- India
Opposition distorting BJP’s stand on Muslims: UP Minority Welfare Minister
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Minister of State for Minority Welfare Danish Azad Ansari on Wednesday accused the opposition parties of distorting the stand of the BJP and the RSS on Muslims and claimed…
- India
Maha: Man beaten to death by two persons following tiff over Facebook post
Nashik: A 30-year-old man was allegedly beaten to death with an iron rod by two persons following a tiff over a Facebook post written by the victim in Maharashtra’s Nashik city, police…
- Delhi
No need to be Indian to register marriage under special law: HC
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has held the law does not require at least one of a pair to be an Indian citizen for the purpose of registration of marriage under…
- India
Commission for sub-categorisation of OBCs get six-month extension
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet has extended the tenure of the commission for sub-categorisation of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) by another six month, sources said. The Rohini Commission had told the government…
- Bangalore
Siddaramaiah says he will contest assembly polls from one constituency
Bagalkote: Senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Wednesday clarified that he will contest the upcoming Karnataka assembly polls from one constituency. The former chief minister, who has openly announced that he is willing…
- India
People’s support to PM Modi made abrogation of Article 370 possible: Anurag Thakur
New Delhi: Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Wednesday recalled a ‘yatra’ he undertook in 2011 to hoist the tricolour at Srinagar’s Lal Chowk but was arrested upon entering Jammu and Kashmir, and…
- Delhi
2020 Delhi riots: Court acquits man accused of rioting, vandalism, arson
New Delhi: A local court hearing two cases related to the 2020 northeast Delhi riots has acquitted an accused of all charges, saying his presence in the riotous mob was not proved…
- Delhi
No statutory exemption to journalists from disclosing their sources: Delhi court
New Delhi: A Delhi court has held that there is no statutory exemption in India to journalists from disclosing their sources to investigating agencies. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Anjani Mahajan made the observation…
- India
Nadda on two-day visit to Bengal, first since extension as BJP president
Kolkata: J P Nadda will arrive in Kolkata on Wednesday night for a two-day visit to West Bengal, the first since his extension as the BJP president. Nadda’s term was extended till…
- India
Bharat Jodo Yatra: Distance on foot may be curtailed in J-K, says Jairam Ramesh
Shimla: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi may curtail the distance on foot during the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Jammu and Kashmir, party leader Jairam Ramesh said on Wednesday, stressing that there will be…
- Kashmir
Bharat Jodo Yatra should not be used to whitewash past: Omar Abdullah
Srinagar: National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said the Congress should not allow former minister Chaudhary Lal Singh, who had supported the rapists in the Kathua rape-and-murder case, to participate in…
- India
Tejasvi Surya himself reported, apologised for IndiGo incident: Civil aviation minister Scindia
New Delhi: Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Wednesday said BJP MP Tejasvi Surya himself reported and apologised for the incident where he accidentally opened the emergency exit of an IndiGo plane last…
- India
Women wrestlers sexually exploited by national coaches, WFI Prez: Vinesh Phogat
New Delhi: In a startling revelation, a crying Vinesh Phogat on Wednesday alleged that Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) President and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh has been sexually exploiting women wrestlers…
- India
Edu ministry seeks WB govt report on ‘Azad Kashmir’ question in school book
New Delhi: The Ministry of Education has asked for a factual report from the West Bengal government on a class 10 model question paper asking students to mark “Azad Kashmir” on a…
- Andhra Pradesh
SC to hear AP’s plea against HC order prohibiting public meetings, rallies
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that it would hear on January 19, a plea of the Andhra Pradesh government challenging the high court’s recent order suspending the operation of a…
