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‘You’ve only two places, Pakistan or Kabristan’

No septuagenarian wails before a stranger without reason. Haji Hamid Hasan, a 72-year-old timber trader in Muzaffarnagar town in western Uttar Pradesh, said nearly 30...

Army Chief Bipin Rawat slams anti-CAA protests, sparks row

Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat waded into a controversy on Thursday with his remarks that leadership is not about leading people — including students in universities...

Indian university to teach doctors Ghost Studies

A prestigious Indian university is offering a certificate course to teach doctors how to treat people who claim to see or be possessed by...

CAA: UP Police Shot And Killed Muslims Who Weren’t Even Protesting, Says Kavita Krishnan

By Betwa Sharma NEW DELHI — As protests continue across the country against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), Uttar Pradesh has emerged as the state...

Blindspot to backlash: India’s Modi and party misread the mood

Mumbai (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government did not anticipate the protests against a new citizenship law that have raged across the...

‘Muslims have 150 countries to live, Hindus have one’ says Gujarat CM

The BJP took out 62 rallies in different cities of Gujarat in support of the new citizenship law. While CM Rupani led a rally in Ahmedabad, Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel led one in Mehsana, among many such pro-CAA marches.

UN High Commission for Human Rights holds press briefing on India over CAA

Press briefing on India Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights:  Jeremy Laurence Location: Geneva Date: 13 December 2019 Subject: India We are concerned that India's new Citizenship (Amendment)...

CAA aims to make Muslims stateless: Owaisi

Of late Asaduddin Owaisi, 50, is India’s most recognized Muslim politician. President of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen and a four-time Member of Parliament,...

Can finish off anti-CAA protesters in an hour: BJP MLA

A video clip where MLA from Haryana’s Kaithal Leela Ram Gurjar has made the remarks, has gone viral on social media.

Police target anti-citizenship law demonstrators with deadly force: Human Rights Watch

New York – The Indian authorities should cease using unnecessary lethal force against demonstrators protesting a law that discriminates against Muslims, Human Rights Watch...

These Are the 25 People Killed During Anti-Citizenship Amendment Act Protests

New Delhi: Twenty-five people have reportedly lost their lives in the ongoing protests against the recently passed Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA) and the...

Arrested activist Sadaf Jafar was kicked in stomach by police

Prominent social activist in Lucknow, Sadaf Jafar, was kicked in the stomach and was bleeding after she was hit with a baton by police, her...

What I Saw Covering the 1984 Anti-Sikh Pogrom: Nightmares Still Haunt Me

It was a shivering December evening. The year was 1988. After submitting my resignation letter to the news agency I had served for 10...

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