Srinagar: Democratic Azad Party (DAP) urged the Jammu Kashmir administration to withdraw the fresh land laws stating that these laws bar the extension of the lease to commercial properties in Jammu and Kashmir.
Shivamogga: Indian Police registered a case against firebrand BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur for her alleged inflammatory speech at a convention organised here recently by a pro-Hindu outfit.
Sitapur: Three girls from Class 12 committed suicide within a span of eight days beginning from December 10. The three suicides sent the police into a tizzy as the students were of class 12 at the same school in Uttar Pradesh (UP).
Chennai: A temple in Tamil Nadu’s Salem district remained sealed for the fourth day on Thursday after a section of a backward caste community prevented the entry of Dalits into the temple, police said.
Dakar: The accounts are haunting. Abductions, torture, rapes. Scores of civilians including women and children have been killed by the M23 rebels in eastern Congo, according to a UN report. In addition, the M23 rebels have forced children to be soldiers, according to the report by
Paris: Catastrophic floods, crop-wilting droughts and record heatwaves this year have shown that climate change warnings are increasingly becoming reality and this is "just the beginning", experts say. The year did see some important progress, with major new legislation, particularly in the United States and Europe
Kyiv: Russia announced on Wednesday it would ban oil sales to countries that abide by a price cap imposed this month by the West, giving its long-awaited response to the most dramatic step taken so far to limit Moscow s ability to raise funds for
Chattisgarh: There was an "organised campaign" to forcibly convert Christian tribals into Hindus in Bastar's Narayanpur and Kondagaon districts, a team of civil society representatives said in a report after visiting more than 30 villages in districts where attacks allegedly took place against Christians.
Mumbai: India’s pharmaceuticals regulator has begun inspecting some drug factories across the country, the health ministry said on Wednesday, as it tries to ensure high standards after an Indian company’s cough and cold syrups were linked to deaths in Gambia. India is known as the “pharmacy
Odisha: Indian security forces are probing the sudden deaths of a wealthy Russian lawmaker who reportedly criticized the Ukraine war and his companion at a luxury hotel in Odisha state. The body of Pavel Antov, 65, was found Saturday in a pool of blood outside his