Srinagar, March 9 (IANS) More than three decades after their exodus, issue of migrant Kashmiri Pandits was highlighted at the 61st session of United Nations Council for Human Rights in Geneva. Satish Maldhar, Jammu and Kashmir Peace Forum Chairman, an organisation of migrant Kashmiri Pandits, on Monday said, “After more than three decades of silence, the tragic displacement of Kashmiri Pandits has once again entered the global spotlight. In a development that is stirring political and diplomatic…
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Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 28 (IANS) Large-scale flight cancellations across Kerala’s international airports on Friday underscored the deepening impact of escalating tensions in West Asia, disrupting travel plans for thousands of expatriates and their families.Airport sources confirmed that the maximum cancellations were reported at Cochin International Airport, the State’s busiest gateway to the Gulf.Services from Kannur International Airport, Thiruvananthapuram International Airport and Calic…
Tokyo/Lucknow, Feb 25 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, currently on a two-day visit to Japan, received a warm and heartfelt welcome from members of the Indian community in Tokyo. The manner in which the diaspora welcomed the Chief Minister showed their deep emotional connection and warmth, reaffirming their expression of strong attachment to their ancestral roots. From Tokyo airport to the venue of the diaspora event, hundreds of people dressed in traditional Indian attire we…
Washington, Feb 25 (IANS) US President Donald Trump pressed Congress to pass a series of major legislations ranging from border enforcement and voter identification to healthcare reform and insider trading restrictions, using his State of the Union address to lay out an aggressive domestic agenda.“Tonight, I am demanding the full and immediate restoration of all funding for the Border Security and Homeland Security of the United States,” Trump told lawmakers in his first State of the Union A…
New Delhi: National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval’s recent trip to Canada has come at a critical inflection point. As Pakistan’s ISI continues to attempt reviving Khalistani militancy in Punjab, this engagement with his Canadian counterpart Nathalie Drouin is more than just reconciliatory diplomacy – it is a move which has the potential to fundamentally alter the transnational architecture sustaining Khalistani extremism. The meeting, described in strategic circles as “constructive” and …
Ottawa, Feb 17 (IANS) The recent controversy over remarks made in Canada’s House of Commons by Sikh MPs has ignited debate within the Sikh communities at home and abroad. Critics allege that certain Sikh MPs projected the two Canadian legislations centring on immigration and border act as measures to prevent criminals, including extortionists, from seeking asylum even though the bills primarily deal with border procedures, processing timelines, and administrative reforms rather than introducin…
Washington, Feb 9 (IANS) When thousands of Indian Institute of Technology alumni, entrepreneurs and executives gather in Long Beach, California, next April, the agenda will extend well beyond networking and keynote speeches. For the organisers of the Global Pan-IIT Conference, the four-day event is intended as a statement about how a relatively small community of Indian-origin technologists has come to play an outsized role in shaping innovation, capital and public life in both India and the Uni…
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 30 (IANS) Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday called for reimagining the State as a ‘Global Kerala’, underlining that Keralites living abroad have played as decisive a role as those within the State in shaping Kerala’s society, culture and progress.Addressing the Loka Kerala Sabha, the Chief Minister said the creation of a New Kerala requires all Keralites, at home and overseas, to move forward together in unity.Chief Minister Vijayan said the Loka Kerala Sabha ha…