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Muharram Observed Across Mumbai As Processions Draw Crowds; Police Action, Yogi Adityanath’s Remarks Spark Controversy
Mumbai, June 26: Muslims across Mumbai observed the 10th day of the holy Islamic month of Muharram on June 25 and 26, with tazia processions held in several parts of the city to commemorate the martyrdom of Hazrat Imam Hussain, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad. Maulana Yasoob Abbas, National General Secretary of the All India…
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How Canada’s inconsistent immigration rules are affecting international students
The official mandate of Canada’s Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) department is to build “a stronger Canada through immigration programs, citizenship services, refugee protection and issuing Canadian travel documents.” But our research shows how IRCC has become a powerful force in Canadian education policy – an area that is the responsibility of provinces and…
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Tamil Nadu: Toll from ammonia leak at seafood processing unit rises to 15
The toll from an ammonia gas leak at a private seafood processing and export unit near Periyapalayam in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruvallur district has risen to 15, the state government said on Thursday. Eighty-three persons were affected by the leak, which occurred on Sunday at a facility in the Kannigaipair-Manjangaranai area, the health and family welfare…
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Rush Hour: Ram temple trust chief resigns, Karnataka mandates FIR in revenge porn cases and more
Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust General Secretary Champat Rai and trustee Anil Mishra resigned from their posts on “moral grounds” following the alleged embezzlement of donations to the Ram temple in Ayodhya. The trust manages the temple. A day earlier, eight persons were arrested in the case. They have been booked under provisions of…
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In Gujarat, pastoral nomads are losing ties with grass preserves
Nasibi Shermamad Jat, 55, remembers how, as a child, she would walk to the rakhal near her village with her mother to take their buffaloes for grazing. “I plucked imli [tamarind] from the trees and collected grass during drought,” she recalls. After she got married, her visits to the rakhal continued with her husband and…
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Mumbai: 51-Year-Old Businessman Dies By Suicide After Jumping Off Bandra-Worli Sea Link
Mumbai: In a shocking incident, a 51-year-old businessman allegedly jumped off the Bandra-Worli Sea Link on Friday. The deceased, identified as Bhavesh Navinchandra Majethia, reportedly asked the taxi driver to stop on the Sea Link, citing nausea, before allegedly taking the extreme step. Despite rough sea conditions hampering rescue operations, emergency teams launched a search…
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From militant to chief minister: The remarkable life of Mizoram’s Zoramthanga |
In 1966, a 22-year-old Zoramthanga joined the Mizo National Front and started an armed struggle to secede from the Indian Union. Over the next two decades, he was on the move: India, East Pakistan, Burma and, after East Pakistan became Bangladesh in 1971, Rawalpindi. In 1986, the MNF ended their rebellion with the signing of…