- Politics
PDP’s Para attacks NC MPs over ‘failure’ to take action for Article 370 revocation
Srinagar: People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leader Waheed Para on Friday asked why National Conference (NC) MPs did not table a bill against the abrogation of Article 370 in the Lok Sabha. Addressing…
- India
Gyanvapi well not merely structure but ‘symbol’ of Lord Vishwanath himself: Adityanath
Gorakhpur: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said the Gyanvapi well in Varanasi is not merely a structure but a “profound medium” for acquiring knowledge and a “symbol of Lord…
- Kashmir
Congress demands answers from PM Modi, HM Shah on Pulwama attack
Jammu: Deputy Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Pramod Tiwari, on Friday demanded answers from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah regarding the revelations made by former…
- India
Tirupati laddu row: Authorities must protect sanctity of religious spaces, says Rahul
New Delhi: Amid the Tirupati laddu row, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Friday said this issue needs to be thoroughly looked into and asserted that authorities across…
- India
RSS-affiliated Muslim org among 3 backing Waqf Bill at Parliament panel meet
New Delhi: Amid heated exchanges between the NDA and opposition members, three Muslim organisations, including an RSS affiliate, on Friday supported the proposed amendments to the Waqf law before a parliamentary panel,…
- Kolkata
RG Kar: Junior doctors withdraw 42-day ‘cease work’; thousands rally for justice
Kolkata: Junior doctors protesting the rape-murder of a colleague at RG Kar hospital ended their 42-day ‘cease work’ on Friday, announcing partial resumption of duties in essential services after a march to…
- Telangana
Telangana: Elderly woman gangraped by neighbours in Medchal
Medchal: A 65-year-old woman was allegedly raped by three persons including her neighbour in Bandamadaram village of Medchal, police said on Friday, September 20. The incident happened on Thursday night when the…
- India
MP-MLA court summons Kangana over ‘objectionable’ remarks on farmers’ protest
Bulandshahr: An MP-MLA court here has summoned Lok Sabha member and actor Kangana Ranaut on October 25 over a case filed against her for making objectionable remarks about the 2020-21 farmers’ protest,…
- World
Sri Lanka to vote for their new President on Saturday
Colombo: Sri Lanka is gearing up for a crucial presidential election on Saturday, marking the island nation’s first major poll since its worst economic meltdown in 2022. Incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe, 75,…
- India
Setback for Center as Bombay HC strikes down IT rules amendment
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Friday held it unconstitutional and struck down the amended Information Technology (IT) Rules which sought to identify fake and false content on social media regarding the…
- India
Pune: sinkhole swallows up truck on post office premises
Pune: A truck of the civic sanitation department fell in after a sinkhole opened on the premises of the City Post Office here on Friday afternoon. The incident took place around 4…
- India
Chhattisgarh: School books sold as scrap; top official suspended
Raipur: The Chhattisgarh government has suspended the GM of the state textbook corporation after piles of school books from the ongoing academic session were found to be sold as scrap and lying…
- Delhi
SC directs panel to report on preventing Delhi coaching centre-like deaths
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday, September 20, directed a Union government-appointed committee probing the death of three civil services aspirants at a coaching centre here in July due to the…
- India
Delhi HC dismisses Maliwal’s plea seeking quashing of charges in corruption case
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed a plea by Rajya Sabha member Swati Maliwal challenging framing of charges against her under the anti-corruption law for allegedly abusing her official…