Thousands of Indians have taken to the streets to mourn the death of Jayalalithaa Jayaram, chief minister of India’s southern Tamil Nadu state, who died at the age of 68 after a prolonged illness. Jayalalithaa, one of the country’s most popular political leaders, died late on Monday evening at the[…]
At least 90 people were killed and more than 100 injured when a train derailed in northern Uttar Pradesh, India’s biggest state, police said. The train was travelling between the northeastern city of Patna and the central city of Indore on Sunday when the incident happened, throwing several carriages off[…]
Indian troops have fired warning shots and used tear gas as they clashed with thousands of people in Srinagar protesting against the killing of a 12-year-old boy by security forces. Doctors told Al Jazeera that Junaid Ahmad died early on Saturday at a hospital in the main city of the[…]
Supporters of the US-based Islamist cleric Fethullah Gulen whom Ankara believes to have been behind the military coup attempt last month have already “infiltrated” India, the Turkish FM claimed, urging Indian authorities to shut down Gulenist organizations. Referring to the group led by Gulen as FETO (Gulenist Terror Organization, a[…]
An armed separatist group is being blamed for killing at least 13 people and wounding more than a dozen during an atttack on a busy weekly market in Kokrajhar town in India’s northeastern Assam state, officials said. One assailant was killed during the attack on Friday and security forces were[…]
While global media focuses on ‘terrorist’ attacks in Europe and police brutality in the United States, violent clashes in Kashmir have gone almost unnoticed. While Kashmir is renowned for its natural beauty and handcrafts, the disputed territory has long been at the centre of Indian/Pakistan conflict over territory. In recent[…]
OPINION by Ibrahim Vawda While Narendra Modi’s visit to our shores may be generally welcomed, the Media Review Network does have serious reservations about the visit. We remind our Government that the Indian Prime Minister has a checkered history which raises many unanswered questions. Narendra Modi, is a member of[…]
A court in India has sentenced 11 people to life in prison for their roles in a notorious massacre during the 2002 anti-Muslim riots in Gujarat. Twelve others convicted in connection with the so-called Gulbarg Society killings were jailed for seven years by the special court in Ahmedabad. In the[…]
Indian police said they have arrested five people after a fireworks display at a temple sparked a fire that killed at least 108 people in one of the worst accidents ever seen at a religious festival. Thousands of people were gathered at the temple at Kollam in the southern state[…]
At least 10 people are feared dead after a portion of an under-construction overpass collapsed in a congested area of the eastern Indian city of Kolkata, police said. Many people were still trapped under the debris in the Girish Park area of Kolkata and efforts were underway to rescue those,[…]
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