Sunny Deol to attend Kartarpur Corridor inauguration
Indian actor turned politician Sunny Deol announced on Friday that he will be part of the inaugural ceremony of the Kartarpur Corridor which will be held on November 9. Indian News agency ANI quoted the BJP MP saying, “If I won’t go, who will? I’ll definitely go. It is my area and my home.” Doel is not […]
New Delhi citizens face foul air
NEW DELHI: Sakshi Chauhan has not left her house in a quiet inner-city slum in the Indian capital for the past six days on her doctor’s orders. The 22-year-old call centre operator is recovering from a severe throat infection and the thick smog now blanketing New Delhi has made even breathing dangerous. “The moment I […]
Modi ally suspended from Commons after drug and sex inquiry
LONDON: A key ally of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Labour MP Keith Vaz has been suspended from the House of Commons for six months after he was found to have ‘expressed willingness’ to purchase cocaine for two male prostitutes at his flat in Edgware. The MPs approved the recommendation from the Commons standards […]
Abhay Deol exposes nepotism in Bollywood
The unfortunate demise of actor Sushant Singh Rajput has sparked an ongoing debate in Bollywood regarding nepotism, favouritism, and all the ways in which the industry is far from welcoming newcomers. Taking to social media, actor Abhay Deol is speaking up about the prejudice he faced while simultaneously calling out award shows. In a post […]
Hindustan Unilever to drop Fair from Fair & Lovely
The Indian unit of Unilever, Hindustan Unilever Ltd, announced on Thursday, 25 June, that it has decided to drop the word ‘Fair’ from its ‘Fair & Lovely’ range of products. The Fair & Lovely range of HUL has long been criticised for racism through its advertising and general branding that was discriminatory against people with […]
India’s richest state bans guru’s ‘spurious’ coronavirus treatment
MUMBAI (Reuters) – India’s richest state on Thursday banned a “spurious” coronavirus treatment manufactured by a company founded by popular yoga guru, which he says has a 100% record in curing patients. Baba Ramdev, co-founder of Patanjali and a household name in India, launched Coronil to much fanfare on Tuesday but hit a roadblock when New Delhi and some state […]
Lightning strikes kill more than 100 in India
DELHI: Lightning strikes killed more than 100 people in India’s eastern Bihar state and in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, their chief ministers’ offices said on Thursday. Eighty-three people were killed in Bihar, and at least 22 people died in Uttar Pradesh, the most populous state. Twelve people were also injured in lightning strikes […]
‘India’s George Floyds’: Father-Son Death in Police Custody Sparks Outrage
CHENNAI: Outrage at the death of a father-son duo in the custody of Indian police earlier this week mounted on Saturday, with thousands on social media comparing the incident to the death of George Floyd in the United States. J Jayaraj, 59, and Bennicks Immanuel, 31, were subjected to a brutal thrashing, which resulted in […]
Floods in India’s Assam force 1M people from their homes
GUWAHATI: Heavy flooding triggered by monsoon rains has forced more than a million people to flee their homes in the northeast Indian state of Assam, authorities said on Monday, warning that the crisis was becoming more critical by the hour. The Brahmaputra River, one of the largest rivers in the world which flows from Tibet […]
Hyderabad: 2 held for trying to bury baby alive
Hyderabad: Two persons were arrested on Thursday here for trying to bury a baby alive. “Today morning, an auto driver at the Jubilee bus stand ground noticed two persons with a bag in hand. They were digging a pit in the ground. Looking at the scene the auto driver immediately reported about the incident to […]
