Daily Archives: March 27, 2025
SC stays Allahabad HC’s ‘grabbing breasts not rape bid’ verdict
NEW DELHI: Terming it “totally insensitive” and “inhuman”, the Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the Allahabad High Court’s controversial verdict that said...
Bombs hurled, shots fired outside BJP leader’s residence in Bengal’s Bhatpara
KOLKATA: Unidentified miscreants hurled bombs and opened fire outside the residence of BJP leader and former MP Arjun Singh in West Bengal's...
Explainer: Will the new Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita impact pending criminal cases?
NEW DELHI: The Punjab and Haryana High Court has resolved a critical legal question: Will criminal cases registered before July 1, 2024,...
2 weeks after ED, CBI raids Chhattisgarh ex-CM’s residence in betting case
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday conducted raids at 60 locations across four states, including the premises linked to former Chhattisgarh...
Leaked Signal chats reveal Trump officials sharing Yemen strike plans, admin downplays security breach
WASHINGTON: A leaked Signal chat has revealed that senior Trump administration officials, including Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, National Security Adviser Michael Waltz,...
Canadian PM Carney calls Trump’s auto tariffs ‘direct attack’ on his country
TORONTO: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Wednesday said that US President Donald Trump’s auto tariffs are a “direct attack” on his...
Chinese satellite launch poses no threat to Taiwan: Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defence
TAIPEI: The Taiwanese Ministry of National Defence (MND) on Thursday stated that a Chinese satellite launched Wednesday night posed no threat to...
“Extremism destroying pluralism in Bangladesh”: Activist Rehman Afridi on rise of islamic extremism in...
GENEVA: Human rights activist and defender Fazal ur Rehman Afridi on Wednesday (local time) delivered a scathing critique of Bangladesh's deteriorating human...
UN lauds India’s progress in child mortality reduction
UNITED NATIONS: India’s efforts and progress in reducing preventable child deaths has been lauded as “exemplar” by the United Nations, which cited...
Human rights watchdog Amnesty urges Pakistan to halt Afghan deportations
ISLAMABAD: The Human Rights watchdog, Amnesty International, has called on Pakistan to revoke its controversial "Illegal Foreigners Repatriation Plan", which primarily targets...