In a significant move targeting anti-India extremism, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s government has reportedly formed a special task force with the aim of dismantling the funding network of Khalistan supporters. According to a report by DailySamvad, this has resulted in the freezing of over 300 bank accounts and the seizure of approximately Rs 100 crore (roughly...
The draft document compiled by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (Unrwa), the main UN agency supporting Palestinians, includes detailed testimony from detainees who describe an extensive range of ill-treatment. They include being stripped and beaten, being forced into cages and attacked by dogs, forced into stress positions for extended periods, and subjected to...
Seeking a second term, US President Joe Biden has launched a vitriolic attack against his rival and predecessor Donald Trump and accused him of threatening democracy within the country and globally, kneeling before Russia and supporting “resentment, revenge and retribution”. Without taking the name of Trump, Biden in his final State of the Union Address...
Sweden on Thursday became the 32nd member of NATO in the shadow of the war in Ukraine, ending two centuries of official non-alignment and capping two years of torturous diplomacy. Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson on Thursday hailed his country’s entry into NATO as a “victory for freedom,” as it turned the page on two...
The U.S. State Department is in touch with three Americans who were detained by Israel last month, agency spokesman Matthew Miller said. Last week, embassy officials met with Samaher Esmail, a U.S. citizen being held in the occupied West Bank, over allegations of “incitement on social media.” Officials also met today with Borak Alagha, 18, and Hashem Alagha, 20, two...
In the first Indian casualty in the Israel-Hamas war, a man from Kerala died in a missile strike in north Israel’s Margaliot yesterday. The Israel embassy in India said in a statement this morning that two others were injured in the “cowardly” attack by Hezbollah. The three were cultivating an orchard at the time of...
French lawmakers have approved a bill that will enshrine the right to an abortion inthe Constitution of France in a joint session of Parliament at the Palace of Versailles.The bill was approved in an overwhelming 780-72 vote on Monday, and nearly theentire joint session stood in a long-standing ovation. There were celebratory scenes across the...
: Former United States President Donald Trump celebrated the Supreme Court’s ruling to restore him to the ballot in Colorado as a “Big Win For America”. Trump’s comment came after the US Supreme Court handed him a major victory on Monday as he campaigns to regain the presidency, barring states from disqualifying candidates for federal...
The former president won the Missouri, Michigan and Idaho caucuses comprehensively, continuing his clean sweep of states so far. Mr Trump, 77, told supporters at a rally in Virginia that he was “on a rocket to the Republican nomination”. He is on track to secure it next week. His last remaining rival in the race,...
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has issued an impassioned plea for Britain to protect its democracy as he warned that extremist forces were out to tear the country apart and undermine its multi-faith identity. Referencing his own Hindu beliefs, the British Indian leader on Friday stressed that the enduring values of the UK are about...