The State Department said it is widening the scope of Afghans eligible for refugee status in United States to include current and former employees of US-based news organisations, US-based aid and development agencies and other relief groups that receive US funding.
Border clashes between the northeastern states of Assam and Mizoram are not new, however, the one witnessed on Monday was the bloodiest. The two states are locked in a battle over their boundaries for decades, often leading to big or small clashes.
The war-torn country saw a 47 pc increase in number of all civilians killed, wounded in violence across Afghanistan in 1st six months of the year, compared to the same period last year, according to the report.
The violence took place on Monday night, hours after the youths from the Muslim and Sondhya Rajput communities scuffled over an issue.
A UP Police official allegedly pulled a woman to the ground and hit her as he sat on top of her in Kanpur Dehat district.
Widespread violence was reported on Thursday from various districts, including Siddharthnagar, Sitapur, Gorakhpur, Sambhal during the nomination of papers for the block pramukh elections.
Mamata Banerjee during her speech in the House said that the incumbent governor, chosen by the BJP leadership at the Centre, should have been allowed to address the House by the saffron party's MLAs in the state.
Several doctors on Friday held protests here as part of a nationwide stir called by the IMA against the recent incidents of violence against healthcare professionals.
A 36-year-old Indian-origin Sikh man was among eight people killed in the horrific rail yard shooting in San Jose in the US state of California, according to media reports on Thursday.
The unprecedented barrages reaching as far north as the seaside metropolis of Tel Aviv, coupled with drone launches and even an attempted submarine attack, have put on vivid display a homegrown arsenal that has only expanded despite the chokehold of a 14-year Israeli-Egyptian blockade.
Previous fighting between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers, including a devastating 2014 war, was largely confined to the impoverished and blockaded Palestinian territory and Israeli communities on the frontier.
India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador TS Tirumurti tweeted on Wednesday that during the Security Council meeting on events in East Jerusalem, he stated that India condemns “all acts of violence, especially rocket attacks from Gaza.”
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday blamed the BJP for post-poll violence in the state saying their leaders are visiting the state again and again provoking violence.
BJP on Monday said that its party will hold a nationwide dharna on May 5 against the widespread violence unleashed by Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers post the Assembly election results.
Sidhu was arrested on February 9 in connection with Red Fort violence on January 26 during a farmers' tractor parade against the Centre's three new agriculture laws.
Widespread violence was witnessed during funeral procession of Youth League member, Mansur, who died in a post-poll clash allegedly between workers of CPI(M) and IUML on Tuesday.
The Office of Communications (Ofcom), the UK government-approved media regulatory authority, issued the order on Friday following its findings dating back to February and November 2019.
In a major development, Delhi Police on Sunday arrested an individual accused in the recent violence that broke out at Red Fort on Republic Day during farmers' tractor rally in the national capital.
The Delhi Police has released new photos of the Republic Day violence during the tractor parade showing how rioters attacked, thrashed police personnel after they went violent for not being allowed to carry forward their march on routes that were not mutually agreed with the Delhi police.
The national capital witnessed clashes between protesters and police during the tractor parade by farmers on the Republic Day to press their demand of repealing three new farm laws.
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