Saharanpur (UP), April 4 Two madrassa teachers were arrested here on Saturday for allegedly beating up a 10-year-old student with a stick, police said. A purported video of the incident, showing the child begging for mercy as he is repeatedly hit, has triggered public outrage.The incident...
Mumbai, March 5 Security overrides religion, the Bombay High Court said on Thursday while refusing any relief to taxi and auto-rickshaw drivers seeking to offer namaz (prayers) at the site of a now demolished temporary shed near the city airport during Ramzan.A bench of Justices B P...
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Kabul, February 24 – At least 13 people, including women and children, were killed in Pakistani air strikes on Afghanistan's Nangarhar and Paktika, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said, according to reports from local media on Tuesday.UNAMA stated that 13 people...
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Quetta, February 24 – The Baloch National Movement (BNM) strongly condemned Pakistan’s attacks on Afghanistan, calling them a direct assault on the sovereignty, territorial integrity, and freedom of the Afghan nation, deliberately targeting unarmed civilians.The remarks followed Afghanistan’s...
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Islamabad, February 16 – A federal court in Pakistan has granted custody of a 13-year-old Christian girl, identified as Maria Shahbaz, to a Muslim man who had abducted her, converted her to Islam, and married her, according to a report.The judges did not accept the birth certificate presented...
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Lucknow, February 11 The Enforcement Directorate conducted raids in the districts of Sant Kabir Nagar and Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday as part of an investigation into money laundering against a madrassa teacher, who is now reportedly a UK citizen, officials said.The case involves...