New Delhi: Olympic medal-winning Indian wrestlers have accused the chief of the sport’s governing body and several coaches of sexually harassing multiple female athletes, with the opposition questioning the government’s silence. The wrestlers, led by Olympic bronze winners Sakshi Malik and Bajrang Punia, began protesting in
London: The BBC Friday said that its documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s alleged role in the 2002 Gujarat riots has been made after “rigorous research according to highest editorial standards”, reported the Variety magazine. A spokesperson told Variety that the BBC had asked the Indian
Pathankot: Congress leader, Rahul Gandhi, has launched a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its ideological mentor, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), saying that they have created an atmosphere of hatred, violence and fear in India. Addressing a rally in India’s Pathankot city
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court (DHC) has rejected a petition filed by Kashmiri women organization, Dukhtaran-e-Millat (DeM), challenging the Modi government’s decision to declare it a ‘terrorist organisation’ under the black law, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). Justice Anish Dayal said an alternative remedy prescribed
New Delhi: A survey conducted by Morning Consult has found that the average Indian adult has similarly warm views about both the US and Russia, but at the same time view China and the US as the top two military threats to India – even
Uttar Pradesh: Over a dozen Muslim students of Hindu College in Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad were not allowed to enter the campus till they removed their burqas, The Indian Express reported. A group of girls alleged that the college administration forced them to remove their burqas at
Davos: The United Nations Secretary General has said the planet is in a “sorry state” with problems “piling up like cars in a chain-reaction crash” as he cast a gloomy picture at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Antonio Guterres said the parlous state was a
Davos: The long-standing strategic alliance between Riyadh and Washington is beyond vitally important for sustaining world’s peace, according to the ambassador of Saudi Arabia to the United States. The killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi agents in 2018, the Saudi-led coalition’s involvement in the Yemeni
Paris: Capping global warming at liveable levels will be impossible without massively scaling up the extraction of planet-warming carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, the first global assessment of CO2 removal warned Thursday. The persistent failure to draw down greenhouse gas emissions -- nearly 60 billion tonnes
Washington: Everyday Americans will be able to help refugees adjust to life in the U.S. in a program being launched by the State Department as a way to give private citizens a role in resettling the thousands of refugees who arrive every year. The State Department