- India
Threat calls to Gadkari: Nagpur police to file chargesheet
Nagpur: The Nagpur police will file the chargesheet in a case registered under anti-terror law UAPA in connection with threatening phone calls made to Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari, a senior police official…
- Kashmir
Authorities disallow Eid prayers at Srinagar Eidgah: Managing body
Srinagar: Authorities here have disallowed Eid prayers at the historic Eidgah here, the managing body of the Jamia Masjid said on Wednesday. In a statement, the Anjuman Auqaf Jama Masjid said the…
- India
PIL seeks action against Guj cops in ‘flogging’ incident; HC issues notice
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday issued a notice to the state government in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking action against the police personnel who allegedly flogged a group of…
- India
Muslims in Badrinath to offer namaz in Joshimath on Bakrid
Gopeshwar: Police have asked Muslims in Badrinath to celebrate Bakrid in Joshimath, about 40 km away from the temple town. The minority community residing in Badrinath mostly consists of migrant labourers working…
- Delhi
Delhi: Aurangzeb Lane renamed APJ Abdul Kalam Lane
New Delhi: The Aurangzeb Lane in Lutyens’ Delhi has been renamed Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Lane, New Delhi Municipal Council officials announced on Wednesday. The NDMC approved the renaming of the road…
- India
Pawar calls KCR’s 600-car motorcade show in Maha ‘worrisome’
Pune: NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday took exception to Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao arriving in Pandharpur town of Maharashtra with a huge motorcade, saying this attempt to “show strength”…
- India
UP govt bans open sale of meat on Kanwar Yatra routes
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to prohibit the sale of meat in the open along the routes fixed for the Kanwar Yatra, which will commence from July 4. Chief Minister…
- Middle East
Nawaz Sharif, Zardari meet in UAE over Pakistan election
Islamabad: Former Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif and former president Asif Ali Zardari have reportedly met in the UAE to consult and decide on the timing of the next general elections in…
- India
Bakri Eid: Neighbours object man bringing goat to his house in Maha
Thane: A section of residents of a housing complex in Maharashtra’s Thane district objected to a man bringing a goat to his house ahead of Bakrid, police said on Wednesday. The police…
- India
Raj: 2 govt employees suspended after video of ‘dance’ at relief camp goes viral
Kota: Two state government employees were suspended on Tuesday after a video showing one of them dancing on hospital premises in an inebriated state and the other looking on went viral on…
- India
IPS officer helps ‘light up’ elderly woman’s life in UP’s Bulandshahr
Bulandshahr: It was literally a “tamso ma jyotirgamaya” (moving from darkness to light) moment in the life of 70-year-old Noorjahan and a “Swades” moment for IPS officer Anukriti Sharma as an LED…
- Mumbai
Assault on BMC engineer in Mumbai: 4 Sena (UBT) workers arrested
Mumbai: Police on Tuesday arrested four workers of the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena in connection with an assault on a civic engineer. Accused Santosh Kadam, Sada Parab, Uday Dalwi and Haji Aleem…
- India
Attempt to show strength was worrisome: Pawar on KCR’s motorcade
Pune: NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Tuesday took exception to Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao arriving in Pandharpur town of Maharashtra with a huge motorcade, saying this attempt to “show strength”…
- India
Cheetah brought from South Africa injured in fight at Kuno park
Sheopur: A translocated African cheetah has sustained injuries in a fight with other cheetahs at the Kuno National Park (KNP) in Madhya Pradesh’s Sheopur district, an official said on Tuesday. Agni, the…
- Delhi
DU teachers condemn varsity’s decision to work on Eid-ul-Adha
New Delhi: A section of Delhi University teachers have deplored the varsity’s decision to observe June 29 as a working day despite the festival of Eid-ul-Adha, terming the move as “sectarian and…
