- India
Chandrayaan-3 launch likely on July 13; ISRO chief says no final decision yet
New Delhi: India is looking at July 13 as a possible launch date for Chandrayaan-3 that entails landing a rover on the lunar surface. A senior official said the Chandrayaan-3 mission would…
- India
Isn’t PM prejudging response of Law Commission: Khurshid on Modi’s UCC remarks
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader and former law minister Salman Khurshid on Wednesday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his remarks on uniform civil code, wondering if the PM is prejudging what…
- India
BJP slams Cong after FIR against Malviya; raises ‘Rahul Gandhi-Soros link’
New Delhi: The BJP on Wednesday launched a scathing counterattack on the Congress over the registration of an FIR against its IT department head Amit Malviya in Karnataka, claiming that the Gandhi…
- India
DMK for cleansing party of ‘unruly elements’
Chennai: With the DMK facing embarrassment on several issues due to the actions of some party leaders and cadres, party President and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has taken initiative to…
- India
AIMIM leader seeks nod to offer prayers on Bakrid at MP Congress office
Bhopal: A leader of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) on Wednesday sought permission to offer prayers on the occasion of Bakrid at the Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) office in Bhopal.…
- Delhi
Delhi teen murder: Charge sheet against accused Sahil filed
New Delhi: The Delhi police have filed a charge sheet against Sahil, the man who repeatedly stabbed and bludgeoned a 16-year-old girl to death in full public view in the national capital’s Shahbad…
- India
VHP welcomes PM Modi’s pitch for Uniform Civil Code
New Delhi: The Vishva Hindu Parishad on Wednesday welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pitch for a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) and said discrimination against women should be done away with its implementation…
- Bangalore
Would not have cowered: Shivakumar on Hebbal steel flyover project
Bengaluru: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar said he would not have “cowered” for any reason from going ahead with the steel flyover project, whereas Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, during the previous Congress…
- India
Communal colour being given if Centre talks about implementing UCC: Rajnath Singh
Jodhpur: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Wednesday accused the opposition parties of trying to bring in a communal angle whenever the Centre talks about implementing a Uniform Civil Code in the country.…
- Delhi
Delhi govt released Rs 100 cr for 12 DU colleges: Atishi
New Delhi: The Delhi government has released Rs 100 crore for 12 Delhi University colleges that are fully funded by it, considering the administration’s financial mismanagement, Delhi Education Minister Atishi said on…
- India
Kerala child rights body moves SC for directions to curb dog attack cases in state
New Delhi: The Kerala child rights body has moved the Supreme Court seeking “immediate directions” like providing confinement facilities for stray dogs or their culling for effectively checking the menace of canine…
- India
CBI officer supervising Balasore train accident probe gets extension
New Delhi: Senior IPS officer Viplav Kumar Choudhry, who is supervising the CBI probe in the June 2 Balasore train accident, was on Wednesday given a one-and-a-half-year extension as a joint director…
- India
Law Commission has received 8.5 lakh responses so far on UCC: Chairman Awasthi
New Delhi: Amid a raging debate over the issue of Uniform Civil Code, Law Commission Chairman Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi on Wednesday said the panel has received 8.5 lakh responses within just…
- Pakistan
Eid: 84 Pak organizations barred from collecting sacrificial animal hides
Lahore: Pakistan’s Punjab provincial government on Wednesday issued a list of 84 banned organisations prohibited from collecting sacrificial animal hides during Eid ul-Adha, including 10 so-called charity offshoots of the Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) headed…
- India
Govt has ‘forgotten’ poor and middle class: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday attacked the government on issues of employment and prices of essentials, saying it has “forgotten” the poor and middle class, and is “busy” in increasing…
