India’s Supreme Court Strikes Down Controversial Electoral Bond System Ahead of National Elections
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India’s Supreme Court Strikes Down Controversial Electoral Bond System Ahead of National Elections

ByE.B.O

India’s Supreme Court has invalidated the country’s seven-year-old electoral bond system, a funding mechanism allowing individuals and companies to donate unlimited funds to political parties anonymously. The ruling, delivered by a five-judge bench, declared the scheme “unconstitutional” and a violation of citizens’ right to information, dealing a blow to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Bharatiya…

Violent Clashes Erupt in India After Mosque Demolition; Five Dead, Dozens Injured
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Violent Clashes Erupt in India After Mosque Demolition; Five Dead, Dozens Injured

ByE.B.O

In the northern town of Haldwani, Uttarakhand, India, violent protests ensued following the demolition of a mosque and religious school by municipal authorities, resulting in at least five deaths and numerous injuries. The demolition was part of an anti-encroachment drive, with officials claiming the structures were built without permission. The incident, labeled an “anti-encroachment drive”…

Successful Rescue of 41 Trapped Workers in Indian Tunnel Marks Triumph of Human Determination
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Successful Rescue of 41 Trapped Workers in Indian Tunnel Marks Triumph of Human Determination

ByE.B.O

41 construction workers trapped for 17 days in a collapsed tunnel in India’s Himalayan Uttarakhand state were successfully brought to safety on Tuesday. The workers, who had been stranded since November 12, emerged dazed but smiling from the tunnel, culminating in a jubilant celebration at the site. The rescue mission had faced numerous setbacks, including…

Breakthrough in Uttarakhand Tunnel Rescue: Trapped Workers Set to Be Freed
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Breakthrough in Uttarakhand Tunnel Rescue: Trapped Workers Set to Be Freed

ByE.B.O

Rescue teams in Uttarakhand, India, are on the brink of success in their 17-day-long effort to save 41 workers trapped in a collapsed tunnel since November 12. The low-wage workers, stranded 2.8 miles inside the tunnel, faced numerous challenges, including a failed drilling machine. The breakthrough came as skilled miners used hand tools to make…

Rescue Operation Nears End as Workers Trapped in Indian Tunnel for Two Weeks Anticipate Freedom
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Rescue Operation Nears End as Workers Trapped in Indian Tunnel for Two Weeks Anticipate Freedom

ByE.B.O

The rescue operation to free 41 construction workers trapped for nearly two weeks in a collapsed tunnel in northern India is in its final stages. The workers, stuck since November 12 after a landslide caused a section of the 4.5km tunnel to collapse, are now just a few meters away from potential liberation. The operation…

41 Trapped Indian Workers Found Alive in Tunnel After 10 Days
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41 Trapped Indian Workers Found Alive in Tunnel After 10 Days

ByE.B.O

The first images of 41 Indian workers trapped for 10 days in a collapsed road tunnel in the Indian Himalayas have emerged. The workers, stuck behind a mountain of rubble in the northern Himalayan state of Uttarakhand since November 12, were seen on camera for the first time on Tuesday, appearing exhausted but alive. Rescue…

Indian rescue teams say all 40 workers in tunnel collapse found safe.
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Indian rescue teams say all 40 workers in tunnel collapse found safe.

ByNile Citizens' Staff

Indian rescue workers have made contact with about 40 workers trapped in a tunnel collapse in Uttarakhand state and confirmed that all of them are safe, officials have said. “All the 40 workers trapped inside the tunnel are safe,” Karamveer Singh Bhandari, a senior commandant in the Public Catastrophe Reaction Power, said in an explanation…

Canadian Sikhs Protest against the Indian Government
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Canadian Sikhs Protest against the Indian Government

ByE.B.O

Canadian Sikhs gathered outside India’s diplomatic mission Monday morning in Ottawa, Canada in protest against the India’s government involvement in the Hardeep Sighn Sikhs murder in British Columbia on June this year. The staged protest comes a week after the Canadian Prime Minister Mr. Trudeau appeared before the Canadian Parliament and said that New Delhi…

Canada and India’s relation continue to Sink.
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Canada and India’s relation continue to Sink.

ByE.B.O

India’s suspension of visa services for Canadians has damaged relations between Canada and India, which are still strained. In the midst of an intensifying controversy over the murder of Sikh separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar on Canadian soil, the Indian government has urged its residents there to be brave and watchful while warning them of politically-sanctioned…