Category: Politics

Amnesty International India has temporarily closed its offices and postponed events aimed at raising awareness of rights abuses over safety concerns for its staff after the charity was accused of sedition by protesters, a spokeswoman said on Wednesday. The prominent rights group held an event on Saturday that focused on human rights abuses carried out by Indian security forces in Kashmir, one the most sensitive national issues in India. Police in the southern city of Bangalore, the city where the event was held, said they are investigating if “anti-India” slogans…

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Centuries-old evils will have to be tackled more sternly: PM Against the backdrop of recent attacks on Dalits and Muslims, Prime Minister Modi said social evils will have to be dealt with “sternly” and with “sensitivity” as survival of the society is impossible if there is no social unity. Economic progress is no guarantee to a strong society whose foundation is social justice, he said in his Independence Day address and asked the countrymen to work for social equality and justice. He made it clear that social harmony is key…

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Congress president Sonia Gandhi was discharged from Delhi’s Ganga Ram Hospital on Sunday morning after 11 days, ANI reported. “Mrs Sonia Gandhi has shown progressive improvement+ in her condition and has no fever,” said DS Rana, chairman of Ganga Ram, on Saturday. Sonia was admitted to the hospital on August 3 with fever, dehydration and a shoulder injury, following a massive roadshow in Varanasi on August 2. She had to leave the road show midway after she began to feel ill. The 69-year-old underwent surgery on her left shoulder August 3….

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Visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Saturday. “A morning for neighbourly engagement. Chinese FM Wang Yi calls on Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” External Affairs Ministry Spokesman Vikas Swarup posted on Twitter. Mr. Wang is visiting India for holding talks with External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on various issues of mutual interest Xinhua commentary hints at NSG-SCS quid pro quo As Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi began his three-day visit India visit from Goa, a commentary in the state-run Xinhua news agency…

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Security near the Red Fort has been beefed up in preparation for the Independence Day celebrations. Everything that moves, or does not – from trees and windows, to residents and beggars – will be under the radar of security agencies who will take no chance as Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hoist the national flag and deliver his speech, reports Mail Today. For better security, police has also got over 3,000 trees pruned in and around the venue. These trees will be thoroughly checked and will be guarded by security…

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At least 14 people were killed and 20 others injured on Friday when gunmen opened fire and lobbed grenades at a crowded market place in Kokrajhar district in Assam’s Bodoland. The site of the incident is Balajan, eight kilometres from Kokrajhar town. The police confirmed the role of Songbijit faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland, a banned outfit, behind the killings. Some reports said the faction had denied any link with Friday’s incident. According to local media, four to five gunmen arrived at the marketplace in an autorickshaw…

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