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FILE PHOTO: Pakistan Special Service Group commandos march during the Pakistan Day parade in Islamabad on March 23, 2019. (FAROOQ NAEEM/AFP via Getty Images) A Pakistani ruling party parliamentarian has introduced legislation seeking to jail anyone who “ridicules or brings into disrepute or defames” the military, according to records posted…
“She was a good daughter. She attended college and later worked alongside me supporting the family -- keeping a roof over our heads and food on our table," said Bhavini's father, Pravin Babu. (Courtesy: Leicester Police) By S Neeraj Krishna A UK COURT has sentenced to life a 23-year-old Leicester…
Rohingya refugees watch on a mobile phone a live feed of Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi's appearance at the UN's International Court of Justice in the Hague in the Netherlands, on the second day of her hearing on the Rohingya genocide case, in a refugee camp in Cox's…
An Indian national has pleaded guilty to the charges of participating in an India-based telemarketing scheme to try to embezzle about $600,000 from seven elderly people in America. Chirag Sachdeva, 30, has been held since he was arrested by FBI agents on February 16 as he got off a plane…
US president Donald Trump (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images) US President Donald Trump has made inroads into the Indian-American vote bank, the biggest ever by a Republican president, according to a survey which has sent worrying signals to the Democrats that the support of this influential ethnic community can no…
A policeman (L) gestures towards activists of Hindu religious organisation 'Bajrang Dal' during a protest against the violence that broke out in Devara Jevana Halli in Bangalore on August 13, 2020, after a "derogatory" Facebook post about the Prophet Mohammed sparked riots.(Photo by Manjunath Kiran / AFP) Facebook does not…
According to a news report, BBC director-general Tim Davie’s “mission” to ensure the broadcaster “has relevance for the whole of Britain” was under threat from “the drift to streaming services and a perception that the broadcaster is speaking to a southern, metropolitan elite”. (Photo: Carl Court/Getty Images) THE BBC has…
"Millions of pieces of space junk orbiting the earth present a significant threat to UK satellite systems which provide the vital services that we all take for granted – from mobile communications to weather forecasting," said Business Secretary Alok Sharma. (Photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) BUSINESS SECRETARY Alok Sharma on Wednesday…
FILE PHOTO: Queen Elizabeth II with Barbados Governor-General Dame Sandra Mason at Buckingham Palace on March 28, 2018 in London, England. (Photo: Steve Parsons/Getty Images) THE Caribbean island of Barbados wants to remove Britain’s Queen Elizabeth as its head of state and become a republic, the government has said, reviving…
FILE PHOTO: Comedian Jim Davidson arrives on the third day of the Conservative Party Conference 2016 at the ICC Birmingham on October 4, 2016 in Birmingham, England. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images) COMEDIAN Jim Davidson suffered social media fury after posting a YouTube rant titled ‘Who Needs Variety?’ aimed at…
