Man immolates himself in anti-Hindi protest in India
New Delhi: An octogenarian man burned himself to death in southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu in protest at what he called New Delhi’s attempts to impose nationwide usage of Hindi.
New Delhi: An octogenarian man burned himself to death in southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu in protest at what he called New Delhi’s attempts to impose nationwide usage of Hindi.
New Delhi: Indian billionaire Gautam Adani sees the takeover of news broadcaster New Delhi Television Ltd (NDTV) as a “responsibility” rather than a business opportunity, he said in an interview.
Srinagar: Indian Police raided the houses of several journalists in an investigation of anonymous online threats to around a dozen journalists in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) a top police confirmed.
New Delhi: A Punjab-origin man from India, who murdered an Australian woman in 2018 because her dog would not stop barking at him, has been arrested, investigators told local media.
Bengaluru: In the latest case of Islamophobia in India, a professor at Bengaluru's Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT) from Karnataka allegedly called a Muslim student a "terrorist" in a viral video on the internet.
London: United Kingdom (UK) faces industrial unrest in the run up to the Christmas holiday period and into January as workers struggling with double-digit inflation resort to strike action to demand better pay and working conditions.
Addis Ababa: The World Food Programme (WFP) said aid deliveries into Tigray were “not matching the needs” of the stricken region even as a ceasefire takes hold in northern Ethiopia.
Brussels: European interior ministers lauded a European Union (EU) plan to better coordinate the handling of migrant arrivals after a dispute over a refugee rescue boat erupted between France and Italy.
Beijing: North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un pledged his commitment to denuclearisation and to meet United States (US) officials, China said after his meeting with President Xi Jinping.
Tehran: Iran’s foreign ministry has condemned a United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) decision to investigate the country’s response to unrest following the death of Mahsa Amini.