India

ISLAMABAD: With the unabated attacks on mosques, houses and businesses run by the Muslims in different Indian states particularly Karnataka, it is strongly believed that the country was fast heading towards a “full-blown genocide.” In a recent Genocide Emergency Alert for India, Prof Gregory H Stanton had said that the …

The “bane of live-in relationship”, a “byproduct” of rights conferred under Article 21 of the Constitution, is giving rise to sexual offences and promoting promiscuity, the Madhya Pradesh High Court has said. Justice Subodh Abhyankar of the Indore bench of the high court made the observation while rejecting a pre-arrest …

Indicating that a weak intelligence system might be a factor in recent riots in the state, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday came out with a stern directive to strengthen the intelligence system.   “I don’t want riots in Madhya Pradesh at any cost,” said the CM, …

Delhi continued to witness a steady increase in the number of new coronavirus cases with 517 new infections being reported on Sunday. Though no death has been reported, data from the city health department showed a 12 per cent increase in the number of new cases in the last 24 …

BJP president J.P. Nadda, on Sunday, claimed that recent communal violence during yatras taken out on Ram Navami and Hanuman Jayanti are a “conspiracy” to cause disintegration in the society, and accused the Congress of acting in the “most irresponsible” manner. Addressing party men at the state executive committee meeting …

Twenty people, including the “main conspirators”, were arrested over the violence in northwest Delhi’s Jahangirpuri, where an uneasy calm prevailed on Sunday as companies of anti-riot police patrolled the streets and people largely stayed indoors.   Two juveniles have also been apprehended in connection with the clashes, police said, adding …

After meeting the wife of slain Congress councillor of Jhalda Municipality Tapan Kandu on Sunday, the leader of opposition in West Bengal assembly, Suvendu Adhikari of the BJP, demanded imposition of Article 356 in the state. Under Article 356 of the Constitution, President’s rule can be imposed in case of …

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, on Sunday, held a meeting with representatives of farmer unions, urging them to opt for crop diversification and direct seeding of rice to save water. He said the state government will take up with the Centre the issue of giving remunerative price of alternative crops. …

Prime Minister Narendra Modi begins a three-day visit of his home state Gujarat from Monday.    Though the visit is official, the programmes have been designed in a manner that the prime minister captures a cross section of the society of the state that goes to polls by the year …