February 6, 2026
  • February 6, 2026

‘That attack could occur in US indicative of threat to writers’

by on August 13, 2022 0

The attack on Salman Rushdie, given assailant Hadi Matar’s purported Iranian sympathies, immediately took on geopolitical colours, coming as it did just days after the Biden administration’s justice department charged a member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of trying to orchestrate the assassination of former national security adviser John Bolton.

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J&K admin sacks kin of Hizbul Mujahideen chief, JKLF leader

by on August 13, 2022 0

The Jammu & Kashmir administration has dismissed the son of Hizbul Mujahideen chief and most-wanted terrorist Syed Salahuddin as well as wife of JKLF leader and terror accused Bitta Karate, both employed in its two different departments, over alleged terror links. Two other senior academics working at Kashmir University were also shown the door,...

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US says ‘India hid Russian origin of shipped fuel’

by on August 13, 2022 0

The United States has expressed concern to India that it was being used to export fuel made from Russian crude, through high-seas transfers to hide its origin, to New York in violation of US sanctions. The US treasury department has claimed that an Indian ship picked up oil from a Russian tanker on the...

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PV Sindhu pulls out of World Championships

by on August 13, 2022 0

India’s star shuttler PV Sindhu on Saturday pulled out of the upcoming BWF World Championships owing to a stress fracture on her left foot. In a statement which she shared on Twitter, the double Olympic medallist confirmed that she will be missing the 2022 World Championships.

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Merely hoisting Tiranga doesn’t make you a patriot: Uddhav

by on August 13, 2022 0

Maharashtra’s former chief minister Uddhav Thackeray attacked the Centre on Saturday for its ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ drive and said that “merely putting up the Tricolour doesn’t make you a patriot”. He added that there were many people across the nation who had a Tiranga but no home to place it on.

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