Fri 18 December 2020: The victim, Muhammad Alamgir, was thrashed after he was seen untying a buffalo from a cattle shed A 32-year-old man in Bihar was beaten to death by a mob over suspicion of cattle theft near state capital Patna on Wednesday. All the accused were arrested immediately, the police said. Six people […]
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Fri 18 December 2020: The European Parliament adopted a resolution Thursday condemning China over allegations of forced labor and over the situation of Uighurs in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, calling on the EU to impose sanctions. Lawmakers strongly condemned “the Chinese government-led system of forced labor — in particular the exploitation of Uyghur, ethnic […]
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Thu 17 December 2020: A Sikh priest committed suicide while attending the farmers’ protest against the Modi-led government here on the Delhi-Haryana border (Singhu border) on Wednesday. According to a suicide letter left behind by the priest, Baba Ram Singh from Haryana’s Karnal shot himself to express solidarity with the protesters. The Sikh priest passed […]
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Thu 17 December 2020: The farmers’ protest must continue and Delhi cannot be blocked, the Supreme Court said today while hearing a series of petitions on the issue. Chief Justice of India SA Bobde, who said yesterday that the matter must be handed over to a committee, said the panel must have “independent members with […]
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Thu 17 December 2020: In a blatant violation of Islamic religious rites, Muslims are being cremated, and to add insult to injury, their loved ones are being asked to pay for it. For most people, the effects of Covid-19 are already painful enough – the fear of contracting the virus, the fear of spreading it […]
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Tue 15 December 2020: A Delhi court Tuesday acquitted 36 foreigners, who were charge sheeted for attending Tablighi Jamaat congregation in Delhi by allegedly being negligent and disobeying the government guidelines issued in wake of COVID-19 pandemic in the country. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Arun Kumar Garg acquitted the foreigners from 14 countries of all charges. […]
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Tue 15 December 2020: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has accepted India’s “very generous” invite to be the Republic Day chief guest at next month’s celebrations in Delhi, UK’s Foreign Secretary said today, calling it “a great honour”. This will be Boris Johnson’s “first major bilateral visit” since he took charge last year, his office […]
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Tue 15 December 2020: Kabul Deputy Governor Mahboobullah Mohebi has been killed in a bomb attack in Afghanistan’s capital city, security officials were reported as saying. They said a sticky bomb was attached to Mohebi’s car by unidentified assailants. Deputy Governor Mahboobullah Mohebi was travelling with his security guards when the blast occurred on Tuesday. […]
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Tue 15 December 2020: Outrage is mounting in Sri Lanka after at least 15 Muslim coronavirus victims, including a baby, were cremated against family wishes and in contravention of Islamic funeral rites. Health authorities in Buddhist-majority Sri Lanka insist all victims must be cremated – even if they are Muslims, who traditionally bury their dead […]
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Tue 15 December 2020: Social activist Anna Hazare on Monday wrote to Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar warning “resumption of a hunger strike” against the centre’s “failure” to fulfil his demands including the implementation of the recommendations made by MS Swaminathan Commission. Mr Hazare’s other demand include granting autonomy to the Commission for Agricultural […]
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