- India
‘Return to public life soon’: Mamata prays for Sonia’s recovery
Kolkata: Expressing concern over Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s hospitalisation, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday prayed for her early recovery. Gandhi was admitted to the Ganga Ram Hospital in New…
- India
2 arrested in UP’s Bhadohi over ‘objectionable’, ‘inciting’ FB posts
Bhadohi [UP]: Two people were arrested on Sunday in Bhadohi district on charges of inciting religious sentiments’ through Facebook posts, police here said. According to Superintendent of Police Dr Anil Kumar, one…
- India
Prophet remark row: Peaceful protest held in Jammu
Jammu: A peaceful protest was staged here on Sunday over controversial remarks on Prophet Mohammad by now-suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma, officials said. A group of protesters assembled at Gujjar Nagar, a…
- India
Outcast those from Islam who indulged in Friday’s violence: Muslim Rashtriya Manch
New Delhi: The RSS-linked Muslim Rashtriya Manch (MRM) on Sunday condemned the Friday violence and demanded that those who participated in it be outcast from Islam, saying the incidents of stone-pelting, arson…
- India
From security to uncertainty: Post Covid-19, many elderly return to workforce
New Delhi: This, too, is a Covid-19 effect. Pushed out of their comfort zones by a pandemic that took away their financial security, many people in the twilight of their lives or…
- India
Delhi HC to pass order on plea against Anurag Thakur for 2020 hate speech
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court will on Monday pronounce its verdict on a plea by CPI(M) leaders Brinda Karat and KM Tiwari challenging the trial court’s refusal to direct registration of…
- India
Cong to protest in Gujarat on June 13 against ED notices to Sonia, Rahul
Ahmedabad: Congress national spokesperson Pawan Khera on Sunday claimed there was “political vendetta” behind the Enforcement Directorate’s notices to party leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in the National Herald case as…
- World
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth becomes world’s 2nd-longest reigning monarch
London: Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II on Sunday overtook Thailand’s King to become the world’s second-longest reigning monarch in history, after France’s Louis XIV. The UK has been celebrating the 96-year-old Queen’s Platinum…
- India
Prophet row: Security bolstered in tense Ranchi, internet restored after 33 hours
Ranchi: Tension prevailed in Jharkhand capital Ranchi on Sunday, as shops and other establishments remained shut amid heavy deployment of security forces in the wake of violent protests over controversial comments on…
- India
High time PM breaks ‘silence’ on ‘proliferation’ of Islamophobic incidents: Tharoor
New Delhi: Amid outrage over the controversial remarks on Prophet Mohammad by the BJP’s now-sacked two functionaries, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Sunday said it is high time Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
- India
UP Police arrests 304 people for Friday violence
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Police has so far arrested over 300 people from eight districts of the state in connection with Friday’s violence during protests against the controversial remarks of suspended BJP…
- India
Mamata’s move to convene Oppn leaders’ meet unilateral, will harm unity: Yechury
New Delhi: CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Saturday said West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s “unilateral” attempt to stitch together a united Opposition ahead of the presidential poll will only do…
- Pakistan
Blasphemy issue fuels protests in PoK
Islamabad: The reactive politics as visible in Pakistan is indeed unique, especially when it comes to developments in India and on sensitive issues. In reaction to the statement made by BJP spokesperson…
- India
Prophet Row: Family of deceased claim they were not part of Ranchi protest
Ranchi: The family members of two persons who succumbed to gunshot wounds during Friday’s protests here against controversial remarks on Prophet Mohammad, have claimed they were not a part of the procession that…
- Politics
AAP may split opposition votes in Gujarat Assembly polls: Political experts
Ahmedabad: Even as the Aam Aadmi Party sees itself the main contender to the ruling BJP in Gujarat, where the Assembly polls are due later this year, some political experts and the…
