An 11-inch long knife, religious books, clothes, food and sand have been recovered from Rizwan Ashraf's bag. He is a native of Pakistan's Mandi Bahauddin city.
If the BJP has unchallenged power, as it seems now, do they want one in seven Indians alienated because of their faith? At the very least, this would make for a very imperfect Indian democracy.
Even if Shekhar Gupta has a specific definition of 'blasphemy', what's the justification for treating it as a special kind of offence and claiming moral superiority for Hindus?
Calling such comments anti-Islamic, anti-humanity and anti-society, the Chairman of the Chisty Foundation denounced the provocative statements saying those who said these slogans are the real culprits.
The Ahmedabad Police said Friday that groups DragonForce Malaysia and Hacktivist Indonesia had called on world hackers to launch a cyber war against India.
For an industry globally classified as hazardous, protections such as health insurance and a provident fund for workers are necessities. In Sivakasi, they remain elusive.
The industry forecasts exports are set to grow 16% in 2025-26, boosted by surplus domestic production and a drive to push into 26 underserved global markets with strong potential.
Indigenisation level will progressively increase up to 60 percent with key sub-assemblies, electronics and mechanical parts being manufactured locally.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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