India

Students detained ahead of Amit Shah’s Rajasthan visit

Jaipur : Police detained several students in Alwar city of Rajasthan ahead of Home Minister Amit Shah’s visit on Sunday, preventing a proposed protest against…

Police use force on protesters demanding release of Sikh prisoners in Mohali

Chandigarh : Police resorted to teargas and water cannons to stop supporters of the Qaumi Insaaf Morcha from entering the city, as thousands gathered at…

Kashmiri vendors in Delhi live in fear amid rising hate attacks

New Delhi: Kashmiri handicraft vendors working in New Delhi say rising anti-Muslim and anti-Kashmiri hostility has left them living in constant fear of attacks and…

Cockroach Janta Party hits out at Modi over ‘dimagi Naxal’ remark

New Delhi : Cockroach Janta Party has lambasted Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his reference to “dimagi Naxals” in his Independence Day address from…

‘Dissent can’t be crushed’: Zoya after Delhi school cancels address

New Delhi : Jawaharlal Nehru University professor Emerita Zoya Hasan’s scheduled address at Sardar Patel Vidyalaya’s Independence Day programme was cancelled following a protest outside…

Arundhati, Amitav Ghosh urge CJI to uphold liberty in Umar Khalid & Sharjeel case

New Delhi : In an open letter to Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, several concerned citizens of India including authors, journalists, actors and academics…

Four dead, five Indian army personnel missing after landslide, flash flood in Arunachal Pradesh

Itanagar: Five Indian Army personnel went missing after a flash flood triggered by heavy rainfall washed away two shelters in Arunachal Pradesh’s Dibang Valley district,…

ITBP DIG, his driver killed in Uttar Pradesh road accident

Saharanpur: Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Deputy Inspector General (DIG) and his driver were killed in a road accident in BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh state. According to…

Sikhs protest in Chandigarh on India’s Independence Day

ChandigarH: Sikhs held a massive protest in Chandigarh on the occasion of Indian Independence Day, demanding the immediate release of detained Sikhs. According to Kashmir…

India’s Independence Day marked by shutdown, boycott in strife-torn Manipur

Imphal: Normal life across the strife-torn Indian state of Manipur came to a near-total halt on Saturday as a 24-hour general strike was observed in…