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Time is right for Priyanka entry into politics, but her image is yet to be built
The crucial question is what kind of public image Priyanka wants to project. Because what she initiates for herself now, will remain in contemporary Indian politics for a quarter century for sure. Accordingly, she will have to script her…
SAWM INDIA – UNICEF INDIA Media Initiative 2018 Gender & Sanitation Brief Report
The South Asian Women in Media (SAWM), in collaboration with the Water, Sanitation & Hygiene Initiative (WASH) by the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF), organized a conference on the theme of ‘Gender &…
Row as government sends 7 Rohingya immigrants back to Myanmar
By Geeta Mohan
Amid appeals to India from United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to not send back Rohingya to Myanmar, India deported seven Rohingya Muslims who were in India since 2012 and served jail terms for illegal entry.…
Row as government sends 7 Rohingya immigrants back to Myanmar
By Geeta Mohan
Amid appeals to India from United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to not send back Rohingya to Myanmar, India deported seven Rohingya Muslims who were in India since 2012 and served jail terms for illegal entry.…
Pravasi Bhartiya Divas Convention date moved to accommodate Kumbh Mela, Republic Day celebrations
By Geeta Mohan
To accommodate those travelling from around the world to attend the Kumbh Mela and Republic Day, the date for the 15th Pravasi Bhartiya Divas convention has been moved from January 9 to January 21 to 23.
While Pravasi…
Reuters reporters sentenced in Myanmar
IN a crowded cafe in the A K K Mall in downtown Yangon, squeezed on a table between strangers, a pro-democracy activist looks around warily and warns that talking about the Rohingya in a public place is not a good idea. He says it would be…
I am an honest officer, kinship is not a sin: David Headley’s brother
By Geeta Mohan
Pakistan bureaucrat Danyal Gilani, half-brother of terrorist David Coleman Headley (alias Daood Gilani), one of the co-conspirators of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, spoke to India Today TV, defending himself as an "honest…
Afghan diplomats join Sikhs protesting against Jalalabad attack
By Geeta Mohan
In a gesture of solidarity, Afghan diplomats in New Delhi joined in the protests being held outside the Embassy of Afghanistan to condemn the attack that took place in Jalalabad on Sunday, killing 19 Afghans and wounded…
As PMO releases surgical strikes videos, questions over timing remain
The videos of the surgical strikes against Pakistan from 29 September 2016, given to select TV channels on the evening of 27 June, were released by either Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s office, or by National Security Adviser Ajit Doval, it…
Pakistan action plan at FATF, promised action against Hafiz Saeed, Lakhvi, LeT, JuD, FiF, JeM
By Geeta Mohan
In a blow to Pakistan, global financial watchdog, FATF placed Pakistan on its 'grey list' during a plenary meeting in Paris, arguing that Pakistan had failed to act against terror financing on its soil.
While the…