Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Colombo for a three-day visit to strengthen India-Sri Lanka ties. His visit is expected to focus on key areas like defense, energy, digital cooperation, and trade, with discussions likely on seven major agreements.
Author: Ajay K Saklanii
The Waqf (Amendment) Bill has been passed by both houses of Parliament and now awaits the President’s assent. Meanwhile, opposition parties and several Muslim organizations have intensified their protests and are exploring all legal and political options to prevent it from becoming law.
India has offered critical assistance to earthquake-hit Myanmar and Thailand. PM Narendra Modi expressed concern over the devastation and assured all possible help.
Islamabad: Tensions in Balochistan have escalated following the recent train hijacking incident. After the attack, the Pakistan Army brought several bodies of alleged insurgents to a civil hospital in Quetta. Their Baloch relatives demanded permission to identify the bodies, but the authorities refused. As a result, protesters began demonstrating, and despite police baton charges, they stormed the hospital mortuary and forcibly took away several bodies. What Happened? According to Pakistan’s Dawn newspaper, it remains unclear whether the protesters identified the bodies as their missing relatives. Hospital officials stated that members of the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) forcibly entered the mortuary and took away…
New Delhi: Union Minister for Women and Child Development, Annpurna Devi, has strongly condemned a recent judgment by the Allahabad High Court, which ruled that grabbing a woman’s breast and snapping the string of her pyjama does not constitute rape but falls under assault with intent to disrobe. Reacting to the ruling, Ms. Devi termed it “wrong” and urged the Supreme Court to take immediate notice, warning that such a judgment would “send a wrong message to society.” Her remarks were in response to an order by Justice Ram Manohar Narayan Mishra, who ruled in favor of two men accused of sexual assault, overturning…




