India

‘Freedom to study denied’: Dalit scholar protests caste discrimination at Kerala varsity

Trivandrum: A Dalit doctoral scholar and her mother have launched a protest at a university in Kerala, alleging caste and gender discrimination, harassment and a…

BJP-led Maharashtra govt’s anti-conversion law sparks Christian protests, fears of minority targeting

Mumbai: Anger is growing among Christians and other minority groups in India’s Maharashtra over a controversial anti-conversion law passed by the BJP-led state government, with…

Assam-Meghalaya tensions escalate as arson, taxi standoff disrupt normal life

Shillong : Tensions between Assam and Meghalaya escalated on Friday amid a standoff between taxi operators and fresh incidents of arson and petrol bomb attacks…

Rahul Gandhi stages sit-in as Delhi police delays FIR over student protester’s pellet injuries

New Delhi : Delhi Police registered an FIR in the case of a 19-year-old student protester only after Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in…

Modi govt saffronizing education as RSS affiliates join NCERT panel

New Delhi : India’s Opposition has strongly criticized the BJP government over the reconstituted Textbook Development Team tasked with preparing Political Science textbooks for Classes…

‘Our habit is to demolish’: Hindutva leader threatens Indian Muslims with bulldozers

Lucknow: A senior leader of a Hindutva group has publicly portrayed Muslims in India as habitual land grabbers and threatened them with bulldozers, invoking a…

CJP team attacked while exposing ‘buffalo-shed’ school in BJP-ruled Rajasthan

Jaipur: BJP workers attacked Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leaders on Friday while they were visiting a government primary school in the Bagru Assembly constituency of…

India hosting Israeli soldiers involved in Gaza war crimes: HRF files second complaint

Islamabad: India is facing renewed scrutiny over its growing ties with Israel after the Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) filed a war crimes complaint against an…

Jharkhand exam row: 2,700 recruited candidates protest against cancellation of 22 exams

Ranchi: Around 2,700 candidates, who recently secured government jobs through recruitment tests in Jharkhand, held a protest, demanding a rollback of the notifications that cancelled…

Punjab observes shutdown over continued detention of Sikh prisoners

Chandigarh: A shutdown is being observed across Indian state of Punjab today to demand the release of Sikh prisoners. According to Kashmir Media Service, the…