NEW DELHI (AA) – A private school teacher in northern India who is heard encouraging students to slap a Muslim student is facing charges, according to police sources. A police official in Uttar Pradesh, India’s most populous state, confirmed that the teacher is facing charges for intentionally causing hurt as well as insults and provocation. [...
Johannesburg, South Africa – AFP BRICS leaders announced on Thursday the “historic” admission of six new countries from next year as the club seeks to reshape the Western-led global order and expand its geopolitical influence. The BRICS — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — agreed at their annual summi...
SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (AA) – Various media watchdogs have condemned the move by Indian authorities to restrict access to the website and social media accounts of independent news outlet The Kashmir Walla. The International Federation of Journalists issued a statement saying that there is an overstepping of power to exert censorship...
ISTANBUL (AA) – A day after having raised the issue of the Indian violation of the cease-fire along the Line of Control (LoC), Pakistan arrested six Indians who were attempting to smuggle drugs, weapons and ammunition into the country. “It is surprising that these smugglers could cross the heavily fenced border under perpetual surveillan...
A BBC documentary revealed that a secret UK government report found Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi directly responsible for the 2002 anti-Muslim pogrom in the state of Gujurat.
