- Mumbai
Bombay HC allows Thackeray-led Shiv Sena to hold Dussehra rally at Shivaji Park
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Friday permitted the Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena to hold its annual Dussehra rally at the iconic Shivaji Park ground in central Mumbai on October 5. A…
- Bangalore
Congress puts up ‘PayCM’ posters at BJP’s party office near Bengaluru
Bengaluru: The Congress in Karnataka intensified its campaign targeting Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai by pasting the ‘PayCM’ posters at the BJP’s Nelamangala office on the outskirts of Bengaluru on Friday. The party…
- Kerala
Kerala: Muslim scholars’ body comes out against changes in school timings
Thiruvananthapuram: As media reports surfaced that a government-appointed panel proposed changes in the existing school timings in Kerala, a prominent outfit of Muslim scholars in the state on Friday came out against…
- Bangalore
PFI raids: 14 arrested on sedition charges by Bengaluru police
Bengaluru: As many as 14 people were arrested on charges of sedition following raids by the National Investigation Agency on the offices of the Popular Front of India (PFI) and Social Democratic…
- India
‘Hate crime’ incidents: India advises its nationals in Canada to remain vigilant
New Delhi: India on Friday advised its nationals in Canada and those travelling to that country to exercise due caution and remain vigilant in view of the “sharp increase in incidents of…
- India
PFI calls for strike and Cong halts ‘padyatra’, alleges BJP’s Kapil Mishra
New Delhi: Nothing can be more “petty and shameful”, Delhi BJP leader Kapil Mishra said alleging that the Congress halted its ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ on Friday as the Popular Front of India…
- Andhra Pradesh
Diving Support Vessels ‘Nistar’, ‘Nipun’ launched in Vizag: Navy
Visakhapatnam: Two indigenously designed and built Diving Support Vessels (DSVs) of the Indian Navy — christened ‘Nistar’ and ‘Nipun’ — were launched in Visakhapatnam on Thursday in the presence of Navy Chief…
- India
RSS chief Madrassa visit: Mayawati wonders if it helped change ‘negative attitude’
Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati on Friday wondered if there will a change in the “negative attitude” of the BJP and its governments towards Muslims after the RSS chief Mohan…
- India
Maha govt ropes in TISS to assess social, financial status of Muslims
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has commissioned a detailed study to assess the social, financial and educational status of the Muslim community in 56 cities of the state, an official order said. As…
- India
Kerala HC takes suo motu case against PFI for declaring flash hartal
Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Friday took suo motu case against radical Islamic outfit Popular Front of India (PFI) and its state general secretary over declaring hartal in the southern state…
- Bangalore
JD(S) holds demonstration inside Karnataka assembly over alleged irregularities in education institution
Bengaluru: The Janata Dal (Secular) on Thursday staged a sit-in demonstration inside the Karnataka Assembly demanding fair probe into alleged irregularities in a prominent educational institution in Bengaluru. The JD(S) second-in-command and former…
- India
PFI hartal: Kerala police beefs up security; warns of stern action against law breakers
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala police have beefed up security in the state and issued directions to the district police chiefs to ensure law and order after the radical Islamic outfit Popular Front of India (PFI)…
- India
SC notice to Centre on plea seeking action against forced religious conversion
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday sought response from the Centre and others on a plea seeking direction to take stringent steps to control fraudulent religious conversion by “intimidation” and through “gifts…
- India
Urban Naxals had stalled work of Sardar Sarovar Dam for years: PM Modi
Ahmedabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday alleged that “urban Naxals and anti-development elements” having political backing had stalled the construction of Sardar Sarovar Dam on Narmada river in Gujarat for many…
- India
Prophet remark row: No coercive action against Navika Kumar for 8 weeks, says SC
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday clubbed and transferred to the Delhi Police all FIRs registered against journalist Navika Kumar over the controversial remarks made by ex-BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma on…
