Nay Pyi Taw, Sep 10 (IANS) After more than two weeks of violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state, the insurgent group Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) has declared a “temporary cessation of offensive military operations” for…
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) Terming the murder of a seven-year-old student in Ryan International School “unfortunate”, Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi on Saturday urged parents and school authorities to remain vigilant…
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) Setting up new benchmarks in skill development, the Pearl Academy awarded certificates to the first batch of women inmates of Tihar Jail who have completed their course from the ‘Tihar…
Cairo, Sep 9 (IANS) Human rights groups criticized Israel for the continued sale of weaponry to the Myanmar junta amid violence against Rohingya Muslims, local media reported on Saturday. More than 100 tanks as well…
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) In a marked shift of stance, India on Saturday called for restraint on the part of the Myanmar government to end the violence in Rakhine state – days after New…
Dhaka, Sep 9 (IANS) Nearly 300,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled Myanmar into Bangladesh in last 15 days since new violence erupted and the US is braced for a further surge, officials said, adding that it…
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) Rajya Sabha member Rajeev Chandrasekhar has urged Vice President Venkaiah Naidu to examine and stop the last minute booking of air tickets by parliamentarians as it was costing parliament and…
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has sought response from the AAP government on a plea seeking direction that all the schools run by civic bodies should be taken over by Delhi…
Chandigarh, Sep 9 (IANS) The Chandigarh Police on Saturday suspended a head constable who slapped a local resident when the latter made a video of the policeman talking on his mobile phone while driving a…
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) Union Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Saturday said a committee has been set up to look into the complaints filed by aggrieved home buyers against Jaypee Infratech. “The…
Islamabad, Sep 9 (IANS) The Pakistan Foreign Office on Saturday summoned Myanmar’s ambassador and recorded its protest over the plight of Rohingya Muslims. According to a statement, Pakistan asked ambassador U Win Naing to take…
Imphal, Sep 9 (IANS) Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh on Saturday said that security along the 364-km long Manipur-Myanmar border has been beefed up to check the possible influx of the displaced Rohingya Muslims….
Dhaka, Sep 9 (IANS) Thousands of people took to the streets across Asia to denounce Myanmar’s treatment of the Rohingya Muslim minority as some 290,000 of them have fled to Bangladesh to escape the ongoing…
New Delhi, Sep 9 (IANS) The Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) on Saturday condemned the acts of violence being committed against the Rohingya Muslims of Myanmar and appealed to the UN to pressurise Yangon to restore the…
Chandigarh, Sep 9 (IANS) The Haryana Police have launched a probe into the suicide of a Dera Sacha Sauda sect follower in Charkhi Dadri district, a police official said on Saturday. The victim, Sombir’s, body…
Washington, Sep 9 (IANS) Four Indian-origin men have pleaded guilty to conspiracy and fraud charges for their roles in a massive telephone impersonation fraud and money laundering scheme in the US perpetrated by a network…
Dhaka, Sep 9 (IANS) Some 290,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to Bangladesh to escape the ongoing violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine state since August 25, the UN office here said on Saturday. In a report, the…
Washington, Sep 9 (IANS) As nearly half of the US population fell victim to a massive cyber fraud at credit reporting agency Equifax, a Democratic Senator has called for a probe while a class-action lawsuit…
By Amulya Ganguli The Union Minister of State for Home, Kiren Rijiju, is looking for a round of applause for not driving the Rohingya refugees in India into the sea or shooting them; all that…
Lucknow, Sep 9 (IANS) An angry mob on Saturday attacked a Jawed Habib salon in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao district and vandalised the property over the use of Hindu gods’ caricature in one of his advertisements….