India

India’s women’s commission seeks probe into abuse of Kashmiri woman officer

New Delhi: India’s National Commission for Women (NCW) has taken suo motu cognisance of a viral video purportedly showing a senior Indian Administrative Service (IAS)…

Assam police assault Muslim student, hurl Islamophobic slurs

Dispur: Police in the Indian state of Assam reportedly assaulted a 20-year-old Muslim student activist, hurled Islamophobic slurs at him and threatened to kill him…

Dhruv Rathee calls Modi ‘anti-National’ over protesters’ detention

New Delhi : Indian YouTuber Dhruv Rathee has criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the detention of protesters waving the Indian flag, saying that Modi…

Five workers killed, five injured in chemical factory blast in BJP-ruled Gujarat

Ahmedabad: Five workers were killed and five others injured in an explosion at a chemical manufacturing unit in Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP)-ruled Gujarat state. According…

Signs of BJP govt’s decline emerge as protests intensify in India

Islamabad : The BJP’s political dominance in India is showing signs of decline as protests, social grievances and discontent intensify among marginalized ethnic and religious…

Telangana police data drive on Islamic institutions raises religious profiling fears

Hyderabad : Police in India’s Telangana state are collecting detailed information about Islamic seminaries, Muslim-run educational institutions and religious organizations without providing written authorization or…

Rahul Gandhi calls Jaishankar ‘employee’ of US Secretary of State Rubio

New Delhi: Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi has mocked Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, calling him an…

Delhi turned into a fortress ahead of Cockroach Janta Party protest

New Delhi : Authorities have imposed widespread restrictions and deployed more than 30,000 police and paramilitary personnel across New Delhi and adjoining areas ahead of…

Recruitment on forged documents question mark on Modi govt’s flawed administrative system

New Delhi: The recruitment of individuals into sensitive positions within Indian security forces based on forged documents has exposed the incompetence and flawed administrative system…

Manipur grinds to halt as Black Day shutdown over 1949 merger disrupts normal life

Imphal: Normal life was severely disrupted in Bharatiya Janata Party -ruled Manipur as organisations observed the anniversary of the state’s merger with India in 1949…