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Celebrated worldwide for her film career and screen presence, Bardot later withdrew from cinema and devoted herself almost entirely to animal welfare. Brigitte Bardot, the French actor who became one of the defining sex symbols of the 1960s before reinventing herself as a militant animal rights activist and outspoken supporter of the far right, has died at the age of 91. Brigitte Bardot died on Sunday at her home in southern France, Bruno Jacquelin of the Brigitte Bardot Foundation for the protection of animals said. Celebrated worldwide for her film career and screen presence, Bardot later withdrew from cinema and…

Somali president warns Israel’s recognition of Somaliland threatens regional stability. Israel’s recognition of Somaliland “is (a) threat to the security and stability of the world and the region,” Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud told an emergency parliamentary session Sunday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Friday announcement, made his country the first to recognise Somaliland, “is tantamount to a blunt aggression against the sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity, and the unity of the people of the Somali Republic,” Mohamud said. Israel on Friday became the first country to formally recognise the self-declared Republic of Somaliland as an independent and sovereign state, a…

Manickam Tagore said RSS is an organisation built on hatred, even as he took a self-goal jibe at the former Madhya Pradesh chief minister. Congress leader Digvijaya Singh’s remark on BJP-RSS’s organisational strength has continued to ruffle feathers within the Congress and evoking jibes from the saffron camp. A day after Digvijaya shared an old photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP veteran LK Advani, lauding the party’s strength, Congress leader Manickam Tagore has sparked row, equating RSS with Al-Qaeda. Reacting to Digvijaya’s remark, Tagore said RSS is an organisation built on hatred, even as he took a self-goal…

A three-judge vacation bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices JK Maheshwari and Augustine George Masih is likely to hear the matter. The Supreme Court on Monday will hear a plea by the CBI challenging the Delhi High Court’s order suspending the life sentence of expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the Unnao rape case. A three-judge vacation bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justices JK Maheshwari and Augustine George Masih is likely to hear the matter. The high court on December 23 suspended the jail term of Sengar, who is serving life…

The MEA had flagged “unremitting hostilities” against minorities, citing the recent killing of Dipu Chandra Das, who was lynched in Mymensingh last week. The Bangladesh’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday responded to India’s recent comment on the “unremitting hostilities” against minorities in the country, saying the remarks “does not reflect reality”. The Bangladesh foreign ministry, as quoted by Dhaka Tribune, rejected India’s position on the lynching of a Hindu youth in Mymensingh and claimed that “portraying the incident as a minority-related issue was not only inaccurate but also misleading”. India’s Ministry of External Affairs on Friday had flagged “unremitting…

The fraudsters sent forged documents bearing the names of the Supreme Court of India and the Reserve Bank of India. An 85-year-old man in Mumbai lost ₹9 crore after falling victim to a cyber fraud in which scammers placed him under a so-called “digital arrest”, police said on Wednesday. The victim, a retired professor and former head of department at an engineering college, has lodged a complaint at the South Region Cyber Police Station. Officials said the case came to light on Monday. The incident began on November 28 when the elderly man received a phone call from a person…

The prohibition will apply uniformly across the entire Aravalli landscape, from Gujarat to the National Capital Region. In a major move to conserve the Aravalli range, the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has directed states to impose a complete ban on granting any new mining leases across the Aravallis, according to an official release. The prohibition will apply uniformly across the entire Aravalli landscape, from Gujarat to the National Capital Region, with the aim of preserving the range as a continuous geological ridge and curbing all unregulated mining activities. The MoEF&CC has directed the Indian Council…

The lynching of a 27-year-old Hindu man, Dipu Chandra Das, in Bangladesh’s Mymensingh has led to protests in several Indian cities. Relations between India and Bangladesh have witnessed a deterioration after protests outside Indian missions in Bangladesh, followed by reports of atrocities on minorities in the country. This includes the lynching of a 27-year-old Hindu man, Dipu Chandra Das, in Bangladesh’s Mymensingh. The incident has led to protests near Bangladesh missions in India. Both countries have summoned each other’s envoys, amid security concerns at the high commissions in Bangladesh and India. The security situation in the neighbouring country, which has…

They were protesting against the Delhi High Court’s decision to suspend the sentence of Kuldeep Singh Sengar, a former BJP MLA convicted in the 2017 rape case. A day after the Unnao rape survivor and her mother were forcibly removed from a protest at Delhi’s India Gate, Uttar Pradesh minister OP Rajbhar on Wednesday laughed off the incident, drawing sharp criticism. The survivor and her mother were protesting against the Delhi High Court’s decision to suspend the sentence of Kuldeep Singh Sengar, a former BJP MLA convicted in the 2017 rape case. “I wanted to kill myself then and there,…

The statue of Lord Vishnu was allegedly destroyed by Thailand military on Monday after over two weeks of military clashes between the two nations. The Ministry of External Affairs on Wednesday reacted to the demolition of a statue of Lord Vishnu at the Thailand-Cambodia border, saying “such disrespectful acts hurt the sentiments of followers around the world”. The statue of Lord Vishnu was allegedly destroyed by Thailand military on Monday after over two weeks of military clashes between the two nations. “We have seen reports on the demolition of a statue of a Hindu religious deity, built in recent times,…