Human Rights Watch on Tuesday urged the government of Chile to respect human rights while containing protests that have already left 15 people dead. Jose Miguel Vivanco, Americas director at HRW, said that the group was deeply concerned by the images of instances of police brutality coming out of the...
The US Senate overwhelmingly approved North Macedonia's accession to NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation). On Tuesday, Senators voted 91 to 2 to ratify North Macedonia as the alliance's 30th member state. According to US media, the two "no" votes came from ...
The Kashmiri Muslims have suffered the most from the terrorist attacks by Pakistan-sponsored militants and this was being ignored by the Western media and activists, Indian journalist Aarti Tikoo Singh has told a US Congressional hearing. "What the foot-soldiers of the Pakistani military and ISI (Inter-Services ...
Former Finance minister P. Chidambaram on Wednesday moved the Delhi High Court seeking bail in the INX Media money laundering case being probed by the Enforcement Directorate. The Supreme Court had on Tuesday granted bail to Chidambaram in the INX Media corruption case being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), ...
The Tripura police on Wednesday said it was taking steps to arrest former state chief secretary Y.P. Singh in connection with the multi-crore PWD scam in which former PWD minister Badal Choudhury and former PWD Chief Engineer Sunil Bhowmik have already been arrested. ...
A gang of notorious snatchers were nabbed from the heart of the national capital as the Delhi Police carried out an early morning encounter in the Connaught Place area. One of the gang members is still at large. Sounds of gun shots broke the silence at day break as a gang of four criminals, ...
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat will conduct a five-day workshop of organisation heads of all saffron outfits at Haridwar's Premnagar Ashram from October 30. Some 450 organisation of heads of outfits such as the Bharatiya Janata Party ...
Congress Interim President Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday morning visited party leader D.K. Shivakumar at the Tihar Jail here. She was accompanied by party General Secretary in-charge of Karnataka K.C. Venugopal. Shivakumar was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering ...
The much-publicised 'Deepotsav' in Ayodhya later this week will now be an official function and the Uttar Pradesh government will bear the entire expenses of the event. A decision to this effect has been taken by the state Cabinet. Earlier, the UP Tourism Department spent funds from its own budget for ...
As the date for the verdict on the Ayodhya title dispute inches closer, saints and seers have held a recitation of the 'Sunder Kand' from "Ram Charit Manas" at a temple here on the banks of Sangam in Uttar Pradesh. The recitation of the Sundar Kand is considered to be auspicious by Hindus and ...
