Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s Ghani wins majority in presidential poll: preliminary results

10:03 pm December 22, 2019

Kabul: Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani was on track to win a second term Sunday, after election officials announced he had scored a majority in presidential elections. According to the Independent Election Commission, Ghani won 50.64 percent of the vote in the September 28 poll, while his rival Abdullah Abdullah scored 39.52 percent. Candidates have the […]

West Bengal Police speaking blatant lies about BJP worker's killing: Vijayvargiya

What will happen if 80% people hit streets for CAA: Vijayvargiya to Cong

8:57 pm December 22, 2019

Indore: Amid raging protests against the new citizenship law, senior BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya on Sunday wondered about the ‘likely impact’ on the Congress party in the event of “80 per cent” people deciding to support the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and taking to streets. The senior BJP leader also accused Opposition parties of creating […]

CAA not against Muslim community of India: Gadkari

3:52 pm December 22, 2019

Nagpur: Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Sunday asserted that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act is not against the Muslim community in India. He said by bringing the new law, the NDA government was not doing any injustice to Muslims in the country. Gadkari also accused the Congress of spreading “misinformation” over the issue for ‘vote bank […]

Protests marked 2019 in many of Delhi's universities

No bullet fired by police during protests at Jamia: MHA officials

2:19 pm December 17, 2019

New Delhi: No bullet was fired by police during violent protests against the amended Citizenship Act at Jamia Milia Islamia University on Sunday, Home Ministry officials said. There have been allegations that police fired bullets on protesters during the agitation at Jamia. The officials also said that 10 persons with criminal background have been detained […]

49 journalists murdered in 2019

2:09 pm December 17, 2019

Paris: Forty-nine journalists were killed across the world in 2019, Reporters Without Borders said Tuesday, the lowest death toll in 16 years. The “historically low” number mostly died covering conflicts in Yemen, Syria and Afghanistan, the Paris-based watchdog said, which warned that “journalism remains a dangerous profession”. Some 80 journalists a year have lost their […]