Month: December 2019

From Instagram to TikTok: Indians wage online battle against citizenship law

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 […]

Police detain historian Ramachandra Guha at protest against citizenship law

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 […]

Hundreds defy ban on protests against Indian citizenship law

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 […]

J&K: Abducted girl rescued, kidnapper held

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 […]

Trump impeached for abuse of power

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 […]

Anti-CAA protest: Gates of 14 Delhi Metro stations closed

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 […]

Anti-CAA stir: Protesters detained near Red Fort

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. […]

Anti-citizenship law protests: Major trouble spots

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 […]

Prayer at Kashmir’s biggest mosque for 1st time in 4 months

SRINAGAR, India — A call to afternoon prayer rang out from the central mosque in disputed Kashmir’s largest city for the first time in more than four months on Wednesday, ending a virtual ban on religious practice in the Muslim-majority region’s biggest mosque. The Jamia Masjid in Srinagar was shut […]

Volunteers battle health crisis of asylum seekers in Mexico

TIJUANA, Mexico — When the Honduran boy complained of a toothache, Dr. Psyche Calderon asked the obvious question: “When did the pain start?” The answer broke her heart. “When La Mara broke all my teeth and killed all my family,” the 14-year-old said. He said little else about […]

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