When Ishwar Chand Sharma, a farmer in northern India, committed suicide just days before the start of the country’s general elections, police found a note in his pocket with a plea: “Don’t vote for the BJP.” While police worked to authenticate the note, Sharma’s son told the Thomson Reuters Foundation that his 65-year-old father blamed […]
Delhi
Twilight days and Delhi nights
leave us here in our women’s chambers leave us here so secure chewing the lotus with lotus maiden amidst the fumes of a suspended past that waft away an uncertain future space so marble-cooled illusions so fixed behind crenellated tiled and cypress walls the blood and passion of war the heat and dust of the […]
Fire at budget Delhi hotel kills 17
Guests at the hotel, popular with budget and business travellers, were unable to use corridors to escape because of wooden panelling, according to a fire officer At least 17 people died when a fire ripped through a budget hotel in Delhi on Tuesday, with victims including a woman and a child who reportedly jumped from […]
Indians ridicule Justin Trudeau for his ‘annoying’ and ‘fancy’ dress up during India visit
OTTAWA/NEW DELHI: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Tredeau’s wardrobe of bright, glitzy traditional Indian attire has been ridiculed by locals in the country, with some accusing him and his family of playing annoying ‘fancy dress’ during their week-long visit. His wardrobe controversy began as the Trudeau family’s fancy traditional choice of clothing raised eyebrows, with the prime […]
Outrage in India over rape of 8-month-old infant
DELHI: An eight-month-old girl was raped by her 28-year-old cousin in the Indian capital Delhi, reported BBC News on Tuesday. Police sources say that the victim is in a critical condition in the hospital, while also confirming that the suspect has been arrested and charged under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, meaning […]