Tag: controversy

Elections in Jammu and Kashmir are seldom without controversy. This election season, vagaries of the weather have brought the polling process under a cloud, at least in one constituency. The Election Commission of India agreed to the demand from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and a clutch of local ...

J&K: After Controversy Erupts Over Defaming Religious Leader, Acuber Books International Tenders Apology | @KNSKashmir/X After a row over labeling a religious figure inaccurately, the publishing house Acuber Books International tendered an apology, saying that the content in one of their books is deeply offensive to many individuals and ...

NEW DELHI: Pakistan's cricketing arena has been abuzz with speculation and intrigue following the recent captaincy shuffle that saw Babar Azam reinstated as skipper, replacing Shaheen Shah Afridi. Amidst swirling controversies and media reports hinting at dissatisfaction within the team, Babar Azam has finally broken his silence on the ...

Devyani Khobragade, an Indian Foreign Service (IFS) officer who was at the centre of a controversy that sparked tensions between India and the US in 2013, surfaced on social media on Saturday in a photoshoot in traditional Cambodian attire on the occasion of the country's New Year. Cambodian ambassador ...

New Delhi, India – Fifty years after India and Sri Lanka settled a long-simmering dispute over a tiny island, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has accused a former government of the now-in-opposition Congress Party of gifting Indian territory to its southern neighbour. The allegation by Modi and his ruling ...

Shoaib Malik, the former captain of the Pakistani cricket team, is once again making news for his personal life decisions. Malik, who tied the knot with Pakistani actress Sana Javed earlier this year in January, seems to have allegedly sent flirtatious direct messages to another Pakistani actress Nawal Saeed. ...

In a statement on Wednesday, Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar, who recently took the throne, said there was no need for any party to continue fuelling anger and called on Malaysians to learn from the incident and strive to strengthen unity.“Persistent anger brings no benefit. All parties, especially community leaders, must ...

Lahore:Nawaz Sharif, the supreme leader of the PML-N, who has stayed away from public view since last month’s general elections, has made a conspicuous appearance by chairing three administrative meetings of the Punjab government, raising many eyebrows as he does not hold any official position in either the provincial ...

The Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2024 match between Islamabad United and Quetta Gladiators was overshadowed by the controversy around Decision Review System (DRS) at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on Thursday, February 22. The incident took place in the 11th over of Quetta Gladiators' innings and Rilee Rossouw was at ...

Last week, India's northern Uttarakhand state passed a Uniform Civil Code (UCC), which seeks to replace religion-based personal laws governing things like marriage, divorce and co-habitation with a common set of rules that apply to all citizens equally. In the South Asian country, personal laws governing marriage, divorce and ...