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India’s Muslim women again listed on app for ‘auction’

On January 1, Quratulain Rehbar, a journalist from Indian-administered Kashmir, woke up to see herself listed for an “online auction”. Her photograph was sourced without her permission and uploaded on an app for “sale”. She was not alone.
3 January 2022

Photos of hundreds of Indian Muslim women uploaded on app for alleged auction

The Indian government has asked cyber security and police in Delhi and Mumbai to investigate complaints that a website had hosted doctored and “lewd” pictures and objectionable comments “aimed at insulting Muslim women”.
3 January 2022

Surge of Covid cases: Curbs return in West Bengal

West Bengal yesterday announced a slew of Covid-19 restrictions, including closure of schools and colleges and imposing a night curfew, as India reported more than 27,000 new cases, with infections sharply rising for a fifth consecutive day.
2 January 2022

Bad weather likely caused accident

The Air Force’s inquiry into the chopper crash that killed CDS General Bipin Rawat, his wife and 11 armed forces personnel is almost complete and will be submitted soon, sources told NDTV yesterday.
2 January 2022

New Year stampede at India shrine kills 12

Twelve people were crushed to death in a stampede at an Indian religious shrine in the early hours of yesterday as tens of thousands of pilgrims massed to offer prayers, officials said.
1 January 2022

12 dead, several injured in stampede at Kashmir Hindu shrine

At least 12 people were killed and 14 injured in a stampede caused by a surge of devotees on the New Year's Day at a famous hill-top Hindu shrine in Jammu and Kashmir, Indian media reported today.
1 January 2022

China inventing names of places in Arunachal

India hit out at China for giving “invented” names to several places in a disputed Himalayan region on their border as Beijing looks to assert sovereignty over the territory.
31 December 2021

India saw record 126 tiger deaths in 2021

India’s tiger conservation body said 126 of the endangered big cats died in 2021, the highest toll since it began compiling data a decade ago. The
30 December 2021

India extends draconian security law in Nagaland

The Indian government yesterday extended a special law giving armed forces sweeping powers in the north-eastern state of Nagaland, days after a botched army ambush killed 14 people.
30 December 2021

Cristiano Ronaldo statue erected in Goa triggers controversy

The large brass statue of Manchester United footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, which was installed at a park in Calangute village on the beach of the Arabian Sea in Goa has triggered a controversy over his Portuguese linkage in a state which was once a colony of Portugal.
29 December 2021

India restricts foreign funding for Mother Teresa charity

India has moved to cut off foreign funding to a charity founded by Mother Teresa, a decision critics described as further evidence of harassment
28 December 2021

India court urges delay in state polls over Covid

An Indian court urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government to suspend political rallies and election campaigns in poll-bound states amid the rising number of Omicron cases, a variant of Covid-19.
24 December 2021

Release detainees, end violence

India has officially reached out to Myanmar for the first time since the February 1 military coup to prescribe its military ruler to return to democracy and end all violence at the earliest.
23 December 2021

Two dead after blast in Indian court building

Two people were killed and two others injured after a powerful explosion ripped through an Indian court building yesterday, police said. Footage
23 December 2021

3,000 granted Indian citizenship since 2018

Altogether 8,244 non-Muslim people from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan had applied for Indian citizenship in the last four years and 3,117 of them were granted the citizenship, India’s Junior Minister for Home Nityanand Rai told the Rajya Sabha yesterday.
22 December 2021

‘3,117 non-Muslims from Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan granted Indian citizenship since 2018’

Altogether 8,244 non-Muslim persons from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan had applied for Indian citizenship in the last four years and of them, 3,117 were granted citizenship, India’s junior minister for Home Nityanand Rai told the Rajya Sabha today.
22 December 2021

Girls can wear pants: School’s decision infuriates conservatives in India’s Kerala

A government school in India’s Kerala has given birth to a row for allowing its female students to wear trousers. The Government Girls Higher Secondary School in the town of Balussery has recently decided to let its students wear unisex uniforms -- shirt and pant, reports BBC.
22 December 2021

TMC registers landslide victory in Kolkata civic polls

West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) yesterday chalked up a landslide victory in Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) elections,
21 December 2021

India to deploy S-400 air defence system

In a major boost to the country’s air defence capabilities, the Indian Air Force (IAF) is deploying the first squadron of the Russia-made S-400 air
21 December 2021

Indian probe body summons Aishwariya in Panama Papers case

India’s Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan for questioning in a case related to the 2016 “Panama Papers” global tax leak case.
20 December 2021