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INDIAN POLICE imposed emergency laws on Thursday(1) in a village barring gatherings of more than five people after clashes erupted following the cremation of the gang-rape victim. The 19-year-old victim died from her injuries on Tuesday(29), having been attacked and gang-raped on September 14 in a field near her home in Hathras district, 100 km […]
INDIAN weather department officials on Wednesday(30) said that the country received above average rains for second year in a row, which is the first time in more than six decades. India’s monsoon rains in 2020 were 9 per cent above average, official data stated. According to officials the heavy rainfall replenished reservoirs and built up […]
AN Indian court on Wednesday(30) acquitted all the 32 accused in the Babri mosque demolition case, including ruling party veterans L K Advani and MM Joshi, 28 years ago. A special CBI court in Lucknow passed the verdict citing a lack of evidence. The demolition of the disputed structure in Ayodhya happened on December 6, […]
A woman from the lowest rung of India’s caste system died on Tuesday (29) weeks after authorities said she was raped by a group of men, triggering protests in New Delhi with hundreds gathering at the hospital where her body lay. Her case was the latest in a string of gruesome crimes against women in […]
HUMAN RIGHTS group Amnesty International on Tuesday (29) said that it stopped India operations after a two-year-long sustained ‘campaign of harassment’ by the government which culminated in freezing bank accounts. The group said it had laid off staff after facing a crackdown over allegations of financial wrongdoing that it said were baseless. The bank accounts […]
FARMERS’ protest in India continued on Monday(28) over three controversial agricultural bills which became laws on Sunday. Many states have clarified that they will form ‘counter laws’ against these new laws. India’s president on Sunday(27) approved the bills into laws amid nationwide protests by farmers. According to them the new laws will stunt their bargaining […]
IN A span of just eight months the coronavirus cases in the world’s second most populous country has hit six million mark. India on Monday (28) reported 82,000 new cases taking the total to 6.1 million and closing the gap on the US, which has recorded 7.1 million infections. The country, with a population of […]
NARENDRA MODI pledged at the United Nations on Saturday (26) that Indian vaccine production capacity would be made available globally to fight the pandemic as he sought a greater role for India in the global body. “As the largest vaccine-producing country of the world, I want to give one more assurance to the global community […]
Thousands of farmers in India blocked roads and railway tracks on Friday (25) in a protest against new legislation that they say could pave the way for the government to stop buying grain at guaranteed prices, leaving them at the mercy of private buyers. Prime minister Narendra Modi’s government has defended the bills – recently […]
INDIAN legendary playback singer S P Balasubrahmanyam, popularly known as SPB, died on Friday(25) at a private hospital in the southern city of Chennai. He was 74. He was hospitalised in August after contracting the coronavirus. Though he was well initially he was put on a ventilator and ECMO support later. He is survived by […]
