As Joe Biden hosts the Indian PM, rights advocates question the Democratic president’s decision to honour the Hindu nationalist leader. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has denied that discrimination against minorities has existed under his government during a news conference with United States President Joe Biden. Asked on Thursday by a US reporter what steps … Devamını oku
Officials said electricity had been restored in many villages but hundreds more were still without power. More than 100,000 people who had sheltered from Cyclone Biparjoy in relief camps in western India have begun to return home after the storm weakened, the authorities said. In the coastal village of Jakhau, where the cyclone made landfall … Devamını oku
Officials say at least 34 people have died in the past two days as heatwave takes a toll in India’s most populous state of Uttar Pradesh. At least 34 people have died in the past two days as a large swath of the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh swelters under severe heat, officials said … Devamını oku
Media network’s film, India … Who Lit the Fuse?, investigates hate crimes by Hindu nationalist groups against Muslims. A court in India has restrained Al Jazeera from broadcasting an investigative film on hate crimes against Muslims by Hindu supremacist groups in the country. The Allahabad High Court in the northern Uttar Pradesh state on Wednesday … Devamını oku
Junior Foreign Minister R K Ranjan Singh’s office confirms a mob vandalised and set fire to his house in state capital Imphal. A federal Indian minister’s house has been set on fire by a mob in the remote northeastern state of Manipur, which has been hit by clashes between members of rival ethnic groups for … Devamını oku
Officials claim the five fighters were killed in a gunfight along the de facto border with neighbouring Pakistan. Indian police say security forces have killed five foreign fighters in a gunfight in Indian-administered Kashmir along the Line of Control (LoC), the de facto border with Pakistan in the Himalayan region. A joint team of Indian … Devamını oku
Victory by 209 runs at the Oval means Australia capture the one major men’s cricket title that had eluded them. A fired-up Australia wasted little time in crushing Indian hopes of staging a final-day miracle as they romped to a 209-run victory in the World Test Championship (WTC) final at The Oval. Needing to score … Devamını oku
An Air India plane flying from New Delhi to San Francisco was diverted to Russia’s Magadan after it developed an engine problem. Air India says a reserve plane would take off from Mumbai for passengers whose flight was forced to land at an airport in Russia’s Far East because of engine trouble. An Air India … Devamını oku
Indian authorities have made fervent appeals to families to help identify dozens of unclaimed bodies kept in hospitals and mortuaries, days after 275 people were killed in the country’s deadliest rail crash in at least two decades. The disaster struck on Friday when a passenger train hit a stationary freight train, jumped the tracks and … Devamını oku
Agreement comes weeks before Indian PM Narendra Modi visits Washington for an official state visit and talks with US President Joe Biden. India and the United States have concluded a road map for defence industry cooperation for the next few years, the Indian government says – a move expected to bolster New Delhi’s defence manufacturing … Devamını oku