- India
2008 Malegaon blast case: Ex-Army officer becomes 34th witness to turn hostile
Mumbai: A former Army captain, a witness in the 2008 Malegaon blast case who had accused the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) officials of threatening him to give a statement before a magistrate,…
- India
Gurugram: 4 held for defrauding women of lakhs through matrimonial sites
Gurugram: Three men were arrested for running a gang that allegedly duped women from different states after befriending them through matrimonial sites, police here said on Wednesday.A Nigerian national who is reportedly…
- World
Defiant Donald Trump pleads not guilty to all 34 criminal charges against him
New York: Donald Trump, the first former US President to be criminally charged, has pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records at his arraignment in a Manhattan court…
- India
Sikkim: No tourist left under snow, search operations called off, says officials
Gangtok: A Sikkim government official Wednesday said it is now “almost certain” that no one is left strapped under the snow at 15th Mile, the site of the devastating avalanche and search…
- India
Following HC order, Bengal decides to deploy paramilitary forces in 3 districts
Kolkata: Following the direction of the Calcutta High Court, the West Bengal government on Wednesday decided to deploy paramilitary forces in three districts of Hooghly, Barrackpore and Kolkata during Hanuman Jayanti celebrations,…
- Kolkata
WB: Post Ram Navami violence, VHP to hold 500 Hanuman Jayanti events
Kolkata: Amid the furore over violence during celebration of Ram Navami in West Bengal, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has decided to conduct 500 Hanuman Jayanti programmes across the state on Thursday.…
- India
UP BJP to invoke ‘guesthouse incident’ to woo Dalit voters
Lucknow: In the run-up to next year’s Lok Sabha elections, the ruling BJP in Uttar Pradesh is set to invoke the infamous “guesthouse incident” of 1995 to woo Dalits. The UP BJP’s…
- India
Dawoodi Bohra succession row: Bombay HC reserves order on 2014 suit
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday completed its hearing and reserved order on a 2014 suit challenging the position and appointment of Syedna Mufaddal Saifuddin as the leader of the Dawoodi…
- India
SP’s Swami Prasad Maurya booked for hurting religious sentiments
Rae Bareli: An FIR has been lodged against senior Samajwadi Party leader Swami Prasad Maurya for allegedly raising a slogan hurting religious sentiments of Hindus during a public programme attended by party…
- India
Padma awards conferred on late Mulayam, Mahalanabis, Sudha Murty, Keeravaani
New Delhi: Veteran socialist leader and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Late Mulayam Singh Yadav, and medical professional Dilip Mahalanabis, known globally for his work on Oral Rehydration Solution (ORS), were among…
- India
Reference to Gujarat riots dropped from NCERT class 11 Sociology book
New Delhi: A portion referring to the Gujarat riots has been dropped from the class 11 Sociology textbook by NCERT, months after it removed the reference to the 2002 communal violence in…
- Mumbai
‘Negative content’ needs to be removed from history textbooks: Maha BJP chief
Mumbai: Amid a row over the removal of certain references in NCERT’s new class 12 textbooks, BJP’s Maharashtra chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Wednesday said some people had deliberately written “negative content” in…
- India
Govt says no plan to use Aadhaar data for census
New Delhi: The government has no plan to use Aadhaar data for census, Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar told Lok Sabha on Wednesday. “The Office of the Registrar…
- India
‘Misuse of central agencies’: SC refuses to entertain plea of 14 parties
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to entertain a plea by 14 parties, led by the Congress, alleging arbitrary use of central probe agencies against opposition leaders and seeking guidelines…
- Andhra Pradesh
AP lone state to release welfare calendar, claims Chief Minister
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh is the only state in the country to release a welfare calendar in advance and implement the targeted schemes as per schedule, Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy said.…
