Islamabad: The Punjabi Taliban, one of Pakistan's most deadly Taliban groups, has abandoned its armed struggle and announced it would now focus on promoting...
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18th May 2026 | Updated at 09:31pm 18th May 2026
UK’s first ever portal launched to record anti-Hindu hate incidents nationwide
The UK’s first dedicated reporting portal for anti-Hindu hate incidents is being launched on Thursday 14 May, as researchers and community leaders attempt to address what they describe as a major gap in the country’s hate crime monitoring system.
British Asian vote reflects a new era of fragmented UK politics
Across several London and Birmingham boroughs with significant South Asian populations, the 2026 local elections showed varied political outcomes, with Labour retaining strength in most areas, alongside pockets of Conservative and independent/Aspire...
Indian voters reshape political landscape
As vote counting across five states and a Union Territory concluded, the 2026 Assembly elections are reshaping India’s political landscape in significant ways.The results are seen as a clear expression of voter choice, where citizens backed...
Election season concludes across India
With the scorching summer heat gripping large parts of India, the election season has been at the stage of conclusion which adds further intensity to an already charged political atmosphere.Despite the difficult weather conditions, voter turnout...
Indian national arrested in Santa Fe child predator sting
- 25 Mar 2026
A 26-year-old Indian national, Nagaraju Balkam, was arrested earlier this month in a multi-day undercover operation targeting online child sexual predators, the Santa Fe Police confirmed.Balkam was one of four men taken into custody after detectives...
Communities step up to help stranded travellers
- 11 Mar 2026
Rising Iran-Israel tensions have led to widespread airspace closures across West Asia, disrupting flights and stranding hundreds of thousands of passengers.Major hubs like Dubai International and Abu Dhabi’s Zayed International have scaled back...
- 17 Dec 2014
Islamabad: In a major boost to the morale of anti-government protesters, a Pakistani court on Sunday ordered the release of all arrested supporters of...
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Stellar International Art Foundation will present a selection of work by acclaimed artist Paresh Maity at the Hyatt Ahmedabad for the 2015 Vibrant Gujarat Summit.
The CIA had falsely claimed to have thwarted eight terror plots, including three relating to Britain, because of intelligence gained from its enhanced...
India's Kailash Satyarthi and Pakistan's Malala Yousafzai received the Nobel Peace Prize 2014 jointly for their work on promoting child rights in the troubled...
India's Kailash Satyarthi and Pakistan's Malala Yousafzai received the Nobel Peace Prize 2014 jointly for their work on promoting child rights in the troubled...
- 16 Dec 2014
In the bloodiest terror attack in Pakistan in recent years, at least 160 people, mostly children, were on Tuesday killed by heavily-armed Taliban suicide...
A stony-faced Dewani made his way back to Britain last Wed 10th, after being held at the Valkenberg psychiatric institute in Cape Town since April of this...
