BENGALURU – A German exchange student said on Tuesday that Indian authorities had ordered him to leave the country after he took part in protests against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s new citizenship law. Jakob Lindenthal, a 24-year-old pursuing a master’s degree in physics, said he took part in […]
NEW DELHI – In a working-class corner of south Delhi, a nearly 1-kilometre (half mile) stretch of a wide, six-lane highway connecting India’s capital city with a burgeoning suburb has been blockaded for 10 days. Hundreds of men and women, some in Muslim burqa robes and many accompanied […]
Bareilly (UP), Dec 25: A case has been registered against a policeman and two others for allegedly raping a woman in Uttar Pradesh’s Bareilly district, officials said on Wednesday. The FIR was registered on Tuesday night on a court’s direction. Based on the complaint of a 21-year-old woman, Chief […]
Bengaluru, Dec 25: Amid nation-wide protests over the controversial citizenship law, the first detention centre in Karnataka, reportedly meant to lodge illegal immigrants and migrants overstaying in the country, has been opened in Sondekoppa village near here. The facility with several rooms, a kitchen and toilets has been kept […]
New Delhi, Dec 25: President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several union ministers on Wednesday paid tributes to Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his 95th birth anniversary. A prayer meeting was held at Sadaiv Atal–the memorial to Atal Bihari Vajpayee– to mark the birth anniversary of the […]
New Delhi, Dec 25: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday launched the Atal Bhujal Scheme for better management of groundwater, stressing on the need to use technology which helps prevent wastage of water in various spheres, including agriculture. He also named Rohtang passageway in Himachal Pradesh as Atal Tunnel […]
Kolkata, Dec 24: A mild earthquake shook West Bengals Jalpaiguri district on Tuesday evening, an IMD official said. The 3.2 magnitude quake was felt at around 8.07 pm, he said. “The earthquake of 3.2 magnitude was felt in Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal. The epicentre was located at latitude […]
New Delhi, Dec 24: A high-level review meeting on Jammu and Kashmir was held here on Tuesday to discuss the security situation in the newly carved out union territory besides development matters, officials said. The meeting was chaired by National Security Advisor Ajit Doval and attended among others by […]
NEW DELHI – India’s cabinet approved funds on Tuesday for a census and population survey to be conducted next year, amid fears that the database could be used to build a controversial citizens register, against which there have been widespread protests. Hundreds of thousands of Indians have taken […]
LUCKNOW, India – Indian authorities stepped up security and shut down the internet in various places on Tuesday while members of the ruling party planned marches backing a new citizenship law even though nationwide protests against it are escalating. An interior ministry official said the government expected all […]
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