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Prominent Muslim MP Asaduddin Owaisi says comments in the video are a ‘clear case of incitement to genocide’

PM Modi's election in 2014 emboldened hardline groups who see India as a Hindu nation

Russian president says such acts give rise to extremism, cities example of attack on Charlie Hebdo magazine

At least 300 attacks have been reported on Indian Christians in 2021

Chicago-based Niagara Foundation's assets were frozen because of links with the US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen

65 injured passengers have been rescued while operations are still going on, says fire service official

The cause of death was Parkinson’s disease, her publisher Knopf said in a statement

New foreign minister says 24 million Afghans were estimated to need assistance to survive this winter

Hindutva groups with links to Modi-led BJP make calls to kill minorities and attack their religious places

Official statement says PM directs officials to ramp up oxygen supplies and strengthen health infrastructure

'Illusion' is an attractive diction used by several contemporary writers and poets

Putin says Russia had received generally positive initial response to security proposals it handed to the US

Footage shows police officers in Ludhiana carrying injured out of building and asking others to leave premises

A joint committee would visit the Afghan capital to discuss the deal with Taliban govt, say sources

While death of India’s first chief of defence staff creates void, it has no impact on military operations

Customs officers inspected shipment after growing suspicious of Thai training equipment which is not in high demand

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday gave his annual news conference

Destroyed an armed drone attempting to target Abha international airport, says coalition

Reports of multiple injured

Since Li was appointed in 2015, relations between the two countries have seen major ups and downs

Scientists and governments are scrambling to bolster defences against Omicron with shots and therapies

Those who want to travel out of the city need to test negative for COVID-19 before departure

India has recorded 236 Omicron coronavirus cases across 16 states over the last 24 hours

The Treasury on Wednesday issued three general licenses aimed at easing humanitarian aid flows into Afghanistan

A viral video showed Taliban soldiers seizing spools of barbed wire and issuing warning to Pakistani soldiers

The move may clear the way for proposed UN payments of $6m to the group for security

The country currently battles one of its gravest economic crises in decades

MPs urge Modi govt to disclose details about Kashmiri rights activist Khurram Parvez reportedly imprisoned in Delhi

Omicron becomes the dominant strain, upending reopening plans and unnerving financial markets

The statement is aimed at rejecting Iranian accusation regarding the delay in the envoy's evacuation

Indigenously developed surface-to-surface ballistic missile 'Pralay’ has range of 150-500 kilometres

A body search of the diplomat found $10,000 in an envelope and a passport in his name, the statement added

Farmers and fisherfolk have also seen their livelihoods destroyed, and thousands of families left homeless

Xi'an reported 52 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, bringing the total to 143 since December 9

The rapid rise of infections is once again disrupting life across the country

Year 2021 is the first time since 1937 that the country's population grew by fewer than 1 million people

Fast-spreading Omicron variant of the coronavirus has become dominant in the United States with lightning speed

Moscow says it would be 'forced into a tough response' unless West drops its 'aggressive line'

Christians in India have become so frightened that they try to pass as Hindu to protect themselves, says report

The submarine launched the Kalibr missile at a target more than 1,000 kilometres away

'Indian Air Force is deploying S-400 on the western border to counter possible threats from Pakistan, China'

It is the first public acknowledgment of the country's involvement in the US drone strike on the Iranian general

Decision will be reviewed on January 4

‘If the petitioner is ashamed to see picture of his PM, he can avert his eyes’, says court

The US military, like American society, is under political strain after years of divisive politics

The victim, aged between 50-60 years old, is said to be unvaccinated

Humanitarian aid and life-saving assistance must be able to reach the Afghan people without any hindrance

The Omicron variant was first detected last month in southern Africa and Hong Kong

Paris has already announced that its annual fireworks show and other events will be cancelled

The airline says it has been left with no alternative but to seek a rapid resolution of the dispute via courts