India

NEW DELHI: (Web Desk) An Indian Border Security Force (BSF) soldier who raised issue with substandard food served to him and his colleagues in videos shared on Facebook has now alleged he is being ‘mentally tortured’ by top armed forces officials, India’s CNN-News18 reported Thursday. A constable of the BSF’s …

NEW DELHI: (Web Desk) Emboldened by a state that is widely seen to wink at lynch mobs, a leader of the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) has boasted how Hindu society killed 2000 Muslims, and called for the beheading of Marxist Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, The Wire said on Thursday. …

NEW DELHI: (Web Desk) An unidentified caller threatened to kill Mahesh’s actor daughter Alia and wife Soni if his terms are not met Bollywood filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt has received death threat from an unidentified caller, reports Times of India. The caller has threatened to kill Bhatt’s daughter, actor Alia Bhatt, …

NEW DELHI (Web Desk) The story of Akbar Durrani reads like a typical Bollywood movie wherein the Pakistani man falls in love with an Indian woman only to face the wrath of two rival states. Indian authorities have detained Durrani, 31, for deportation to Pakistan as he allegedly stayed in …

NEW DELHI: (Web Desk) Rallies were held in India’s capital on Tuesday in support of a student who received rape threats over her controversial remarks on Pakistan after being mocked online by celebrities, including cricketer Virender Sehwag. Hundreds of students from several colleges in New Delhi took to the streets …

NEW DELHI: (Web Desk) India’s top diplomat will visit Washington this week for talks with the new US administration, an Indian foreign ministry official said Sunday. Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar is expected to discuss with American officials India’s concerns over proposed US legislation that could make it harder for companies …

AHMEDABAD, INDIA: (Web Desk) A Muslim police constable has filed an application at the Gujarat High Court after the police department asked him to shave his beard off, the Times of India reported on Thursday. Mohammed Sajid Sabirmiya Shaikh, 25, joined the Lok Rakshak Dal (LRD) in March 2016 and …

NEW DELHI: (Web Desk) India’s army chief Gen Bipin Rawat has warned of tough action against restive Kashmiri civilians but opposition parties have slammed the remarks as counterproductive, reports said on Friday. Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office Jitendra Singh said that the general’s statement was misinterpreted. Asking …

NEW DELHI: (Web Desk) The Indian Army chief on Wednesday warned protesters in occupied Kashmir, who were waving Pakistan flags, that they would be treated as anti-nationalists. The strong statement came from the Indian Army chief after he was joined by Prime Minister Narendra Singh Modi to pay tribute to …

NEW DELHI: (Web Desk) India successfully launched 104 satellites in a single mission on Wednesday, setting what its space agency says is a world record of launching the most satellites at one go. Of the 104, 101 are foreign satellites to serve international customers as the South Asian nation seeks …