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New Delhi, Dec 28: All foreigners have to respect Indian law and those found in violation are liable to be punished but that does not mean they are blacklisted forever, a Home Ministry official said on Friday after a Reuters journalist was denied entry into India for allegedly violating visa rules. The action against Cathal McNaughton, chief photographer at the news agency's Delhi office who was

Damascus, Dec 28: The United Arab Emirates reopened its embassy in Damascus Thursday, the latest sign of efforts to bring the Syrian government back into the Arab fold. The UAE broke ties with Syria in February 2012, as the repression of nationwide protests demanding regime change was escalating into a devastating war. Nearly seven years later, the Emirati flag was raised again during a ceremony

New Delhi, Dec 28: A group of 40 women rights activists has opposed the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2018, in its present form, raising concerns over 10 points in the Bill which was passed by the Lok Sabha Thursday. In a statement, they urged the government to withdraw the Bill from consideration in the Rajya Sabha, and review the fundamental flaws pending broad-based

Mumbai, Dec 28: Five people, including four senior citizens, were killed and two others injured in a major fire that broke out in a high-rise residential building here Thursday evening. The 16-storey building is located in suburban Tilak Nagar, where search and rescue operation by the Mumbai Fire Brigade is underway, said an official from the Disaster Management Unit of the Brihanmumbai Municipal

New Delhi, Dec 27: Lok Sabha on Thursday passed the bill which criminalises the practice of instant triple talaq, with the government rejecting the contention that it was aimed at targeting a particular community. The opposition, which had been demanding that the bill be referred to a joint select committee, staged a walkout when its demand was rejected by the government. The Muslim Women

Moscow, Dec 27: A royal decree to reshuffle the Saudi Cabinet, headed by Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, was issued on Thursday, local media reported. According to the Al Arabiya broadcaster, under this decree, Ibrahim al-Assaf, former Saudi finance minister, became the country's foreign minister, while Adel al-Jubeir, who used to be the foreign minister, was appointed as the minister of

New Delhi, Dec 27: Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Thursday defended penal provision in the triple talaq bill saying it is important to instil fear in the minds of those still practising it and rejected suggestions that it was against any religion. Intervening in the debate on the bill in the Lok Sabha, the minority affairs minister said acts like murder are against the law but people still

New Delhi, Dec 27: Finance minister Arun Jaitley Thursday lauded the NIA for busting an alleged Islamic State terror plot, and defended a recent government order authorising investigative agencies to monitor any computer. "Well done NIA for cracking the dangerous terrorist module," he tweeted. "Would this crackdown of the terrorist module by NIA have been possible without interception of

Abu Dhabi, Dec 27: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has announced the resumption of diplomatic service at the Embassy of the UAE in Damascus, Syria. The Charge d'Affaires of the Embassy has begun discharging his duty from today. The ministry said that the move underscores the UAE government's keenness to restore relations between the two brotherly countries to their

New York, Dec 27: A 33-year-old Indian-origin police officer in the US state of California has been killed after being shot by an “armed” unidentified gunman while he was conducting a traffic stop. Corporal Ronil Singh of the Newman Police Department was shot and killed during a traffic stop when he was “working overtime on Christmas night to provide the best for his family.” “A few moments later