Blind student beaten by police sings revolutionary Habib Jalib poem on live TV
A blind student from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, who was beaten up by Indian police recently, appeared on television to sing a revolutionary poem by Pakistani poet Habib Jalib earlier this week. According to a video posted on the social networking website Twitter by multiple users, and viewed thousands of times, Shashibhushan appeared on Indian channel NDTV to sing […]
Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa Set to Name His Brother Prime Minister
COLOMBO: Newly-elected Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Wednesday named his brother Mahinda as Prime Minister, cementing the grip on power of a clan credited with crushing the Tamil Tigers a decade ago. Mahinda, a two-term president himself, is due to be sworn in as premier on Thursday following the resignation of Ranil Wickremesinghe after […]
Sweden drops Julian Assange rape investigation after nearly 10 years
STOCKHOLM: A Swedish prosecutor dropped a rape investigation against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, ending the near decade-old case that had sent the anti-secrecy campaigner into hiding in London’s Ecuadorian embassy to avoid extradition. Although the prosecutor’s decision can be appealed, it probably closes the case, which was launched in 2010. The accuser’s lawyer said she […]
Jeffrey Epstein: prison guards charged with hiding failure to keep watch
NEW YORK: Two federal workers who were on duty on the night financier Jeffrey Epstein killed himself in a New York jail cell were charged on Tuesday in connection with their alleged failure to check on him, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) reported. “They are accused of failing to check in on him every 30 […]
Nawaz Sharif leaves Pakistan for medical treatment in London
LAHORE: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif left Pakistan on Tuesday in an air ambulance to seek medical treatment in London, his party said, a month after the three-time premier was released on bail from a seven-year prison sentence for corruption. Sharif, 69, was accompanied by his younger brother and personal physician, according to leaders of […]
Registry of sex-offenders launched
New Delhi: In a bid to ensure women and child safety and security in the country, Union Women and Child Development (WCD) Minister Smriti Irani on Tuesday said the government has begun listing all sexual offenders in a digital database. “Through the database, all the sexual offenders can be found across the country so that […]
Hong Kong protesters fire arrows as unrest spreads
HONG KONG: Hong Kong protesters shot bows and arrows and hurled petrol bombs from a barricaded university on Sunday and police fired volleys of tear gas and blue liquid from water cannon as unrest spread across the Kowloon peninsula. Several protesters fired arrows from rooftops at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University amid some of the […]
Taj Mahal will now be in Agravan, instead of Agra?
Lucknow: After changing the names of Allahabad to Prayagraj and Mughalsarai to Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar, the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh is planning to change the name of Agra to Agravan. The state government has asked the Ambedkar University in Agra to look into the historical aspect of the name. The history department […]
JNU students march towards Parliament over complete fee roll back demand stopped by police
New Delhi: Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Students Union on Monday said that they will continue the protest until the demands of rollback of fee hikes and release of detained students are accepted. JNUSU Vice President Saket Moon, who was part of a group protesting near Jor Bagh metro station here said: “We will hold our […]
After Rabi Pirzada, another model’s private data leaked
Days after the Rabi Pirzada scandal surfaced, another Pakistani celebrity’s private pictures and videos have leaked online. Pakistani model Samara Chaudhry has had a number of her private videos leaked on social media. Chaudhry, who has worked in television adverts and has done various modelling projects, is seen getting undressed in some clips while in […]
