Police in India's capital has broken up the longest-running protest against a new citizenship law, citing a ban on public gatherings because of the coronavirus pandemic. Dozens of people, many of them women, have been staging a sit-in protest since early December on a street in the Shaheen Bagh neighbourhood, which has become a focal point for opposition to the law seen as discriminating against Muslims. Hundreds of police in […]
New Delhi is reeling from days of violence, described as some of the worst the Indian capital has suffered in decades. Dozens of people have been killed and more than 200 were wounded since the unrest began on Sunday in largely Muslim-populated areas in northeast Delhi. Protests against a new citizenship law, which critics describe as divisive, discriminatory and running counter to the country's secular constitution, erupted in December and were […]
Dozens of people, carrying placards and India 's tricolour flags, form a human chain near a Mughal-era gate in capital, New Delhi, to mark the death anniversary of iconic freedom fighter, Mahatma Gandhi . As more people on Thursday afternoon joined the chain and a call to observe silence in memory of Gandhi was given by the organisers, a contingent of police stationed nearby rushed to the spot and detained […]
By Tasneem Adams A South African human rights group raising awareness on growing fascism and discrimination under the regime of Narendra Modi says South Africans must become more conscientized on the political realities in India. In December, Indian lawmakers passed the Constitutional Amendment Act (CAA), which would give citizens of Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh the opportunity to apply for Indian citizenship. But the Bill only applies to those of the […]
The Civil Aviation Authority is investigating and will give more details soon of the plane crash at Kameeldrift outside Pretoria. One person was killed and 20 injured, 18 on board the aircraft and two in a building that it hit late Tuesday afternoon. The plane reportedly experienced difficulties after taking off from Wonderboom Airport. Tshwane Metro Roads and Transport MMC, Sheila Lynn Senkubuge says the probe is in the hands […]
VOC became the first Muslim radio station in South Africa when a special events license was granted to the station in Ramadan/January 1995. Subsequent temporary broadcast licenses were granted, permitting the station to broadcast for 24 hours.
