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NEW DELHI: Just ahead of Lok Sabha elections in Delhi and Punjab, PM Narendra Modi has led the attack on former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi over corruption and 1984 Sikh riots. In an attempt to damage Congress prospects in these two states, Modi has changed t…

At least 62 people from two communities were killed and 60,000 displaced. A local court in Muzaffarnagar Monday ordered attachment of the property of six absconding accused who allegedly stabbed a youth, Shahnawaz, to death in Kawal village of the district o…

Over 150 discontented Riot Games employees walked out of the League of Legends publishers offices in Los Angeles today to protest the companys stance on forced arbitration. Standing in a parking lot on Riots campus, employees held picket signs and gave impass…

April 29, 1919, a spring day in Atlanta. Housekeeper Ethel Williams received the morning’s mail for her employer, former Senator Thomas Hardwick. There was a parcel, which she opened. The explosion took off her hands. Mrs. Hardwick, standing nearby, also su…

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising, a moment of resistance by LGBTQ people against homophobia and transphobia, police harassment and exploitation by organized crime. The conflict started in the wee hours of June 28, 1969, and conti…

In the wake of news that Riot Games is attempting to block two current employees from taking legal action against them for alleged gender discrimination, some employees are threatening a walkout. Over the last couple of months, five current and former Riot e…

Months after five current and former employees filed lawsuits last fall and earlier this year alleging gender discrimination against League of Legends publisher Riot Games, Riot yesterday made motions to force two of those women into private arbitration, whic…

Joe Biden said Donald Trump posed a historic threat to the values of America on Thursday as he formally announced his 2020 White House bid, framing himself as the person best placed to defeat the US president.  Mr Biden, who served as Barack Obamas vice pres…

She first tried to bring her attackers to justice in 2003 but the Gujarati police refused to believe her claims, arguing she had insufficient evidence. Ms Bano then approached Indias National Human Rights Commission, which finally brought her case to the Sup…

Last summer, Mr. Caruso became chairman of the board and installed Wanda Austin, a former aerospace executive, as interim president, forcing out C.L. Max Nikias, who still had many loyalists among the board who opposed Mr. Carusos efforts to install new leade…