New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) Encounter – a word that originally meant a meeting or clash has, in India, become a euphemism for police shootings of suspects in a shift that was reignited after a recent West Bengal event which has reopened debates about rule of law, accountability, and political rhetoric.The West Bengal government has now assigned the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to probe the “encounter” killing of one of the four people accused in the alleged rape and murder of a 12…
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Patna, June 22 (IANS) The Bihar government has intensified the investigation into the Bharat Tiwari encounter case, with senior police officials stating that both scientific and judicial mechanisms are being employed to ensure a comprehensive inquiry.Addressing a press briefing, Additional Director General (Law and Order) Sudhanshu Kumar said the responsibility for conducting a detailed investigation has been entrusted to the Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of the Shahabad Range.According to the …
New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) It was largely coincidental, but ironic, that soon after the reclusive Taliban supreme leader Sheikh Hibatullah Akhundzada sought to expand Afghanistan’s political and economic relations with other nations, a documentary beamed by a global public broadcaster highlighted the plight of women in the country. The documentary is neither the first nor the only of its kind from the platform or other international media outlets, yet the regime’s reported treatment of women i…
Dhaka, May 20 (IANS) Bangladesh’s Awami League on Wednesday expressed grave concern over the targeted attacks on its leaders, activists, and their families that have continued unabated in 2026. The party warned that persistent silence from the international community on the issue could push the country further into brutality and prolonged political violence.Condemning the recent incident in Ukhiya upazila of Cox’s Bazar district, where 55-year-old Syada Begum died while trying to protect her son…
Beijing, April 5 (IANS) A Chinese tourist’s recent visit to Beijing reveals a rapidly expanding system of identity control in the Communist country, one that combines big data and facial recognition technology to monitor movement across the public places of China’s capital, a report said. A Chinese tourist shared on social media that he passed through security checks six times and was required to scan his national ID card 15 times during his recent five-day visit to Beijing, according to a repor…
Islamabad, April 2 (IANS) Christians, rights advocates and civil society members in Pakistan held protests against a federal court judgement upholding the forced conversion of a Christian girl by a Muslim man, local media reported. A protest was held after a Federal Constitutional Court in its verdict allowed a 30-year-old Muslim man to keep the custody of a 13-year-old Maria Shahbaz. On March 29, a large number of Christians gathered outside the Karachi Press Club carrying placards and shouting…
Islamabad, March 24 (IANS) The recent suicide bombing inside a mosque in Pakistan’s Islamabad, which killed at least 31 worshippers and injured over 160 others, was not an aberration but part of a grim continuum for Shia community in the country. The attack on Khadija Tul Kubra mosque in Islamabad signalled not only a local lapse but a systemic failure of deterrence. Shia mosques, processions, buses, hospitals, and shrines have faced attacks in Pakistan for the past 20 years. “From Peshawar and …
New Delhi, March 23 (IANS) The Intelligence agencies are keeping a close watch on certain individuals from Jammu and Kashmir who are attempting to form human rights groups in a bid to spread a false narrative against the Indian establishment. Several journalists alleged to be on the payrolls of the ISI are also under the scanner. These persons are being told to write negative articles against the Indian security forces, an official said.These rights groups are being formed so that they can put u…
Kabul, Feb 19 (IANS) The Afghanistan Media Support Organisation (AMSO) has said Afghan journalists stuck in Pakistan and Iran face worsening conditions while they wait for their humanitarian visas, local media reported. The group said that many journalists who left Afghanistan as they faced security threats now risk deportation from host nations while relocation remains delayed, Afghanistan’s leading news agency Khaama Press reported.AMSO warned that prolonged administrative delays and the absen…
Nairobi, Feb 13 (IANS) Critics have warned that continued militarised governance risks deepening alienation and instability in Pakistan’s Balochistan, a report has stated. Rising attacks in Balochistan are undermining security narrative of Pakistan and threatening international investment commitments, especially those related to the US and China, Kenya-based Capital News reported.Balochistan, which possesses rich minerals and is strategically located along the Arabian Sea, has witnessed coordina…