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India used money and disinformation to secretly influence Canadian politicians into supporting its interests overseas, according a report published by the news arm of Canadian broadcaster Global Television Network. The report, which has been based on federal court proceedings and a highly sensitive government document obtained by Global News, claims Canadian authorities …

Kangna Ranaut is not afraid of stirring controversy, which seems to be a genetic trait. Recently, the actor’s sister, Rangoli Chandel, had her Twitter account suspended after she posted a series of abrasive tweets that seemed to incite religious hatred and violence and encourage Islamophobia. Chandel had tweeted claiming that …

MUMBAI: The coronavirus pandemic has come as a new form of misery for the already-beleaguered Muslim community in India, who now have to face persecution in the name of quarantine and isolation. In India’s Mumbai, street vendor Iqbal Hussain Siddiqui was supposed to ensure he stayed home under quarantine after …

NEW DELHI: Police in India’s capital broke up the longest-running protest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s citizenship law on Tuesday, citing a ban on public gatherings because of the coronavirus outbreak. Dozens of people, many of them women, have been staging a sit-in protest since early December on a street …

INDIAN-HELD-KASHMIR: Omar Abdullah, the former chief minister of India-occupied Kashmir, was released on Tuesday after a near eight-month-long detention in Srinagar by Indian authorities. Abdullah, along with Mehbooba Mufti — also a former chief minister — had been placed under house arrest in August last year after the BJP-led Indian …

NEW DELHI: Four men convicted for the 2012 rape and murder of a young woman aboard a bus in New Delhi — in what became known as the Nirbhaya case — were hanged by India on Friday. Justice took a long time coming in a case that had shocked the …

India on Saturday decided to suspend movements of all types of passengers through the international border points with Pakistan from March 16 midnight to curb the coronavirus outbreak. According to a notification from the Indian Union Home Ministry, all types of passenger movement would be suspended from March 15 midnight. …

NEW DELHI: Dozens of Hindu activists held a cow urine party in the Indian capital on Saturday to protect themselves from the new coronavirus, as countries around the world struggle to control the deadly pandemic. Members and supporters of All India Hindu Mahasabha staged fire rituals and drank from earthen …

SRINAGAR: Indian authorities on Friday released an influential Kashmiri lawmaker who had been held for seven months after New Delhi stripped India-held Jammu and Kashmir of its semi-autonomy and detained thousands of politicians and activists. Farooq Abdullah, 82, had been confined to his residence in Srinagar since August 5 when …

NEW DELHI: Authorities in occupied Kashmir lifted the ban on access to social media websites, India Today reported on Wednesday. According to the publication, people in the region will now be allowed unrestricted 2G internet access. In addition, internet services will also be available on landline connections. However, this permission …