Riots

MUMBAI/AHMEDABAD: The FIR registered by the Ahmedabad crime branch accuses activist Teesta Setalvad specifically of "conjuring, concocting, forging and fabricating facts and documents, including witnesses' testimonies, and influencing and tutoring witnesses". The allegations are based on the cross-examination of Zakia Jafri during the Gulbarg massacre trial. Setalvad's NGO supported Jafri,…

The BJP Saturday cited the Supreme Court’s critical comments against Teesta Setalvad to flay her, and alleged the Congress and its president Sonia Gandhi were the “driving force” behind the activist’s campaign against then chief minister Narendra Modi over the 2002 Gujarat riots. The BJP launched a scathing attack on…

If and when the Supreme Court strikes down Roe v. Wade, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) says it won’t be all that surprising to see Attorney General Merrick Garland among the rioters taking to the streets over the decision. Speaking to Sean Hannity, Cruz pointed to the civil rights protests and…

NEW DELHI: Refuting allegations that its demolition drive is aimed at punishing those who participated in violent protests following the remarks made by two BJP leaders on Prophet Mohammad , the UP government on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that the move had “no relation to the riots”, and deployment…

Sports Jonathan Ramnanansingh Wednesday 22 June 2022 (L-R) Trinidad and Tobago boxers Tiana Guy (57kg), Ornella Walker (52kg) and Nigel Paul (92+kg) show off their medals earned at the 2022 Acropolis Cup held in Athens, Greece over the weekend. Photo courtesy Reynold Cox TRINIDAD and Tobago captured one silver and…

State election officials have recounted how Donald Trump supporters threatened them and their families after they refused to help the former president overturn his 2020 election defeat. The congressional committee investigating the deadly January 6, 2021 riots at the US Capitol by Trump supporters shifted its focus on Tuesday to…

News Newsday Reporter Monday 20 June 2022 PDP political leader Watson Duke, left, and his deputy Farley Augustine at the launch of the party's Trinidad arm last month. PHOTO BY JEFF K MAYERS - CHIEF SECRETARY Farley Augustine has declared his administration's full support of the labour force in Tobago.…

COLOMBO: Working in Colombo, Hashan Gunasekera has not gone home to see his family in Kandy since mid-April, as he has already given up on searching for gasoline to fuel his car. A video production manager, Gunasekera, 32, used to drive three hours every week to spend Saturdays and Sundays…

Activist Zwe Nxumalo argues that 46 years on not much has changed for the youth of today since the 1976 riots. He asks: what can be done? The toyi-toyi and the blood spills of the 1976 youth remain in the veins of today's youth who continue to live in such…

A document allegedly given to Proud Boys Chairman Henry "Enrique" Tarrio prior to the Jan. 6 insurrection lays out detailed plans to occupy more than half a dozen buildings surrounding the U.S. Capitol and describes tactics to be used by occupiers as they "Storm the Winter Palace." The full document titled "1776 Returns," attached…