LONDON —Queen Elizabeth II formally opened a new session of Britain’s Parliament on Thursday with a speech laying out Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s plans to use his commanding majority to take the U.K. out of the European Union and shake up the country’s public services. Johnson’s Conservative Party […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump was impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives, becoming only the third American chief executive to be formally charged under the Constitution’s ultimate remedy for high crimes and misdemeanors. The historic vote split along party lines Wednesday night, much the way it has divided […]
NEW DELHI/BENGALURU – As protests rage across Indian universities against a new citizenship law, students have taken to social media to wage battle online and teach people how to organise demonstrations. Instagram is popular with some because it can be used to share pictures and video, while its […]
MUMBAI – The police detained one of the country’s most respected historians and intellectuals, Ramachandra Guha, on Thursday during a demonstration in Bengaluru against a new citizenship law based on religion. Indian news channels showed footage of Guha being dragged by three policemen near barricades erected to hold […]
NEW DELHI – Hundreds of Indians held for defying a ban on demonstrating against a controversial new citizenship law continued their protest in police detention on Thursday. Public anger over the new law widely considered to be discriminatory is building across the country, with marches and rallies planned […]
Jammu, Dec 19: An abducted girl was rescued and her kidnapper arrested in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Thursday. A man from Dadwara village had lodged a complaint at Billawar Police Station on Wednesday alleging that his daughter was kidnapped by a local named Koushal […]
Washington, Dec 19: President Donald Trump was impeached for abuse of power in a historic vote in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, setting up a Senate trial on removing him from office after three turbulent years. By a 230 to 197 vote in the Democratic-majority House, the 45th […]
New Delhi, Dec 19: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation on Thursday closed gates of seven more metro stations in view of protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act. Now, the entry and exit gates of 14 Delhi Metro stations are closed for commuters. Earlier in the morning, the DMRC had […]
New Delhi, Dec 19: Scores of protestors were detained by the Delhi Police near Red Fort when they tried to take out a march in defiance of the prohibitory orders imposed there to protest the Citizenship (Amendment) Act. Swarajya Abhiyan chief Yogendra Yadav was among those detained, officials said. […]
New Delhi, Dec 19: Protests broke out in several parts of the country against the Citizenship Amendment Act. Here are the major trouble spots: DELHI: Red Fort – Scores of protestors were dragged into buses by police in a bid to clear the area where Section 144 of the […]
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