- India
Jahangirpuri: Muslim women face discrimination in getting house help jobs post riots
New Delhi: Scores of women domestic helps in Jahangirpuri lost their jobs after communal clashes broke last year and have been unable to pick up the pieces of their lives, with many compelled…
- Delhi
Students detained for protest on nonveg food ‘ban’ food at Hansraj College, says SFI
New Delhi: Forty students staging a demonstration outside DU’s Hansraj College against a “ban” on non-vegetarian food were allegedly detained by police on Friday, a students’ organisation representative said. Scores of protesters…
- Bangalore
Video: Man dragged on car bonnet for 1 km in road rage in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: A man was dragged on the bonnet of a car for a kilometre in a road rage incident in the city on Friday, police said. The CCTV footage of the incident…
- India
BBC defends Modi documentary as ‘rigorously researched’
London: The BBC on Friday defended its controversial series on Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a “rigorously researched” documentary that sought to highlight important issues, a day after the Indian government condemned…
- Sports
India win 1st ODI against NZ in Hyderabad; fined 60% of match fees
Raipur: The Indian team has been fined 60 percent of its match fee for maintaining a slow over-rate against New Zealand in the first ODI in Hyderabad. Javagal Srinath of the Emirates…
- India
Delhi: Man poses as UAE govt official, flees hotel leaving Rs 23 lakh bill
New Delhi: Police are on the lookout for a man who stayed at a Delhi five-star hotel for four months by posing as a senior functionary of the UAE royal family. He…
- India
WFI chief compares wrestlers’ protest with Shaheen Bagh stir, refuses to quit
Nandini Nagar: Under-fire Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh on Friday termed the protest by the country’s top grapplers “dharna of Shaheen Bagh” and reiterated that he won’t…
- India
Sexual harassment: Wrestlers want IOA to form probe panel on allegations against WFI chief
New Delhi: The agitating wrestlers on Friday reached out to the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), demanding formation of an enquiry committee to probe the allegations of sexual harassment against Brij Bhushan Sharan…
- India
SC’s 5-judge bench to hear pleas against polygamy, nikah halala
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday said that it will set up a five-judge Constitution bench to hear pleas challenging the constitutional validity of polygamy and ‘nikah halala’ practice among Muslims.…
- Telangana
Telangana Governor once again alleges state govt not following protocol
Hyderabad: Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan on Thursday again alleged that protocol is not being followed with regard to her office and that she has not received any communication so far from the…
- World
President Wickremesinghe calls for ‘reconciliation’, ‘coexistence’ with Tamils
Colombo: Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Thursday called for reconciliation and coexistence in the island nation, saying his government has initiated the process by talking to Sri Lankan Tamils and understanding…
- India
Hindu seer issues guidelines for filmmakers to prevent ‘disrespect’ of Sanatan Dharma
Prayagraj: Prominent Hindu seer Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati on Thursday issued guidelines for filmmakers asking them to refrain from “criticising, disrespecting or ridiculing” Sanatan Dharma. The seer had on January 3 constituted the ‘Dharma…
- Delhi
Umar Khalid moves Delhi Court for daily inmate calling facility
New Delhi: Former JNU student Umar Khalid has moved a Delhi court seeking direction to the prison authorities concerned for having access to daily inmate calling facility. Khalid is in prison in…
- India
Britain has changed domestically: Tharoor on Rishi Sunak becoming UK PM
Jaipur: Rishi Sunak being elected Britain’s first Indian-origin prime minister signals a wind of change in the UK, senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said on the inaugural day of the 16th Jaipur…
- India
Centre trying to derail Constitutional principle of fiscal federalism: Kerala CM
Thiruvananthapuram: A day after he called for ‘new resistance’ against the BJP-ruled Centre, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan continued his attack on the Central government by accusing it of wrongly interpreting the…
