New York: Indian-born democratic socialist Nithya Raman has been elected Mayor of Los Angeles, scripting history as she becomes the first South Asian mayor of the nation's second-largest city. Raman, 45, who was a Los Angeles City Council member, defeated incumbent 73-year-old Karen Bass in...
Washington: US President Donald Trump raised the prospect of further military action against Iran on Thursday (local time), even as senior House Democrats outlined plans to force votes to end the war and demand answers about its objectives and costs. “I would rather not destroy...
Washington: President Donald Trump Thursday signed a proclamation that he said will prevent future changes to the Oval Office and Cabinet Room as he has redesigned them. "We're making it a national monument, and it will not be allowed to be touched by anybody," Trump...
Paris: The Eiffel Tower was closed to visitors Thursday due to a nationwide strike in France, as demonstrations also took place across the country. "Due to the nationwide strike, the Eiffel Tower is closed today," the landmark's official website announced. By 1 p.m. local time...
New Delhi: Manuscripts of the epic Mahabharata, Kalhana’s 12th-century historical chronicle Rajatarangini, and Kautilya’s Arthashastra, a work on governance and statecraft, have been inscribed on UNESCO’s Memory of the World Asia-Pacific Regional Register, officials said Thursday. PIB Culture made the announcement on X and shared...
Kathmandu: Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri Thursday called on Nepal’s Prime Minister Balendra Shah in Kathmandu ahead of Shah’s forthcoming visit to India, and also conveyed greetings from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Indian Embassy in Nepal said. “Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri called on the Rt....
Paris: Hundreds of thousands of trade union members joined nationwide strikes and demonstrations Thursday to demand higher wages and support the high school protest movement, piling fresh pressure on the beleaguered government. After more than a month of large, recurring protests across France, major rallies...
Washington: The US has imposed sanctions on a Chandigarh-based couple and a web of companies they run for allegedly supporting Iran's shadow fleet by providing false flags and certifications to transport petroleum. The US Department of Treasury sanctioned Suniel Kumar Sharma and his wife Jaspreet...
Islamabad: At least seven people, including children, were killed and 18 others seriously injured Thursday after Pakistani security forces allegedly opened fire and carried out drone strikes against peaceful protesters in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), the United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP) said. The UKPNP strongly...
Tehran: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said Thursday that three vessels, including two supertankers, caught fire in two separate incidents the previous night while crossing the Strait of Hormuz through an "illegal and unauthorised" route south of the waterway. In a statement on its...
The demonstration by scores of policemen and officers outside the Delhi Police headquarters on 2 November to protest against some...
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More than three years after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, there is no let-up in the spiral of killings, displacement,...
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The BJP appears to be clueless as to how to handle the people’s fury and the Opposition’s mega rally at...
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By Aakar Patel My thesis is that the Indian state under Hindutva is incompletely communal. I have written about this...
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