NEW DELHI — India has redirected at least 50,000 additional troops to its border with China in a historic shift toward an offensive military posture against the world’s second-biggest economy. Although the two countries battled in the Himalayas in 1962, India’s strategic focus has primarily been Pakistan since the British left the subcontinent, with the […]
LUDHIANA — People of Punjab’s Ludhiana are making a beeline for a shop selling Pakistani suits in the city. The clothing store named ‘Pakistani Attire’ is winning hearts and has garnered a lot of love and praise on social media. People are praising Puneet Chhabra, the owner of the store, for bringing Pakistani suits to […]
MUMBAI — Shiv Sena on Sunday slammed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Central government for allegedly using CBI and ED for pressurising the non-BJP governments and political opponents in the country. “Even in the pre-independence period, people were not afraid of the tyrannical British rule. Today rich politicians, industrialists submit before the ‘ED’ and ‘CBI’. The […]
NEW DELHI — Several netizens took to Twitter to hail Manoj Sinha, the Lieutenant Governor of Union of Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, for his outstanding commitment towards public service after it was revealed that the Manoj Sinha had skipped his son’s wedding to attend the crucial all-party meeting with Prime Minister to discuss the […]
NEW DELHI — The Editors Guild of India (EGI) on Friday demanded that the FIR lodged by the Uttar Pradesh Police against a news portal and some journalists for circulating a video clip of an elderly Muslim man on social media be withdrawn immediately. It said “this wanton use of the law” to criminalise reporting […]
KOCHI — The Lakshadweep administration on Wednesday filed a statement in the Kerala High Court opposing the anticipatory bail application filed by filmmaker Aisha Sultana who was booked under sedition charges by the police in the islands. In its statement, the administration submitted that the bail application is not maintainable as the petitioner has not […]
MATHURA (UP) — A court dropped proceedings on charges related to apprehension of breach of peace against Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan and three others on Tuesday as the police failed to complete the inquiry against them within the prescribed period of six months, the defence counsel said. Kappan and his alleged associates, who were suspected […]
SRINAGAR — The Hajj Committee of India on Tuesday cancelled all the applications for Haj-2021 after the Saudi Arabia government decided to cancel the International Haj for the second straight year in 2021 in wake of Coronavirus pandemic. The Ministry of Haj & Umrah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia issued a statement informing that due to […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would hear after two weeks a plea challenging the Centre’s notification inviting non-Muslims belonging to Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan and residing in 13 districts of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Haryana and Punjab to apply for Indian citizenship. The matter came up for hearing before a vacation […]
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM — Over a dozen leaders and workers of the BJP in Lakshadweep resigned from the party Friday in protest over the filing of sedition charges against islander and filmmaker Aisha Sultana. The Kavaratti police had filed a case of sedition against Sultana based on a complaint from C Abdul Khader Haji, the chief of […]