India & World

HT spoke with VanDyke’s associates such as Pastor Devlin and scholars who have studied SOLI to better understand the organisation and the man behind it.

Justice Bhuyan said the past few years have seen a pattern of “reckless registration” of criminal cases by the State, often in trivial matters.

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Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan filed his nomination for Dharmadam constituency, marking his third attempt, while declaring assets worth ₹1.01 crore.

India appoints Vikram Doraiswami as ambassador to China, aiming to strengthen ties post-military standoff, succeeding Pradeep Rawat.

Doraiswami’s first foreign posting was to the then Indian high commission in Hong Kong in May 1994, when the territory was still controlled by the British.

Diplomatic reshuffle also sees P. Kumaran moving to London, Pranay Verma to Brussels, leaving Bangladesh, where a political appointee is not ruled out