Vijayan characterized Jamaat-e-Islami as an “Islamic version” of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), labeling it a “revivalist o Thiruvananthapuram’Oct 28 24: In a significant political discourse, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan recently delivered pointed remarks against Jamaat-e-Islami during the launch of a book titled Kerala, Muslim Rashtreeyam, Rashtriya Islam (Kerala, Muslim Politics, and …

28-10-2024 TBILISI: Georgia’s increasingly authoritarian ruling party has claimed victory after preliminary results gave it a clear lead in a pivotal election focused on the country’s future path in Europe. The Georgian Dream party of billionaire businessman Bidzina Ivanishvili is on 53%, based on a count of 72% of the …

28-10-2024 DHAKA: Since early August, Fahmi*, 24, who used to be a dominant figure on the sprawling campus of Dhaka University in Bangladesh’s capital, has been in hiding. Fahmi was a member of the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the student wing of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League (AL) …

28-10-2024 KAMPALA: A court in Uganda has sentenced Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) commander Thomas Kwoyelo to 40 years in prison after a landmark war crimes trial over his role in the group’s two-decade reign of violence. The sentence was announced on Friday by Michael Elubu, the lead judge in the …

28-10-2024 GAZA STRIP: Israeli forces bombed six buildings in Beit Lahiya in northern Gaza, killing at least 45 people, as the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) called on the United States to stop the “systematic extermination of an entire population” in the Palestinian enclave. Israeli forces also launched air …

28-10-2024 WASHINGTON: The US hired a chartered flight to deport Indian nationals who were staying in the country illegally, the Department of Homeland Security has said, noting that this has been done in cooperation with the Indian government. The charter flight was sent to India on October 22, the department …

28-10-2024 NOVI/ KALAMAZOO: Republican Donald Trump appealed to Muslim voters in Michigan on Saturday as Michelle Obama made an impassioned plea on behalf of Kamala Harris at the Democrat’s own rally in the battleground state. In Michigan, Harris and Trump are battling for voters that include an Arab American and …

28-10-2024 WASHINGTON: Commercial satellite imagery showed that Israeli airstrikes hit buildings during an attack on Saturday that Iran used for mixing solid fuel for ballistic missiles, according to separate assessments by two American researchers. The judgments were reached by David Albright, a former UN weapons inspector who heads the Institute …

28-10-2024 TOKYO: Japanese voters are today heading to the polls in a snap election, following a tumultuous few years for the ruling party which saw a “cascade” of scandals, widespread voter apathy and record-low approval ratings. The election was announced by Shigeru Ishiba three days after he was selected as …

Hyderabad’Oct 27 (PMI): The loans of four lakh more farmers will be waived after Diwali, Panchayat Raj Minister Seethakka said. Seethakka said the government had waived farm loans up to Rs 2 lakh taken by 25 lakh farmers and the remaining would be waived after Diwali. She said the government will …