India

Iran lifts visa requirement for Indian travellers

NEW DELHI: Iran has decided to eliminate visa requirements for Indian travellers, as per an official announcement from Tehran. India is included in a visa-exemption list alongside 32 other countries, including Russia, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Japan, and the UAE, according to the official Iranian News Agency (IRNA). The objective of this move, as stated by […]

Year ender 2023: 10 most significant world events this year

NEW DELHI: Old conflicts continued, and fresh ones emerged, escalating geopolitical rivalries to the extent that a summit between opposing heads of state garnered significant attention, despite yielding minimal concrete results. Overall, positive developments remained scarce. Therefore, here are the top ten global events of 2023. It is advisable to scrutinize the following closely, as […]

A long-awaited closure for Manipur’s ethnic violence victims

GUWAHATI: The recent transfer of 64 bodies of the victims from the Kuki and Meitei communities, who were killed in the ongoing ethnic clashes in Manipur since May, marks a long-awaited closure for their families and relatives. The bodies, which were kept for months in the morgues of Imphal and Churachandpur, were finally handed over […]

Supreme Court orders primary survey of Shahi Idgah Complex in Mathura

The Supreme Court’s decision to allow a primary survey of the Shahi Idgah complex near the Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi Temple in Mathura has reignited the debate over the disputed religious sites in India. The survey, ordered by the Allahabad High Court on December 14, is aimed at verifying the claims of a Hindu group that […]

Parliament attack accused Sagar Sharma jotted ‘time to leave home’ in his diary

The 27-year-old expressed his determination to "do something" for the country and the fear of treading an unconventional path. Entries from 2021, after returning from Bengaluru, indicate his association with like-minded youth.