Baghdad: Thousands of Iraqis chanting “Death to America” Saturday mourned an Iranian commander and others killed in a US drone attack that sparked fears of a regional proxy war between Washington and Tehran. The killing of Iran’s Major General Qasem Soleimani Friday was the most...
Hyderabad: Thousands of citizens turned up to protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizens at Hyderabad’s Dharna Chowk on Saturday afternoon. The ‘Million March’ protest, which was conducted by an umbrella of Muslim and civil society organizations, drew a sea...
Baghdad: A fresh air strike hit pro-Iran fighters in Iraq early Saturday, as fears grew of a proxy war erupting between Washington and Tehran a day after an American drone strike killed a top Iranian general. It came hours ahead of a planned mourning march...
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan Friday wrote a letter to his counterparts in 11 states, urging them to unite against Citizenship (Amendment) Act or CAA. The letter appealed to the various chief ministers to push for repealing the CAA passed by Parliament last month. “Apprehensions...
Jodhpur (Rajasthan): Union Home Minister Amit Shah Thursday said the government will not budge an inch on its decision to implement the Citizenship Amendment Act despite the opposition criticism of the law. Launching an ‘awareness programme’ in support of the amended citizenship law, Shah accused...
Bangalore: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called on young scientists of India to ‘Innovate, Patent, Produce and Prosper’. He said these four steps would lead ‘our country towards faster development’. The Prime Minister also stressed Friday on the need to transform the landscape of Indian...
Mumbai: The Shiv Sena has targeted the Centre by questioning the ‘efficacy’ of the 2016 surgical strike and said the perception that it would demoralise Pakistani terrorists remained an ‘illusion’ as Indian soldiers continue to get killed in terror attacks in Kashmir. Accusing the Modi...
New Delhi: The Centre will send a high-level team comprising experts from AIIMS, Jodhpur and health economists to the government-run JK Lon Hospital in Rajasthan’s Kota, where 100 infants died in December. The team will assess the infrastructural gaps and measures to be taken to...
As the world erupted in celebrating a brand new year, India welcomed an estimated 67,385 babies, the highest in the world on New Year’s Day, 2020. Following India were China with 46,299 babies, Nigeria with 26,039, Pakistan with 16,787, Indonesia with 13,020 and the United...
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has decided to stop payment of social security pension in the state from April 2020 if the pensioners fail to submit their Aadhaar details to the government. As per the government plan, it has decided to exclude people from pension benefits...
By Aakar Patel Attacks on Bengali Christians and their churches have begun following the BJP's victory in the state. Last...
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By Dilip Cherian The Centre appears keen to give young IPS officers early exposure to the workings and priorities of...
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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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