- India
Judiciary should ‘walk the talk’: Mehbooba after journalist denied bail in UP
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday said the judiciary should “walk the talk”, as journalist Siddique Kappan was denied bail yet again. Earlier in the day, the Lucknow bench…
- Pakistan
1,200-year-old Hindu temple in Pakistan opened to public after court battle
Lahore: A 1,200-year-old Hindu temple here in the capital of Pakistan’s Punjab province has been formally opened to the public after it was reclaimed from a Christian family following a lengthy court…
- World
Be careful about advocating LGBTQ issues: Singapore tells foreign businesses
Singapore: The Singapore government on Thursday asked foreign businesses to be careful about advocating lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) issues in the city-state that could be “socially divisive.” Singapore’s Ministry of…
- India
Madrasa run by mufti linked to Ansarul Islam demolished under UAPA
Morigaon: The madrasa in Assam’s Morigaon district, from where its head mufti was arrested for his alleged links with Bangladesh terror outfit Ansarul Islam, was demolished on Thursday, police said. The Jamatul…
- Telangana
Telangana: Guv Tamilisai hears out problems of university students
Hyderabad: Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan on Wednesday interacted with students of various state universities to understand their problems and assured them that she would bring their issues to the notice of the…
- India
No window or ventilation during custody: Sanjay Raut tells court
Mumbai: Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut, arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case, on Thursday told a special court here that during their custody, the central agency kept him…
- India
UP: DNA test gets man arrested for rape committed in 1994
Shahjahanpur: A man was arrested 28 years after he allegedly raped a minor girl when his DNA matched with the boy born as a result of the crime, police said on Wednesday.…
- World
Rishi Sunak pledges crackdown on Islamist extremism
London: British-Indian prime ministerial candidate Rishi Sunak on Wednesday pledged a crackdown on Islamist extremism, the UK’s most significant terror threat, with a widened government definition of extremism and strengthening existing terrorism…
- World
Minister Jaishankar meets US Secretary of State in Phnom Penh
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday discussed the situation in Sri Lanka, developments in Myanmar and other pressing global challenges at a…
- Telangana
Judge appointed to Telangana High Court
New Delhi: An advocate was on Wednesday appointed as a judge of the Telangana High Court, the law ministry said. According to a notification issued by the Department of Justice in the…
- India
Campaign against Agnipath scheme from Aug 7: Rakesh Tikait
Noida: Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Wednesday said his farmers’ group would begin a campaign against the Centre’s new military recruitment scheme Agnipath from August 7. Addressing a farmers’ congregation…
- India
Twitter call to #SaveSultanPalace in Patna
New Delhi/Patna: The chorus to save the century-old Sultan Palace in Patna has grown louder with many people on Wednesday taking their protest online against the Bihar government’s move to demolish the…
- India
UP man denied ambulance, forced to carry dead son back home on shoulders
Prayagraj: A father here carried his 15-year-old son’s body on his shoulders for more than two kilometres in the rain after he could not get an ambulance from the hospital where he…
- Andhra Pradesh
ED files charge sheet in Visakhapatnam court against ex-LIC employee
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday said it has filed a charge sheet before a special PMLA court in Visakhapatnam against a former LIC employee in a money laundering case…
- India
NESO threatens agitation over CAA amid Shah’s implementation plan
Guwahati: The North East Students’ Organisation (NESO) on Wednesday termed the Citizenship (Amendment) Act communal and against the indigenous people of the region, demanding that it be repealed immediately. The apex body…
