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Despite large-scale nationwide protests, Modi backed a controversial law passed in 2019 that granted a pathway to citizenship for migrants of several religions, including Hindus, Buddhists and Christians, but not Muslims. Earlier that year, Modi’s government unilaterally revoked the semiautonomous status of Kashmir, India’s only Muslim-majority state. Source ...

New Delhi: The collegium has recommended record 68 names in one go for elevation as judges to a dozen High Courts, Chief Justice NV Ramana said today, underscoring that he expects the government to clear it with the same expediency as it did while clearing the names for appointment ...

After a video of frenetic mob attacking a Hindu temple in Pakistan went viral on social media, a Twitter user asked actresses Richa Chadha and Swara Bhasker to comment on the same."Ganesh temple was vandalized in Bhong city of Punjab, Pakistan. @RahulGandhi @priyankagandhi @INCIndia @ReallySwara @RichaChadha Any feedback on ...

NEW DELHI — Oxygen generators from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Raw material for coronavirus vaccines from the United States. Millions in cash from companies led by Indian-American businessmen.As a second wave of the pandemic rages in India, the world is coming to the rescue.But it is ...

KARACHI, PakistanApparently irked over not being invited by longtime ally US to an upcoming meeting on the climate change crisis, Pakistan on Saturday said its commitment to addressing the simmering issue is “well accepted and appreciated around the world.”US President Joe Biden has invited 40 world leaders to a ...

India responds to US on farmer stir, compares Jan 26 violence to Capitol Hill riot The government on Thursday said it has “taken note” of the comments made by US State Department on farmer protests in the country. Earlier, the US had called for a “dialogue” with the farmers ...

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Monday retorted after Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said he believed Pakistan’s Karachi city will be a part of India one day and that his party supported the idea of an undivided India or “Akhand Bharat”, ANI ...

Army soldiers during a cordon and search operation at Kawoosa Khalisa area of Budgam district in Srinagar. (AFP) India’s envoy to the UNHRC, Indra Mani Pandey, expressed regret on the oral update of UNHRC Commissioner Michelle Bachelet in which she had criticised the situation in Jammu and Kashmir. ...

Delhi Police Commissioner SN Shrivastava on Tuesday defended his force as he responded to former bureaucrat Julio Ribeiro’s letter seeking an unflawed investigation into the February communal violence. Shrivastava said the police force did not differentiate a complainant on the basis of caste or religion and claimed that a ...

New Delhi:Amid a raging controversy over Facebook’s alleged political bias and interference in India’s democratic process, the social media giant has told the Congress that it is non-partisan, denounces hate and bigotry in all forms and strives to ensure that its platforms remain a space where people can express ...