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In India's high-altitude Ladakh region, nearly 1,500 Buddhists are protesting in sub-zero temperatures. In 2019, the government fulfilled their longstanding demand for a region separate from Indian-administered Kashmir. But since 2020, they have frequently taken to streets, accusing the government of "betrayal" and unkept promises. Auqib Javeed reports on ...

The AG’s office march by LDF against the implimentation of CAA ,in Thiruvananthapuram on March 12, 2024 | Photo Credit: S. Manhisha The notification of the Citizenship (Amendment) Rules, 2024 by the Union government on Monday that would enable the implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) triggered protests ...

Leaders of various opposition parties on Tuesday attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Union government over the implementation of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), claiming the notified rules were “unconstitutional”, “discriminatory” and violative of the “secular principle of citizenship” enshrined in the Constitution. A water canon being used on ...

Opposition parties and student groups in Assam responded to the Centre notifying the rules under the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Act by calling for statewide protests, PTI reported.The Citizenship Amendment Act is aimed to provide citizenship to refugees from six minority religious communities, except Muslims, from Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Pakistan, ...

There were allegations of large-scale rigging in last month’s vote, which the PTI blames on authorities to stop it from coming to power.Islamabad, Pakistan – The police in Pakistan have been accused of launching a brutal attack on the supporters of the main opposition party and arresting more than ...

A court in Pakistan is set to hear the bail petition of Aliya Hamza Malik, a former parliamentarian who has been in jail for nearly 10 months for protesting against the arrest of her Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party’s founder and former Prime Minister Imran Khan. Nationwide street protests had ...

Published By: Pragati PalLast Updated: March 01, 2024, 00:02 ISTGuwahati , IndiaThe anti-CAA agitation will begin on March 4 with motorcycle rallies in every district headquarters, followed by the burning of CAA rules once those are notified, AASU president Utpal Sarma said. (PTI file photo)AASU president Utpal Sarma said ...

Conclusion: An old image from Kashmir showing a wounded person is being falsely shared as from the ongoing farmers' protests. (Not convinced of a post or information you came across online and want it verified? Send us the details on , or e-mail it to us at  and we'll fact-check it ...

Chandigarh:Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Friday announced waiver of interest and penalty on certain crop loans and did not hike taxes as he presented a Rs 1.89 lakh crore budget for 2024-25 financial year. While announcing the budget proposals at a time when farmers have intensified their ...

Islamabad, Pakistan: Social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, continues to remain inaccessible to users in Pakistan after internet watchdog groups started to report outages on Saturday. NetBlocks, an organisation that monitors accessibility issues on the internet, On February 17 confirmed that a “national-scale disruption” has hit X ...