Pakistan

Stepped in to stop religious discrimination against Kaneria by ‘one or two’ players: Akhtar

11:49 pm December 29, 2019

Karachi: Former Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has said he stepped in to stop discrimination based on religion against Danish Kaneria, who was targeted by “one or two” team-mates because he is a Hindu. Akhtar on Thursday had claimed that Kaneria faced discrimination at the hands of a few Pakistani players, who were reluctant to […]

Indian-Americans hold protest rally against CAA

2:38 pm December 29, 2019

Washington: A group of Indian-Americans gathered around the Mahatma Gandhi statue in front of the Indian Embassy here and held a peaceful protest against the recently amended Citizenship Act. According to the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), members of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian communities who have come from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan till […]

‘Khojis’ on verge of extinction in Rajasthan owing to strict vigil, wire-fencing

1:04 pm December 25, 2019

Bawliyanwala (Rajasthan): ‘Khojis’ who specialise in tracking people by examining footprints on sand are becoming rare in the deserts of Rajasthan owing to wire- fencing and impregnable security along the Indo-Pakistan border, a senior BSF official has said. A ‘khoji’ is trained to track people from their footprints on sand and he uses his uncanny […]

Pay wages to workers or face jail: Gujarat govt to employers

Muslims have 150 countries to go,Hindus have only India: Gujarat CM

11:41 pm December 24, 2019

Ahmedabad: While Muslims can choose any one of the 150 Islamic countries in the world (for residence), India is the only country for Hindus, Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani said on Tuesday while justifying the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). While addressing a rally in support of the CAA outside the Sabarmati Ashram here, the chief […]

Pakistan government decides not to remove Maryam from no-fly list

11:37 pm December 24, 2019

Islamabad: The Pakistan government on Tuesday decided that the name of PML-N vice president Maryam Nawaz would not be removed from the no-fly list, quashing her efforts to travel abroad. Maryam, the 46-year-old daughter of Pakistan’s former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, was placed on the no-fly list in August 2018. She wanted to travel London […]