National India News
Singapore’s top court on Wednesday heard the first legal challenges to its colonial-era gay sex law since similar legislation was scrapped in India last year, an issue that divides the socially-conservative city-state. Three activists are arguing that Section 377A, a rarely-used law under which a man found to have committed an act of gross indecency […]
Labour Friends of India, a support group of the Labour Party in a letter expressed regret over the lack of Indian origin candidates chosen by the party. The letter reads, We express our regret that the Labour Party has selected just one candidate of Indian heritage in 39 safe Labour seats, and no Indian heritage […]
Venice’s mayor declared a state of emergency on Wednesday after “apocalyptic” floods swept through the lagoon city, flooding its historic basilica and inundating squares and centuries-old buildings. Thoroughfares were turned into raging torrents, stone balustrades were shattered, boats tossed ashore and gondolas smashed against their moorings as the lagoon tide peaked at 187 cm (6ft […]
Pakistan’s firebrand cleric-cum-politician Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Wednesday called off his anti-government sit-in in Islamabad after nearly two weeks and announced that the massive protest will be expanded across the country by blocking major highways and trade links to increase pressure on Prime Minister Imran Khan to resign. Addressing the ‘Azadi March’ sit-in here, right-wing […]
Pakistan’s ailing former prime minister Nawaz Sharif would be given a “one-time” permission to travel abroad for his medical treatment for four weeks against indemnity bond worth over Rs 700 crore, Law Minister Farogh Naseem announced on Wednesday. The three-time prime minister and his PML-N party have refused to meet Imran Khan government’s demand to […]
Conservative senator Jeanine Anez was unknown to many Bolivians before she stepped out beaming and waving a Bible on the balcony of the government palace. A longtime critic of her leftist predecessor Evo Morales, she stepped into the power vacuum left when he suddenly fled the country to escape a violent crisis. Now all eyes […]
A historic day in the life of Donald Trump’s presidency dawned on Wednesday with the U.S. House beginning Washington getting ready for the first public impeachment hearings. As the country moves towards a high stakes presidential election next year, the hearings will give voters a direct view of an inquiry that has set out to answer […]
The campaign for Sri Lanka’s November 16 presidential election ended on Wednesday, but voters are concerned about an apparent spike in fake news on social media, and its possible impact over the next two days. As candidates made their final pitch, some of their supporters unleashed unambiguously racist posts and fake news-based attacks online — […]
The Palestinian death toll from Israeli raids in the Gaza Strip has risen to 22, the enclave’s Health Ministry said on Wednesday, as Israel said it carried out further strikes on militant sites. Exchanges of fire began on Tuesday morning, when Israel killed Islamic Jihad commander Baha Abu al-Ata, prompting barrages of retaliatory rocket fire. […]
Pro-democracy protesters Wednesday stepped up a “blossom everywhere” campaign of road blocks and vandalism across Hong Kong that has crippled the international financial hub this week and ignited some of the worst violence in five months of unrest. The new phase in the crisis, which has forced schools and shopping malls to close as well […]