- Mumbai
Parents protest `playing of azaan’ at Mumbai school; teacher suspended
Mumbai: Parents and political activists staged a protest on Friday at a private school in suburban Kandivali after ‘azaan’ or the Islamic call to prayer was allegedly played during the morning assembly.…
- India
Wrestlers want Asian Games trials in August, IOA approaches OCA for deadline extension
New Delhi: The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) on Friday approached the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), seeking an extension of the July 15 deadline for providing details of the country’s wrestling squad…
- India
Assam flood worsens as incessant rain continues, 34,000 people affected
Guwahati: Assam’s flood situation worsened on Friday with incessant rainfall inundating new areas across 11 districts and impacting over 34,000 people. Most of the rivers, including the Brahmaputra, are maintaining a trend…
- India
Double-engine govt failing people of Manipur: Congress
New Delhi: The Congress on Friday hit out at the “double engine” BJP governments in Manipur and at the Centre and asked when will Prime Minister Narendra Modi speak out on the…
- World
King Charles confers highest Scottish honour on wife Camilla
London: King Charles III has conferred Scotland’s highest royal honour on his wife Queen Camilla, the Buckingham Palace said on Friday. The Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, which…
- India
Karnataka BJP calls for ‘Mahapanchayat’ to save Hindu society
Chikkamagaluru: BJP National General Secretary C T Ravi on Friday urged leaders of the community and pontiffs or heads of various maths across the state to convene a “Mahapanchayat” to “save Hindu…
- India
MP: DCP transferred after lathi-charge on Bajrang Dal activists
Indore: Two officers, including a deputy commissioner of police, were on Friday removed from field posting within 24 hours of a lathi-charge on Bajrang Dal activists staging an anti-drug mafia protest at…
- India
Oppn unity all over India will be final nail in ‘autocratic’ BJP’s coffin, says Stalin
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Friday alleged the BJP was not fighting its opponents electorally and insisted that the coming together of opposition all over the country will…
- India
Heavy rains in parts of Rajasthan due to Cyclone Biparjoy, rail traffic affected
Jaipur: Heavy rains occurred in some areas of Rajasthan on Friday under the influence of Cyclone Biparjoy which moved towards the state in the form of a deep depression following its landfall…
- Delhi
Delhi HC refuses to interfere with arrest of M3M directors in money laundering case
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday refused to interfere with the arrest of Basant Bansal and Pankaj Bansal, directors of Gurugram-based realty group M3M, in a money laundering probe linked…
- India
City court grants ED 8 days custody of TN minister Senthil Balaji
Chennai: A local court here on Friday granted the Enforcement Directorate (ED) 8 days custody of Tamil Nadu Minister V Senthil Balaji, who was arrested under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act…
- India
85 Odisha rail accident NDRF rescuers undergo assessment for PTSD, found ‘okay’
New Delhi: Eighty-five NDRF personnel who were part of the Odisha train accident rescue operations underwent a psychological assessment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) on Friday, with an official saying they have…
- Kashmir
Security forces kill 5 terrorists, foil infiltration bid in J-K’s Kupwara
Kupwara: Security forces killed five heavily armed foreign terrorists along the Line of Control (LoC) in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday and said it was the “biggest” infiltration bid…
- India
Manipur violence: Civil society groups urge PM to form court-monitored tribunal
New Delhi: With ethnic clashes continuing in Manipur, several civil society groups have urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to form a court-monitored tribunal to bring back normalcy in the state and demanded…
- India
62-year-old woman mauled to death by leopard in Uttarkashi
Uttarkashi: A woman was mauled to death by a leopard in a village in Chinyalisaur block here on Friday, the village head said. Bhagirathi Devi (42) was attacked by the leopard when…
