Dhaka: Chinmoy Krishna Das, a prominent Hindu leader and spokesperson for the Bangladesh Sammilito Sanatani Jagaran Jot, has been granted bail by the High Court Wednesday in an alleged sedition case. The bench of Justice Atoar Rahman and Justice Ali Reza passed the order after...
Kyiv: Clinching a deal to end the Russia-Ukraine war “is far too complex to be done quickly,” a senior Kremlin official said Wednesday, as the US labours to bring momentum to peace efforts and expresses frustration over the slow progress. Meanwhile, a nighttime Russian drone...
New Delhi: World championship medallist pugilist Gaurav Bidhuri gave a fiery reply to former Pakistan cricket captain Shahid Afridi, whose comments on the Pahalgam terrorist attack have left many Indians infuriated. After the attack, in which 28 civilians tragically lost their lives, Afridi appeared on...
Hong Kong: Higher tariffs on US imports of products from China appear to be damaging the world's second-largest economy, according to monthly surveys of Chinese factory managers released Wednesday. The official survey by the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing shows export orders slowed in...
Beijing: Three Chinese astronauts landed back on Earth Wednesday after six months on China's space station. The crew's landing module came down slowly after separating from the return vehicle, descending on a red-and-white parachute, in Dongfeng, in China's northern Inner Mongolia region on the edge...
Washington: US President Donald Trump said that trade talks with India were “coming along great” and expressed confidence in signing a deal. Unlike his aides, however, the president did not put an immediacy to the talks. “India's coming along great,” he told reporters at an...
Washington: President Donald Trump will sign executive orders Tuesday to relax some of his 25 per cent tariffs on autos and auto parts, the White House said, a significant reversal as the import taxes threatened to hurt domestic manufacturers. Automakers and independent analyses have indicated...
Wellington: A 6.2-magnitude earthquake has hit off the west coast of New Zealand. There is no tsunami warning. The US Geological Survey says the quake occurred shortly after 1 am local time. It was 300 kilometres southwest of Invercargill, New Zealand, and 10 kilometres under...
Islamabad: Issuing a strong warning to Islamabad, Saudi Arabia's Interior Ministry has stated that strict penalties will be imposed on Pakistani citizens found violating Hajj permit regulations this year. The warning came at a time when Pakistan formally commenced its Hajj flight operations Tuesday with...
Peshawar: The World Bank has sanctioned additional funding of USD 108 million for improving the lives of women and girls by enhancing their access to essential services and economic opportunities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northwest Pakistan. The Pakhtunkhwa Integrated Tourism Development (KITE) and the...
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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