New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) Members of the Santal indigenous community in northern Bangladesh observed the Santal Killing Day on Thursday, marking nine years since three Santal activists were shot dead during a violent land rights protest in Gaibandha district.
New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) From Kathmandu to Karachi, South Asia is in turmoil. Nepal has seen "Gen Z" protests erupt over inequality and political elitism, while in Bangladesh, students led a revolution last year that ended former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's 15-year rule.
Patna, Nov 9 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, campaigning in Bihar’s border district Araria on Sunday, warned the people against danger and threat arising out of infiltrators ‘sneaking into’ the state, and said that it was essential to keep a check on them to foil Mahagathbandhan’s attempts to bring back ‘jungle raj’ in the state.
Ahmedabad, Nov 9 (IANS) The Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on Sunday arrested three terrorists linked with ISIS from Ahmedabad for conspiring to carry out terrorist attacks across the country.
Srinagar, Nov 8 (IANS) Two terrorists were killed when alert troops of the Indian Army foiled an infiltration bid on the Line of Control (LoC) in Keran sector of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district, Defence sources said on Saturday.
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held a meeting with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko on Friday, discussing ways to take forward multifaceted bilateral cooperation.
Quetta, Nov 7 (IANS) Pakistan has placed dozens of political and human-rights activists, including family members of enforced disappearances victims in Balochistan, under the Fourth Schedule of the country’s Anti-Terrorism Act, drawing strong criticism from civil society and rights groups, local media reported.
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Friday urged Indian nationals to stay away from job scam centres in Myanmar, following the repatriation of 270 Indians from Thailand’s Mae Sot city to India by two special Indian Air Force (IAF) flights.
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Friday that India has upgraded its technical mission in Afghanistan to an embassy and New Delhi is looking at how to strengthen its functionality, responsibilities and increasing strength.
New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) The third round of peace talks between Afghanistan and Pakistan has started in Istanbul and according to Kabul based sources, the Afghan side’s request that Pakistan’s territory and airspace should not be used by any other country or by ISIS to act against Afghanistan “have not been accepted” by the Pakistanis.
