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Islamabad, March 16 – Police in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province have arrested over 300 illegal Afghan refugees during raids in various parts of the Swabi district, local media reported on Monday.The arrests followed a decision by the district administration and police officials to...

Kolkata, March 14 The TMC on Saturday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of creating a "false narrative" about employment and the overall situation in West Bengal during his rally at Brigade Parade Ground here, alleging that he was acting as a BJP campaigner rather than the Prime Minister...

Jammu, March 14 – The Kashmiri migrant Pandit organization, "Panun Kashmir," announced on Saturday that it had expelled its chairman, Ajay Chrungoo, from the organization due to alleged foreign links.A circular issued by Panun Kashmir stated that the organization has immediately expelled its...

Kochi, March 14 The ongoing LPG crisis, which has led to the mass closure of restaurants and hotels across Kerala, has triggered an exodus of migrant workers returning to their native places, as Ramadan approaches and elections are to be held in West Bengal and Assam.Restaurant and hotel...

Guwahati, March 13 – Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually addressed a large gathering in Kokrajhar from Guwahati on Friday after inclement weather prevented him from travelling to the Bodoland area as scheduled.Addressing the people of Bodoland through a virtual link, the Prime Minister said...

Patna, March 12 – Jan Suraaj Party chief Prashant Kishor arrived in Gaya, Bihar, on Thursday, where he held a meeting with party workers at a private hotel and addressed the media.During the interaction, Kishor launched a sharp attack on the politics of Bihar and the state's Chief Minister...

Kathmandu, March 12 Sixteen Nepalese nationals who were trafficked to Cambodia under the false pretense of obtaining lucrative jobs were rescued and repatriated on Thursday, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs here.They were taken to Cambodia by various agents and employed in illegal...

Patna, March 12 Launching a direct attack on the Bihar government, RJD's national working president, Tejashwi Yadav, on Thursday, alleged that the state has "failed" on all parameters during the 21 years of NDA rule.His remarks came four days ahead of the Rajya Sabha elections in Bihar on...

Bhubaneswar, March 11 – Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi has expressed deep concern over reports that several Odia people are stranded in the Middle East due to the ongoing conflict and crisis in the region.Emphasizing the safe return of Odia residents, the Chief Minister has directed...

Amaravati, March 10 APNRTS president Ravi Kumar P Vemuru said on Tuesday that nearly 2,000 transit passengers and Telugu people on tourist visas in the Middle East had returned home.The president of the Andhra Pradesh Non-Resident Telugu Society (APNRTS) said that the government evacuated some...

Kabul, March 10 – The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has warned that the restrictions imposed on women in Afghanistan are hindering the country's progress and exacerbating humanitarian challenges, local media reported on Tuesday.UNAMA Acting Head Georgette Gagnon...

Amaravati, March 10 The APNRTS president, Ravi Kumar P Vemuru, stated on Tuesday that nearly 2,000 transit passengers and Telugu people on tourist visas in the Middle East had returned home.The president of the Andhra Pradesh Non-Resident Telugu Society (APNRTS) said that the government...

Kolkata, March 10 – The BJP on Tuesday condemned the “treasonous” actions of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, alleging that her government “exploited” the minority community to ensure their “absolute, desperate dependence on the ruling syndicate”.In a statement, the BJP said that these actions...

Patna, March 9 – Amidst ongoing political developments in Bihar, Rohini Acharya, daughter of Lalu Prasad Yadav, has once again sharply criticized Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar over his decision to join the Rajya Sabha.In a post on X, Rohini Acharya mocked Nitish Kumar over his earlier...

Srinagar, March 9. More than three decades after their displacement, the issue of Kashmiri Pandit migrants was highlighted at the 61st session of the United Nations Council for Human Rights in Geneva.Satish Malhar, Chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Peace Forum, an organization of Kashmiri...

Washington, March 8 – Priyanka Chopra Jonas has spent much of her career navigating worlds that rarely intersect easily – the vast and multilingual film industries of India, the global machinery of Hollywood, and the cultural space in between where questions of identity, migration, and history...

Islamabad, March 7 – Pakistan will continue to see disappearances buried in administrative records rather than being investigated as crimes, unless trafficking is recognized not only as a humanitarian crisis but also as an institutional vulnerability. Such neglect enables organized criminal...

New Delhi, March 7 A new multidisciplinary exhibition, centered around three experimental films by filmmaker Purandar Chaudhuri, will aim to reimagine the act of viewing cinema within a gallery context."A Voyage to Permanence", curated by gallerist Jooby Yohannan and art historian Johny ML...

New Delhi, March 5 – Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated on Thursday that India and Finland believe in the rule of law, dialogue, and diplomacy, and that they support all efforts to end the ongoing conflict in West Asia and Ukraine.Speaking at a joint press conference with Finnish President...

India and Finland signed several agreements today in various areas, including environmental cooperation, migration and mobility partnership, and statistics, in New Delhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi held discussions with the President of Finland, Alexander Stubb, today to strengthen bilateral...