Bangladesh’s Foreign Adviser Touhid Hossain said he had been informed of death threats made against High Commissioner Riaz Hamidullah during the demonstration. Bangladesh has suspended consular and visa services at its High Commission in New Delhi and its Assistant High Commission in Agartala until further notice, citing heightened diplomatic tensions linked to recent unrest in...
The incident comes amid wider unrest following the death of student leader Sharif Osman Hadi, who died from gunshot wounds at a hospital in Singapore on Thursday. A Hindu man was killed by a mob in Bangladesh’s Mymensingh district on Thursday night after allegations of blasphemy, police said. The victim, identified by local media as...
Sajid Akram, 50, hailed from Hyderabad’s Tolichowki and moved to Australia on a student visa in 1998, visiting India only six times thereafter, police said. Telangana Police on Tuesday said that one of the two alleged attackers involved in the deadly Bondi Beach shooting in Australia was an Indian national from Hyderabad who last visited...
Most of Gaza’s population remains homeless, with many living in damaged buildings or tents and with no access to winter supplies as a result of Israel’s war on the territory. Storm Byron has swept across the Gaza Strip, killing at least 14 people, including children, and injuring others, as heavy rains, strong winds, and collapsing...
Amnesty International accused major global fashion brands on Thursday of benefiting from the repression of garment workers in South Asia, saying factory owners and governments in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka are complicit in widespread labour rights abuses. In two reports released the same day, the human rights group said the industry’s business model...
Muralidhar, one of India’s most prominent jurists, practised at the Supreme Court of India for nearly two decades and served as counsel to the National Human Rights Commission before being appointed a judge of the Delhi High Court in 2006
Democrat Zohran Mamdani, a 34-year-old progressive and member of the Democratic Socialists of America, was elected mayor of New York City on Tuesday, becoming the city’s first Muslim mayor and one of the most prominent figures on the party’s left. Mamdani won 49.6% of the vote, defeating former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who ran...
United States senator Ghazala Hashmi, a Hyderabad-born Democrat, has made history with her groundbreaking bid for the post of lieutenant governor in the American state of Virginia, reported India Today. If elected on November 4, she will become the first Muslim and the first Indian-American to hold a statewide office in the state. She is...
The humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza continues to deepen as the Palestinian Ministry of Health reported on Thursday that four more individuals have died of hunger and malnutrition in the past 24 hours. This brings the total number of starvation-related deaths in the besieged enclave to 197, including 96 children. In an official statement, the ministry...
Khursheed Alam Dawood Qasmi Freedom Flotilla Coalition: The Freedom Flotilla Coalition is a peaceful, global grassroots initiative. Its core mission is to challenge Israel’s illegal blockade of the Gaza Strip, deliver essential humanitarian aid to its besieged population, and awaken the conscience of the international community. The movement remains active through peaceful, non-violent voyages aimed...