Salman Rushdie stabbing incident: Rushdie spent years in hiding after Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, issued a 'fatwa' in 1989 calling for his death following the publication of his novel 'The Satanic Verses'.
External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi criticized the US Congresswoman's current four-day visit to Pakistan.
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today strongly condemned the “senseless” killing of Jordanian pilot by ISIS terrorists and said it calls for a concerted global response to the persisting menace of terrorism.Modi wrote to
London: British Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday condemned the attack on a school in Pakistan which reportedly killed more than 130 people, mostly children.The deadly attack took place on Tuesday morning when a group
United Nations: The UN Security Council on Wednesday strongly condemned the escalation in violence in Libya, urging constructive efforts to resume an inclusive political process to address the security challenges facing the country.In a press
London: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry angrily condemned Tuesday's deadly attack on a Jerusalem synagogue and demanded that the Palestinian leadership take immediate steps to end incitement to violence as Israeli-Palestinian tensions soared.“This morning
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has condemned the murder of a Christian couple by a Muslim mob for allegedly desecrating the Koran. He termed it "an unacceptable crime", a media report said on Thursday.The
Vatican City: The Vatican's top bioethics official on Tuesday called 'reprehensible' the suicide of an American woman suffering terminal brain cancer who stated she wanted to die with dignity.Monsignor Ignacio Carrasco de Paula, the head
United Nations: The UN Security Council has condemned the "heinous and cowardly murder" of Alan Henning, a voluntary British aid worker, by the Islamic State (IS)."This crime is a tragic reminder of the increasing dangers
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama on Saturday condemned as a “barbaric murder” the slaying of British aid worker David Haines by Islamic State extremists.Haines was abducted last year in Syria, and extremists released a video on
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh yesterday condemned the alleged act of sedition by a village head and another person in the border district of Lahaul and Spiti and alleged that it was done
Kiev: NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen on Friday condemned the entry of a Russian humanitarian convoy into Ukrainian territory without Kiev's consent and without involvement of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).Rasmussen
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Wednesday strongly condemned the killing of American journalist James Foley by extremist Islamist militants, calling it "an abominable crime"."The secretary-general condemns in the strongest terms the horrific
New Delhi: Union Minister Gen (retd) VK Singh yesterday condemned the violent attacks in the northeast saying it was abnormal in a society known for its matriarchal nature."This is something abnormal... a society where it
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa today strongly condemned the twin bomb blasts on a train and expressed her grief at the death of one young woman and several who were injured.In a statement
Amritsar: Congress leader Amarinder Singh yesterday welcomed the decisions of the Election Commission with regard to the transfer of a police officer and the restriction on movements of Punjab Minister Bikram Singh Majithia. “We were
New Delhi: BJP today condemned the blackout of Lok Sabha TV coverage when the crucial Telangana bill was taken up in Lok Sabha and passed a resolution against it. The blackout was planned and not
Washington: The US strongly condemns the "senseless" attack on the convoy of the Iraqi Parliament Speaker Osama al-Nujaifi, the State Department said Monday.A roadside bomb went off Monday near the convoy of Osama al- Nujaifi
Sochi, Russia: U.S. Olympic Committee sponsor AT&T has condemned a Russian law restricting gay-rights activity as Sochi prepares to host the Winter Olympics. The telecommunications giant said in a blog post that the law is
Kohima: Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio has written letters to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi expressing deep shock over the reported killings, burning of homes in villages and granaries of
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