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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has appealed to the people to shun violence and not damage public property saying that the Citizenship Amendment Act and National Register of Citizens (NRC) have nothing to do with the people of a particular religion. He also clarified that the government has not taken any …

Hyderabad Dec 22  (PMI): It is highly deplorable that in the present scenario when majority of the citizen’s  irrespective of caste, creed and religion are coming out on the street in solidarity with the Muslims to oppose the Citizen Amendment Act (CAA) and proposed National Register of Citizen (NRC) for …

21 December, 2019 By SJA Jafri + BBC CANBERRA/ SYDNEY/ MELBOURNE: Australia is grappling with massive bushfires fuelled by record-breaking temperatures and months of severe drought. Fires in New South Wales (NSW) have burned at least 2.7m hectares (7.4m acres) this season, destroying more than 700 houses. Eight people – …

21 December, 2019 By SJA Jafri + Agencies DAMASCUS/ ISTANBUL: Syria’s Idlib province has been hit by over 400 airstrikes over the past 24 hours, monitors said, prompting tens of thousands of people to flee. Rescue workers described the situation as a “humanitarian catastrophe.” Tens of thousands of civilians have …

20 December, 2019 By SJA Jafri + Agencies BEIJING/ KUALA LUMPUR: Muslim countries should initiate a boycott on Chinese products, an influential Malaysian preacher has said, calling for an end to the detention of ethnic Uighurs, at least a million of whom are reportedly held against their will in China’s …

Hyderabad Dec 20 (PMI): The president Majma-e-Olama wo Khutaba Hyderabad Deccan Janab Moulana Ali Hyder Farishta Saheb Qibla and executive body members including all members criticized the views of Charminar MLA Mr Mumtaz Ahmed Khan of AIMIM that he is trying to convert the religious matters into political issue. Moulana …

20 December, 2019 By SJA Jafri (Courtesy Messenger) CANBERRA/ SYDNEY: Two volunteer firefighters died while battling blazes around Sydney, authorities said on Friday, forcing Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison to cut short a holiday in Hawaii that had fuelled public anger at the government’s response to the crisis. Australia has …

19 December, 2019 TEHRAN/ UNITED NATIONS: Iran’s Foreign Ministry condemned a politically-motivated resolution that the UN General Assembly has adopted on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic. In a statement on Thursday, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi condemned the draft resolution on the situation of human …

19 December, 2019 WASHINGTON: Donald Trump has become the third US president in history to be impeached by the House of Representatives, setting up a trial in the Senate that will decide whether he remains in office. The House voted on two charges – which the president abused his power …

The Supreme Court has decided to examine the constitutional validity of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, CAA. However, the Court refused to stay its operation as sought by some lawyers appearing for petitioners. Attorney General KK Venugopal, representing the Centre, opposed the petitioners’ submission. He said there are as many as …