Politically Motivated Crimes

The Crime Branch wing of Kerala police on Thursday raided senior Kerala politician PC George's residence at Erattupetta in the district.

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Tuesday slammed the Yogi Adityanath dispensation over alleged pouring of a chemical on three sisters in Gonda, saying the Uttar Pradesh government's "politically motivated" narrative of "protecting" and justifying perpetrators of crimes against women has emboldened them.

Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, who piloted the bill to make instant "Triple Talaq" a criminal offence through Lok Sabha on Wednesday, called the passage of the legislation to restore dignity of Muslim women a "historic day". Mr Prasad also countered the charge that politics, and not gender equality, had motivated the NDA government to push throu...

Germany recorded a sharp rise in politically motivated crimes by foreigners including terrorists and Kurdish terrorists last year, a trend branded "unacceptable" by Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere on Monday.

North Korea boycotted a U.N. review of its human rights record on Monday, shunning calls to hold to account the Pyongyang leadership for crimes against humanity documented by the world body.

Like the devil is in the detail, in politics, the motive is often in the timing! Sri Lanka waking up to the existence of India's nuclear plant in Koodankulam long after it was set up and flagging safety concerns at this juncture smacks of a tit for tat mindset. The dead giveaway move is a bid to spite India for its vote in favour of the UN resoluti...

The Crime Branch wing of Kerala police on Thursday raided senior Kerala politician PC George's residence at Erattupetta in the district.

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra Tuesday slammed the Yogi Adityanath dispensation over alleged pouring of a chemical on three sisters in Gonda, saying the Uttar Pradesh government's "politically motivated" narrative of "protecting" and justifying perpetrators of crimes against women has emboldened them.

Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, who piloted the bill to make instant "Triple Talaq" a criminal offence through Lok Sabha on Wednesday, called the passage of the legislation to restore dignity of Muslim women a "historic day". Mr Prasad also countered the charge that politics, and not gender equality, had motivated the NDA government to push throu...

Germany recorded a sharp rise in politically motivated crimes by foreigners including terrorists and Kurdish terrorists last year, a trend branded "unacceptable" by Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere on Monday.

North Korea boycotted a U.N. review of its human rights record on Monday, shunning calls to hold to account the Pyongyang leadership for crimes against humanity documented by the world body.

Like the devil is in the detail, in politics, the motive is often in the timing! Sri Lanka waking up to the existence of India's nuclear plant in Koodankulam long after it was set up and flagging safety concerns at this juncture smacks of a tit for tat mindset. The dead giveaway move is a bid to spite India for its vote in favour of the UN resoluti...