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Speeding car hits bus, 19-year-old dies

11:45 pm May 12, 2020

Mumbai: A 19-year-old man was killed and his friend injured when their speeding car rammed into a stationary bus at Marine Drive in South Mumbai on Tuesday evening, a police official said. The accident took place on S N Road near B D Somani Chowk. Aaryman Rajesh Nagpal and Shouryasingh Sharad Jain, both 19 years […]

US expresses concern over religious freedom in India

2:27 pm February 6, 2020

Washington: The US has expressed concern over the current situation of religious freedom in India and raised the issue with Indian officials, a senior State Department official has said. The remarks came in the wake of widespread protests held across India against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). The senior State Department official, on condition of […]

US stresses equal protection under India’s new citizenship law

7:47 pm January 25, 2020

Washington: Amid protests over the Citizenship Amendment Act in India, a top American diplomat has underscored the importance of the principle of equal protection under the law. Acting Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Alice Wells, who has just returned from a trip to the region besides attending the Raisina Dialogue in […]

SFI moves SC challenging Citizenship (Amendment) Act

7:53 pm January 19, 2020

New Delhi: The Students’ Federation of India (SFI) has moved the Supreme Court challenging The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, claiming it is “discriminatory” in nature and is “destructive” for the core principles of Indian constitutionalism. The CAA, which was notified on January 10, grants Indian citizenship to non-Muslim minorities — Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi […]

Bangladesh PM postpones visit to Japan over coronavirus outbreak

India’s new citizenship law unnecessary: Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina

3:01 pm January 19, 2020

Dubai: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has termed the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) “internal matters” of India, but at the same time said the Act was “not necessary”. According to the CAA, members of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian communities who have come from Pakistan, Bangladesh […]