Abhijeet Dipke calls Modi ‘biggest coward’ India has seen
CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke accuses Narendra Modi of hiding behind police and courts, as two of his colleagues remain in judicial custody over a Jantar Mantar protest.
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Field Marshal Asim Munir and Saudi envoy discuss defence cooperation at GHQ
Saudi Arabia's newly appointed ambassador Rajeh Tami Albugamy called on Field Marshal Asim Munir in Rawalpindi, with both sides citing progress under the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement.
Nawaz Sharif praises Pakistan’s soldiers for their courage, says terrorists should not be spared
Speaking outside Avenfield House in London, the PML-N president said the army's sacrifices were beyond doubt and that those carrying out terrorism should face no leniency.
DG ISPR says Pakistan is talking to Iran to break the region’s escalation cycle
DG ISPR Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry says Islamabad has kept channels open to Tehran for months, warning that the region's repeating escalation cycle serves only those seeking chaos.
Rahul Gandhi and the INDIA bloc take the Election Commission to the Supreme Court
Rahul Gandhi and nine other opposition leaders have taken India's Election Commission to the Supreme Court over more than 130 million vanished voters.
UN and rights groups condemn India’s mass detentions of peaceful protesters
Amnesty, Human Rights Watch and the UN have converged on the same verdict about India's mass detentions, a record that 'mother of democracy' rhetoric does not easily survive.
Delhi’s Connaught Place fills with flags as a generation joins the Cockroach protests
Grandparents and students waved the same flag over the same grievance in central Delhi, a sign the Cockroach protests have outgrown their organisers.
Thousands rally in Bengaluru as Cockroach movement presses election chief to resign
A campaign that began mocking the Election Commission with an insect's name just drew a national film star and millions of online followers to Freedom Park.
Delhi cuts mobile internet and detains activists as protests spread
Mobile data cut, journalists in judicial custody, a historic protest ground de-notified: Delhi's response to the SIR protests looks less like crowd control and more like attrition.
Katie Zacharia out as White House press secretary after five days in the job
Trump says his new spokesperson should reconsider the role, as reports say she is leaving after a short debut briefing and questions over her credentials.
