United Nations (Photo: Reuters) GENEVA: The United Nations human rights office on Friday expressed serious concern over families circumventing national bans on female genital mutilation (FGM) by crossing borders to have the procedure performed in countries where it remains legal or where laws prohibiting it are not enforced.In a newly released report, the UN rights…
NEW DELHI: Union minister Jitan Ram Manjhi strongly reacted to RSS leader Indresh Kumar‘s ‘arrogant’ jibe aimed at the BJP and said Lord Ram has given NDA the mandate and they are working. “Let him be happy with that…those who are saying this should think about themselves,” the Hindustani Awam Morcha president said. A major…
NEW DELHI: Saurabh Netravalkar has captured the spotlight with his stellar performances in the ongoing T20 World Cup. The Mumbai-born pacer, now the bowling spearheard of the US cricket team besides being a software engineer, has impressed fans and critics alike by claiming four wickets in three matches, including those of Rohit Sharma and Virat…
CHANDIGARH: The controversial head of Dera Sacha Sauda (DSS) Sirsa, Gurmeet Ram Rahim, has approached the Punjab and Haryana High Court seeking directions to grant him a 21-day furlough so that he can carry out “welfare activities” outside the jail during this period. The DSS head has submitted that an application for furlough has already…
KOLKATA: Authorities launched a rescue operation after a massive fire was reported at a mall at Acropolis mall in east Kolkata, TV reports suggested.The civic authorities pressed at least 10 fire tenders into service to control the blaze.As per the reports, the blaze was reported from the food court situated on the fifth floor of…
NEW DELHI: China is building a megaport in the backyard of Washington which Chinese president Xi Jinping is expected to inaugurate at the end of year. The move is rattling the and US, Wall Street Journal reported in an ominuous warning for an impending resource war between the US and China.China is already the top…
NEW DELHI: Following the match against Canada, Indian team traveling reserves Shubman Gill and Avesh Khan will return home from their current T20 World Cup, as per a report.Together with the rest of the crew, the duo traveled to Florida in case of any unforeseen circumstances. Gill, Avesh, Rinku Singh, and Khaleel Ahmed comprised the…
NEW DELHI: When India play Canada in their final group match in the T20 World Cup at Lauderhill on Saturday, they will be worried about star batsman Virat Kohli‘s recent poor performance. Hopefully, the sky will stay clear in the city despite the fact that severe rain is destroying sections of Florida.India have advanced to…
Until June 12, the Eisenhower Park in New York‘s Nassau County was buzzing. The Indian team was in the city and played three matches at the pop-up stadium that was put together there as one of the three venues in the US to host the T20 World Cup. The excitement hit crescend on on June…
Indian Army gets new suicide drones! In a boost for India’s defence preparedness, the Indian Army has received its first batch of indigenously developed man-portable suicide drones, known as Nagastra 1 loitering munition. These new drones are designed to carry out precision strikes on enemy training camps, launch pads, and infiltrators, without putting the lives…
