India

Uttarakhand CM Dhami takes pride in ‘most prolific hate-speech actor’ tag, rights groups alarmed

Dehradun: Instead of disputing the findings, Pushkar Singh Dhami, the Chief Minister of BJP-ruled Uttarakhand state, has openly embraced the label of “most prolific hate-speech…

11 Indian commandos injured in IED blasts during Chhattisgarh operation

New Delhi: At least eleven commandos of Indian armed forces were injured after a series of improvised explosive device (IED) blasts during an anti-Maoist operation…

Amnesty exposes India’s systematic impunity for sexual violence

New Delhi: Amnesty International has said that the death of a young Kuki-Zo woman, who was a victim of sexual violence during Manipur’s ethnic conflict,…

Communal tension grips Ujjain as Muslims attacked after minor dispute

New Delhi: Communal tension gripped Tarana town of Ujjain district in India’s Madhya Pradesh after a minor dispute was deliberately given a communal colour, leading…

Hindutva agenda shows ugly face as India moves to bar non-Hindus from temples

New Delhi: In another alarming move reflecting the deepening communalization under the Modi-led regime, Indian authorities in Uttarakhand are set to approve a proposal to…

Modi regime targets own citizens in panic, slaps espionage charges to stoke fear

New Delhi: In a telling sign of deepening sense of insecurity, the Modi-led Indian regime has intensified a campaign of fear by targeting its own…

Modi-led Indian govt suffering from global isolation: Shanta Chhetri

New Delhi: Senior Indian politician and former MP Shanta Chhetri has said that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Indian government is suffering from global isolation…

Seven years without trial exposes judicial apathy, executive collusion in IIOJK

New Delhi: In a damning indictment of the judicial and executive machinery in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the Supreme Court of India has…

Removing Mughals from textbooks ‘nonsense’, Indian historian Romila Thapar

Kozhikode: Eminent Indian historian Romila Thapar has termed the removal of entire dynasties such as the Mughals from school textbooks as “nonsense,” stressing that history…

UN flags discrimination against Bengali-speaking Muslims in Assam

Geneva: The United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) has voiced grave concern over the treatment of Bengali-speaking Muslims in Assam, pointing…