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No evidence of radicalisation at Rohingya camps in Bangladesh, says UN official
UN’s Senior Humanitarian Coordinator Sumbul Rizvi warns of a humanitarian crisis ahead of cyclone season.
A year since nearly a million Rohingya refugees poured into Bangladesh, the situation is yet to stabilise, and the impending cyclone…
SAWM Condemns Attack On Students, Journalists
We, the members of South Asian Women in the Media (SAWM), condemn the brutal attacks on school and college students in Dhaka, Bangladesh, during their peaceful protests for improved road safety measures.
We also vehemently condemn the…
Statement from Women Film Practitioners
As women working in film across genres and industries in India we received the news of AMMA ( Association of Malayalam Movie Artistes) reinstating actor Dileep, who is an accused in the abduction and molestation of an actor, with shock and…
As PMO releases surgical strikes videos, questions over timing remain
The videos of the surgical strikes against Pakistan from 29 September 2016, given to select TV channels on the evening of 27 June, were released by either Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s office, or by National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, it…
Pakistan action plan at FATF, promised action against Hafiz Saeed, Lakhvi, LeT, JuD, FiF, JeM
By Geeta Mohan
In a blow to Pakistan, global financial watchdog, FATF placed Pakistan on its 'grey list' during a plenary meeting in Paris, arguing that Pakistan had failed to act against terror financing on its soil.
While the…
“The IAS officers’ loyalty has to be to the people, the Constitution and the nation”
The recent stand-off between Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers and the Delhi government brought into sharp focus the “asymmetry in the architecture of governance” in the Union Territory based in the national capital, a steady…
Modi tells Putin won’t go back on $4.5 billion defence deal
Russian President Vladimir Putin assures PM Modi that Moscow’s relationship with Delhi is far, far better than anything with Pakistan can ever be.
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi ‘will not walk back’ from India’s intention to buy…
Jinnah In My Room
“What are you going to do with that photo in your room?” Amma asked with a frown, when I was home recently.
“Which one?” I asked, but should have guessed. “The Jinnah one,” my 86-year-old mum said. “The one in which he’s wearing a black…
Temple hopping in MP: Congress mum on CM face
First, it was former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh who proceeded on a six-month, ostensibly non-political, Narmada padyatra. The yatra concluded on April 9. Then, on April 13, Congress MP from…
Pakistan returns Madhya Pradesh boy
Jetindaera Arjanwara returned home to India Thursday after spending five years in two Pakistani jails. He had crossed over to Sindh in search of water in 2013.
From Seoni district in Madhya Pradesh, Jetindaera was diagnosed with sickle…