India on Saturday asked its citizens in Afghanistan to exercise utmost vigilance and caution in view of the “dangerous” security situation in several of its provinces, and warned that Indians additionally faced a “serious threat of kidnapping”. In a fresh advisory, the Indian embassy said the terror groups operating in Afghanistan have escalated violent activities … Read more
West Bengal BJP President Dilip Ghosh on Friday shared YouTube videos of purported post-poll violence in the state, but the authorities of the website removed them as they violated its community guidelines. YouTube was compelled to remove the clippings shared by Ghosh on Twitter as there were scenes of “brutal violence” but that is the … Read more
Internet services have been suspended for 24 hours in three blocks of Rajasthan’s Jhalawar district following arson and incidents of loot, which took place hours after a scuffle between youths from two different communities, police said. The violence took place on Monday night, hours after the youths from the Muslim and Sondhya Rajput communities scuffled … Read more
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi who is on a three-day visit to Lucknow left for Lakhimpur on Saturday morning to meet the woman blockhead of the Samajwadi Party who was allegedly molested. Gandhi will meet SP blockhead Ritu Singh and supporter Anita Yadav in Lakhimpur. A heavy police force has been deployed at Ritu Singh’s house, … Read more
Long lines for gas at Pietermaritzburg. High-res here New Delhi: Maxar Technologies has been collecting new satellite imagery of South Africa that shows the scale and intensity of the recent violence and looting that occurred in multiple cities, including Durban and Pietermaritzburg. Looting at Kwamashu shopping centre in Durban. High-res here The unrest followed protests … Read more
Terrorism compounds the twin problems of violence against humanitarian personnel and lack of accountability and sanctioning those responsible for violating humanitarian law should have wider regional and international support, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said on Friday, as he asserted that humanitarian action should not be used as a ploy” to undermine territorial integrity of … Read more
Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress has faced allegations of violence against adversaries. Kolkata: Accusing the West Bengal government of “appalling apathy” towards victims of political violence after the March-April elections, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has recommended a CBI probe into “grievous offences like murder and rape” and said that these cases should be tried … Read more
PILs filed before the high court alleged that people were subjected to assault, made to flee homes, and property were destroyed as a result of post-poll violence in Bengal. The committee, which was formed by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) chairman on a direction by a five judge bench of the high court, also … Read more
JOHANNESBURG: Days of riots and looting in South Africa have left more than 70 people dead, hurt thousands of businesses and damaged major infrastructure in some of the worst civil unrest since the end of white minority rule in 1994. What is driving the violence? ZUMA’S JAILINGThe unrest started after former President Jacob Zuma handed … Read more
The future of Afghanistan cannot be its past and the world is against seizure of power by violence and force, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said Wednesday at a key meeting of the SCO in the backdrop of Taliban fighters gaining control over large parts of the conflict-ridden country. In his address at the meeting … Read more