A judicial magistrate in Ranaghat convicted Amina, detained in May 2025, under Section 14A of the Foreigners Act and sentenced her to six months in jail and a fine of 1,000 rupees A human rights group has written to India’s National Human Rights Commission alleging that a 20-year-old Rohingya refugee and her five-month-old baby are...
The Venezuelan government termed the strikes as “military aggression” by the United States US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that American forces had captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro during a military operation in Caracas, a claim Venezuela’s government said was unverified. Trump said on social media that the United States had carried out a...
“The detention laws cannot be used to settle political scores or silence dissenting voices. Preventive detention laws are draconian.” Madras High Court has described preventive detention laws as “draconian” and warned that they must not be used by the state to settle political scores or silence dissent, stressing that such powers should be exercised only...
A video showing cricketer Furqan Bhat from south wearing a helmet printed with the Palestinian flag during a match in Jammu later circulated widely on social media. A cricketer from Jammu and Kashmir region was questioned by police in Jammu after he was seen wearing a helmet bearing the Palestinian flag during a local tournament,...
Apart from the appeal, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who also wrote a note to Khalid recalling a meeting with his parents. “I think of your words on bitterness often, and the importance of not letting it consume one’s self,” Mamdani wrote. Eight members of the U.S. Congress have written to India’s ambassador in...
The image of the letter was shared by Banojyotsna Lahiri, a friend of Khalid. Lahiri said Khalid’s parents had met Mamdani during a visit to the United States in December. New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani has written a letter to jailed activist Umar Khalid, who remains in custody at Delhi’s Tihar Jail under the Unlawful...
The cases were filed over their political commentary on social media platforms. Mubeen Shah and Tony Ashai are based in the United States, while Rifat Wani is living in Germany. A court of National Investigation Agency (NIA) in Srinagar has ordered three men from Jammu and Kashmir who are currently living abroad to appear before...
Police described the detainees as “jihadist elements” acting on instructions from Bangladesh-based groups and accused them of seeking to establish ‘Muslim supremacy’ India’s northeast. Police in Assam and Tripura have arrested 11 people for suspected links to banned extremist groups based in Bangladesh, authorities said on Tuesday, Scroll.in reported. Ten of the arrests were made...
Chinese FM said ties between Beijing and New Delhi were improving, citing an invitation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend an SCO summit in Tianjin in August. China said it helped mediate tensions between India and Pakistan during their military confrontation in May, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Tuesday, a claim New...
Videos show Hindu Raksha Dal handing out swords; leader urges Hindus to defend themselves and vows retaliation against jihadists. Police have arrested 10 members of a Hindu nationalist group for allegedly distributing swords during a rally in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, authorities said on Monday. The arrests followed the circulation of videos on social media showing...