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UK-Based Kashmiri Writer, Academic Denied Entry To India For ‘Her Criticism Of R.S.S’.
NEW DELHI: Nitasha Kaul, a noted Kashmiri writer, novelist and a professor at the University of Westminster in the United Kingdom said that she was denied entry...
Indians discharged from Russian Army after ‘strongly taking up cases’, says MEA
‘No Mention of recruitment agencies, hiring process in India’ NEW DELHI: The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on February 26 claimed that several Indians have...
Intellectuals, Activists Unite To Voice Concerns Over Erosion Of Democracy In India
“A declaration issued at the Democracy Convention 2024 said that India is witnessing alarming trends from stifling of dissent to encroachment on individual righ...
Donations To All Political Parties Come Under Centre’s Scrutiny
NEW DELHI: Ahead of the Supreme Court quashing the electoral bonds on February 15, the Income Tax department has asked donors to divulge details of all contribu...
Why We’re Still Playing Measles Whack-A-Mole?
By Shelly Bolotin, University of Toronto in Toronto Measles is eliminated in some parts of the world, but it’s starting to make a comeback. There is a gathering...
DMK Contemplating To Extend SC Benefits To Muslim Converts
Syed Ali Mujtaba* CHENNAI: Schedule Caste members, who have converted to Islam will be considered for reservation benefits on par with their Hindu counterparts,...
SC Scraps Opaque Electoral Bonds As Unconstitutional
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday scrapped a seven year-old election funding system that allows individuals and companies to donate money to political pa...
Why Are Farmers from Punjab, Haryana marching to Delhi Again?
NEWS DELHI: Once again, inter-state borders in North India are being sealed and blocked by the plaint government to prevent another farmers’ march to Delhi afte...
Journalist Nikhil Wagle Attacked By BJP Workers In Pune
NEW DELHI: Journalist Nikhil Wagle’s vehicle was allegedly assaulted by workers of the Pune unit of Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday, February 9, 2024, night, w...
Delhi Journalists’ Bodies Flay Broadcasting Services Bill 2023
NEW DELHI: Half a dozen journalists’ organisations of the capital on Wednesday described the proposed Broadcasting Services Bill 2023 as the government expandin...
Bilkis Bano case: All 11 Convicts Back In Jail
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday quashed the Gujarat government’s remission in the Bilkis Bano case, sending all 11 convicts back to the jail, holding tha...
Damning New Forensic Investigation Reveals Repeated Use Of Pegasus Spyware To Target High-Profile Journalists In India
NEW DELHI: Amnesty International (AI), in partnership with The Washington Post, has unearthed shocking new details about the continued use of NSO Group’s highly...
Article 370, BBC Raids, Election Commission, Governors: Justice Nariman Slams Modi Govt
NEW DELHI: In one of the severest criticisms of the Supreme Court and the central government by a former Supreme Court judge in recent times, Justice Rohinton F...
‘Our country has lost its moral compass’: Arundhati Roy
Arundhati Roy From Arundhati Roy’s acceptance speech at the P. Govinda Pillai award function held in Thiruvananthapuram on December 13. Thank you for bestowing ...
SC Has Erred On Article 370 Verdict, Should Review It: Justice Lokur
JAMMU: Former Supreme Court judge Madan Lokur has said that the top court has erred and cannot be proud of its Article 370 judgement but, instead, should review...
Parliament Intrusion: Rewind To Similar J&K Assembly Incident
Parliament Intrusion Revives Memories of 2012 J&K Assembly Breach
Cyclone Michaung has left over 5 km long oil seepage in Chennai
Syed Ali Mujtaba* CHENNAI: Cyclone Michaung has left behind a trail of destruction and for the environmentalists, the Oil mixed with rainwater that flowed throu...
Cleansing of Muslims from Uttarakhand begs National Attention
Syed Ali Mujtaba* The hill state of Uttarakhand is the first state in North India where a systematic campaign for ethnic cleansing of the Muslims is gathering m...
First-ever UN Human Rights Report on Kashmir Calls for International Inquiry into Multiple Violations
GENEVA (14 June 2018) – There is an urgent need to address past and ongoing human rights violations and abuses and deliver justice for all people in Kashmir, wh...
Internet Blockade: India deploys shutdowns in name of security
NEW DELHI: For the fifth consecutive year, India continued to be the top most violator of internet freedoms among democratic countries. People in Jammu and Kash...