Washington: The political uproar over a suspected Chinese spy balloon drifting over the United States did not just derail a planned visit to Beijing by the top US diplomat, it also threatens to upset attempts by both countries to steady an increasingly rocky relationship. The reaction
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti has said that the so-called anti-encroachment drive launched in Indian Administered Kashmir is a new weapon for the BJP’s Hindutva government to persecute the Kashmiri people and uproot them from their homes. Mehbooba Mufti talking to reporters in Srinagar
New Delhi: The Supreme Court lamented that despite the court passing many orders, nobody is taking action against hate speeches. A bench of Justices K.M. Joseph, Aniruddha Bose and Hrishikesh Roy made the observation while a lawyer requested an urgent hearing against the Hindu Jan Akrosh
Mumbai: In November last year, the Telangana high court laid down three strict conditions while setting aside MLA Raja Singh’s preventive detention order. Singh, who has over 100 criminal cases against him, had spent 76 days in jail under preventive detention for stoking communal tensions
Assam: Police in Assam have arrested more than 1,800 men for marrying or arranging marriages to underage girls, launching what the eastern Indian state's chief minister said was the start of a sustained crackdown on the practice. Police began the arrests on Friday night, and more
Ever since Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power in India, there has been a rise in the production of Hindutva pop and anti-Muslim music. What was earlier fringe has now become mainstream. Blazing anti-Muslim music that caters to Hindutva ideology during Hindu festivals and other
Brussels: NATO allies on Friday threw their weight behind U.S. complaints that Russia is violating the New START nuclear arms control treaty and called on Moscow to come back into compliance. "NATO Allies agree the New START Treaty contributes to international stability by constraining Russian and
New York: The US Department of Transportation (USDOT) has announced that it is taking several actions to raise awareness about human trafficking and how to recognise and prevent this crime, as it works to combat human trafficking in the transportation sector. “Every year, human traffickers seek
Washington: A suspected Chinese spy balloon has been flying over the United States for a couple of days, US officials said, in what would be a brazen act just days ahead of a planned trip to Beijing by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Fighter jets
Washington: United States House of Representatives Republicans ousted Democrat Ilhan Omar from a high-profile committee over remarks widely condemned as antisemitic, two years after Democrats removed two Republicans from committee assignments. The deeply divided House voted 218-211 along party lines to remove Omar from the Foreign