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
New Delhi: Indian journalist Siddique Kappan, who was held in custody for more than two years without a trial, walked free after being granted bail in a money laundering case. Kappan was arrested in October 2020 in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, where he had
New Delhi: Following an alert issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to the US Food and Drug Administration about 55 cases of adverse events related to an eye drop imported from India, Tamil Nadu based-manufacturer Global Pharma Healthcare on Friday announced an
New Delhi: The Bangladesh Power Development Board, the country’s power authority, has asked for a revision to the power purchase agreement it had signed with Adani Power Ltd, to import power from the company’s plant in Jharkhand’s Godda district. The BPDB has sent a letter
Children in Indian Administered Kashmir are suffering worst kind of persecution at the hands of Indian occupation forces. 915 children are among the 96,175 people martyred by the troops since 01 January 1989 till date. Article (7) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights