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Seoul claims multiple artillery shots by North Korea
North Korea on Sunday fired multiple artillery shots between 8:07 a.m. and 11:03 a.m. local time, South Korea’s military said, in another show of force a day after leader Kim Jong Un vowed to boost the reclusive nation’s military power. The Joint Chiefs of Staff gave no other details...
Haryana Cong MLA expelled for RS poll cross-voting
Congress President Sonia Gandhi today expelled Haryana Congress MLA Kuldeep Bishnoi from all party positions including the post of a special invitee to the Congress Working Committee with immediate effect. Haryana Congress sources had earlier indicated that action was sought against Adampur MLA Kuldeep Bishnoi for cross-voting in the Rajya Sabha...
Jinping’s opponents challenge bid for 3rd term
As Chinese President Xi Jinping is eyeing to secure a third term in office, his political opponents are challenging this bid of the President at a time when his much-criticized strict “Zero-COVID” policies have brought the entire nation to the brink of economic collapse. Xi obviously faced an ever-increasing...
Violence in Ranchi over remarks on Prophet Muhammad
Two people died and 10 others were injured in the violence in Ranchi during protests against suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma’s remarks on Prophet Muhammad. Authorities at the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences confirmed that two people brought to the hospital after the protesters clashed with police have succumbed...
Over 130 held in UP’s Prayagraj, Saharanpur
10 People pelted stones at police personnel in Prayagraj and Saharanpur and protests broke out after Friday prayers in at least four other cities in Uttar Pradesh over a now-suspended BJP leader’s recent remarks on Prophet Mohammad. Police have arrested more than 130 people from six districts of the...
BJP’s late night wins in Haryana, Maharashtra
The BJP clinched victories in three of the four states where a close contest for the 16 Rajya Sabha seats saw cross-voting and alleged breach of election rules. The Congress retained three seats in Rajasthan, but suffered setback in Haryana. Union ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Piyush Goyal, and former...
Pakistan to ban new car purchases to secure IMF bailout
Pakistan Finance Minister Miftah Ismail said on Friday the government would raise taxes on the rich and ban government officials from buying new cars, amid pressure to control the fiscal deficit and secure International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout money. The nation of 220 million people is facing a balance...
Uddhav says BJP forced India to kneel down before the world
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday said that because of the BJP, the country had to face an embarrassing situation at the international level as it was “brought to its knees and was forced to apologise” by the Gulf countries over the controversial remarks made by a BJP...
Tight contest for RS seats in 4 states
Elections will be held to fill 16 vacant seats in Rajya Sabha, the upper house of parliament, today. 41 candidates have been elected unopposed. The election will be crucial in view of the Presidential elections due in July. The 57 vacant seats were spread across 15 states. Of these,...
BJP draws line for spokespersons after backlash
The BJP has set new boundaries for its spokespersons and leaders joining TV debates as its government faces a huge international backlash over party leader Nupur Sharma’s comments on Prophet Muhammad. Only authorized spokespersons and panelists will participate in TV debates, BJP sources say, and they will be assigned...
Kangana comes out in defence of Nupur Sharma comment
Actor Kangana Ranaut on Tuesday voiced support for suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma, saying she was “entitled to her opinions” amid international condemnation over the politician’s controversial remarks on Prophet Mohammad. The BJP on Sunday suspended Sharma and expelled its Delhi unit media head Naveen Kumar Jindal as the...
Nupur Sharma alleges death, Delhi police files FIR
Delhi Police has registered a case on a complaint by suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma in which she has alleged that she is receiving death threats over her remark on Prophet Muhammad. Ms Sharma was yesterday suspended by the BJP after her remarks during a TV show sparked a...
Indian products pulled out from shelves over Prophet remarks
A Kuwaiti supermarket pulled Indian products from its shelves even as Iran became the latest Middle Eastern country to summon the Indian ambassador as a row grew on Monday over a BJP official’s remarks about the Prophet Mohammed. Workers at the Al-Ardiya Co-Operative Society store piled Indian tea and...
Saudi Arabia joins Arab backlash against comments on Prophet
Gulf countries including Saudi Arabia have condemned remarks on Prophet Muhammad made by two BJP leaders that were described as “Islamophobic”. The controversy erupted amid Vice President Venkaiah Naidu tour of Qatar in a bid to bolster trade. Saudi Arabia described BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma’s comments as “insulting” and...
India dismisses remarks on Prophet as from fringe elements
Summoned by the governments of three Islamic nations today over a couple of BJP leaders’ remarks on Prophet Muhammad, Indian Ambassadors dismissed them as “fringe elements”. The comments — purportedly insulting the Prophet — were made the BJP’s national spokesperson Nupur Sharma during a TV debate last week in...
Another arrest in Sidhu Moose Wala murder case
Another suspect was arrested last night in Punjab singer Sidhu Moose Wala’s murder case, a week into the high-profile shooting case that left the entertainment industry and his fans in a state of shock. Devendra alias Kala was arrested by Punjab Police from Haryana’s Fatehabad, based on inputs from...
Pawar party leader claims next CM will be NCP’s
Nationalist Congress Party(NCP) leader Dhananjay Munde suggested that the next chief minister of Maharashtra will be from the Sharad Pawar-led party. Speaking at a public meeting in Parbhani city on Saturday, Dhananjay Munde said the social justice department in the incumbent Shiv Sena-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government became...
Chidambaram, Sibal among 41 elected unopposed to RS
P Chidambaram and Rajeev Shukla of the Congress, BJP’s Sumitra Valmiki and Kavita Patidar, former Congress leader Kapil Sibal, RJD’s Misa Bharti and Jayant Chaudhary of the RLD were among the 41 winners declared elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha on Friday. All the 11 candidates in Uttar Pradesh, six...
