Egypt agreed Wednesday to boost trade between their countries during a visit by the Egyptian president that underscores Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s efforts to fortify ties with other emerging economies. Modi and President Abdel Fattah El-Sissi agreed on measures to increase two-way
Karnataka: As many as 30 Hindu rioters were booked for indulging in violence and attempting to stall the screening of the film in theatres of in Karnataka on Wednesday. According to the publication, the Hindu far-right protestors stormed Swaroopa and Narthaki theaters and tore the posters
Ahmedabad: Houses made of cow dung are protected from atomic radiation such as nuclear blast fallout, an Indian court has claimed. Cows are venerated as sacred creatures in much of India and authorities have cracked down hard on cattle slaughter in recent years in concert with
By Sara Flounders The Dec. 16 announcement by Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of a new defense strategy, while doubling military spending by 2027 to implement it, is the largest defense shake-up in decades and a wake-up call to the antiwar movement. The decision includes openly acquiring
New Delhi: Indian students said they would show again a BBC documentary about Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the government has dismissed as propaganda after a Tuesday campus screening was disrupted by a power cut and intimidation by rivals. The Students’ Federation of India (SFI) plans
Mumbai: India has invited Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari to a meeting of the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation (SCO) that it is hosting in May, Indian media reported on Wednesday, signalling a possible thaw in relations between the nuclear-armed rivals. The invitation came days after Prime Minister Shehbaz
Ladakh: India has lost access to 26 out of 65 patrolling points in the eastern Ladakh region, a senior police officer posted in the Union Territory has said in a research paper, reported NDTV. PD Nitya, Leh Senior Superintendent of Police, submitted the paper at the
Jerusalem: Human Rights Watch (HRW) charged that new Israeli rules for foreigners entering the West Bank risked turning the occupied territory into "another Gaza," cutting residents off from the outside world. The regulations, which have faced waves of condemnation from the European Union (EU) and the