- India
Muslim clerics seek withdrawal of FIRs for offering namaaz on road
Kanpur: Prominent Muslim clerics in Kanpur have strongly opposed the FIRs registered against hundreds of people for offering prayers on roads on the last Friday of Ramzan and Eid. Terming the police…
- India
US commission seeks sanctions on Indian agencies over ‘violation’ of religious freedom
Washington: A federal US commission has urged the Biden administration to impose targeted sanctions on Indian government agencies and officials responsible for “severe violations” of religious freedom in the country by freezing…
- India
‘Am still alive’: Bihar man ‘killed’ 6 months ago tells CM, DGP
Patna: A Bihar man, declared dead in a police record nearly six months ago, wrote to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, the DGP, SP, Gopalganj and SHO, Deoria police station, claiming that he…
- World
Dust storm causes crashes of dozens vehicles in US
Chicago: A dust storm caused pileups from vehicle crashes on a highway in US Midwest state of Illinois, according to local authorities. More than 30 people have been sent to hospital for…
- Middle East
Iranian diplomatic missions resume operations in Saudi Arabia
Tehran: The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman has said that three Iranian diplomatic missions in Saudi Arabia have resumed operations. Nasser Kanaani made the remarks on Monday at a weekly press conference when…
- India
Mumbai’s prime real estate given away for Bullet Train, alleges Thackeray
Mumbai: Shiv Sena-UBT President and former Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday accused the ruling Shiv Sena-Bharatiya Janata Party alliance of handing over prime real estate, “worth like gold”, in the…
- India
Absence of sanction in charge sheet under UAPA no ground for default bail: SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said that an accused in an UAPA case cannot seek default bail on the ground that the charge sheet filed within the stipulated time period…
- India
Giriraj Singh dares Bihar govt to stop Dhirendra Shastri’s Patna visit
Patna: Politics over the visit of self-styled godman Dhirendra Shastri continues in Bihar with Union minister Giriraj Singh on Monday challenging the leaders of the Mahagathbandhan to stop him from coming to…
- India
Bahujan Samaj Party MP Afzal Ansari disqualified from Lok Sabha
New Delhi: Bahujan Samaj Party MP Afzal Ansari, brother of gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari, was disqualified from Lok Sabha on Monday following his conviction in a 2007 Gangsters Act case. According to a…
- India
Petition filed against self-styled godman Dhirendra Shastri in Bihar court
Patna: Ahead of self-styled godman Dhirendra Shastris visit to Patna, a lawyer filed a case against the chief of Bageshwar Dham, a pilgrimage site in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhatarpur district, in Muzaffarpur civil…
- Bangalore
‘What did you do to stop corruption in Karnataka’, Rahul asks PM Modi
Bengaluru: Continuing his attack on the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the poll-bound state of Karnataka, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to explain all the…
- Bangalore
People will teach a lesson to those who termed Modi ‘useless’: Bommai
Mysuru: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday said that the Congress leaders are indulging in cheap talk due to the fear of losing the assembly election. He said Congress MLA Priyank…
- India
Assam: Night curfew continues in violence-hit Manipur dist
Imphal: The night curfew continued for the third consecutive day on Monday in Manipur’s Churachandpur district even as no fresh incident of violence has been reported in the mountainous district in the…
- India
Delhi HC reserves order on PIL against sealing of school on public land
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday reserved its order on a petition seeking protection of the interests of kids enrolled in schools on public property that have been mortgaged and…
- India
India-UAE bilateral trade under CEPA sees 16% rise between 2021-22 & 2022-23
New Delhi: Bilateral trade between India and the UAE under the comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) has increased from $72.9 billion (April 2021-March 2022) to $84.5 billion (April 2022-March 2023), registering a…
