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Bajrang Dal activists disrupt Christian prayer meeting in Belur
Belur: In an incident that took place in Belur Town of Karnataka on Sunday, Bajrang Dal activists allegedly disrupted the Christian prayer meeting. At Jesus Prayer Hall where the meeting was taking…
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MP: Two Hindutva leaders fall into well after hitting cow; die
The car of two leaders belonging to Bajrang Dal and Hindu Jagran Manch collided with two cows and fell into a well. After five hours of the accident, the car was pulled…
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Superb performance by Shreyas and Axar is good omen for Indian cricket
Two outstanding performances were seen from Indian players as the Kanpur Test between India and New Zealand ended in a nail biting finish. Quite often a hard fought draw is better than a…
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Centre continues to remain silent over MSP legal guarantee to farmers: Mayawati
New Delhi: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Sunday said that the Centre continues to remain silent on the demand of providing legal guarantee for the minimum support prices (MSP) of…
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Christians face wrath of Hindutva mobs amidst growing attacks
Hyderabad: Incidents that have unfolded in the past few days, point towards the growing persecution of the Christian community in India. The Hindu right has accused the Christian populace of leaving the…
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Are current RT-PCR tests enough to detect Omicron variant?
New Delhi: Omicron, the newly-detected Covid variant which has stoked fears of vaccine resistance, is the most mutated version of the virus found so far. Health experts in India on Monday claimed…
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Never witnessed bill passage without Opposition being allowed to speak: Jaya Bachchan
New Delhi: Samajwadi Party (SP) Rajya Sabha MP Jaya Bachchan on Monday slammed the Central Government for passing the Farm Laws Repeal Bill 2021 in the upper house without a discussion adding…
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Depression to result in heavy rainfall in Odisha, Andhra Pradesh from Nov 30 to Dec 2
New Delhi: A depression would result in heavy rainfall in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh from November 30 to December 2, informed RK Jenamani, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) scientist. While speaking to…
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Omicron: Kerala orders 7 days quarantine for arrivals from high risk countries
Thiruvananthapuram: In wake of detection of new Covid variant Omicron in South Africa, Kerala Health Minister Veena George on Monday said so far, things are under control, but utmost caution has to…
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Hyderabad’s Bharat Biotech begins export of Covaxin
Hyderabad: Bharat Biotech on Monday announced that it has commenced the export of Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin. Long Pending export orders have been executed during November, to be further expanded during the following…
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SC agrees to hear plea for probe panel into Tripura violence
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a plea of an advocate seeking an independent probe into the recent communal violence in Tripura and the alleged complicity and inaction of…
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Over one dozen villages decided not to vote if road demand not met
Muzaffarnagar: People from over one dozen villages here have threatened not to cast their votes in the upcoming state assembly elections if their demand for constructing a road was not met. Hundreds…
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Winter session: Farm Laws Repeal Bill 2021 passed in both Houses
New Delhi: The ‘Farm Laws Repeal Bill 2021’ was passed by both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha on Monday, the first day of the Winter Session of Parliament. Soon after the Parliament’s…
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Sunrise in Parliament should be in name of farmers: Rahul Gandhi
New Delhi: Sunrise in Parliament must be in the name of farmers today, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Monday ahead of the winter session of Parliament. The former Congress president was referring…
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Karnataka: Is state govt tracing Hindus who converted to Christianity?
Chitradurga: An order which was issued by the Tehsildar of Hosadurga taluk of Chitradurga district on October 4, 2021, has triggered controversy. The order asked revenue officials to conduct a door-to-door survey…
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Three foreign nationals test Covid positive in Mathura
Mathura: Even as concerns over the highly transmissible Covid variant Omicron detected abroad soar, three foreign nationals, including two women, are among the five people who tested positive for Covid-19 in Vrindavan in…
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Javed Akhtar, Naseeruddin Shah oppose demand for law against blasphemy
Mumbai: Days after All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) raised the demand for a new law against blasphemy, around 400 secular citizens including actors Javed Akhtar and Naseeruddin Shah have expressed…
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India to review decision on resumption of international flights
New Delhi: In wake of the emergence of the new COVID Variant of Concern ‘Omicron’, India will review its decision on the effective date of resumption of scheduled commercial international passengers services.…
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Trinamool calls emergency meet of Working Committee on Monday
Kolkata: As the Parliament’s Winter session begins, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has called an emergency meeting of her Trinamool Congress’ Working Committee on Monday to decide the future course of…
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Now, Reliance Jio raises prepaid tariffs by around 20%
New Delhi: After Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea, telecom major Reliance Jio said it would raise tariffs for its prepaid users by around 20 per cent. The revised tariffs will come into…
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Rains continue to lash Tamil Nadu, NDRF on alert
Chennai: Heavy rains continued to lash several parts of Tamil Nadu, including Chennai and adjoining districts, on Sunday, leading to waterlogging and inundation in many parts of the state. Several areas in…
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Ominous signs as virus mutates into a more threatening form
M Somasekhar Nearly two years after its first confirmed reports, the SARS-COV-2 that has so far affected 261, 398, 577 people and killed 5, 213, 544 continues to mutate and mount challenges to…
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Ashes of Lakhimpur Kheri victims immersed near Gateway of India
Mumbai: A portion of ashes of four farmers killed in the violence at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh last month was immersed in the Arabian sea near the Gateway of India here on…
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Restore ‘dignity and honour’ of J&K by granting statehood: INC
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Congress Sunday asked the Centre to restore the “dignity and honour” of the erstwhile state by granting the union territory statehood and reinstating the democratic right of…
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UP police suspend two personnel in Dalit family murder row
Hyderabad: Following the murder of four members of a Dalit family in Allahabad, and the opposition mounting pressure of the Uttar Pradesh government, the Uttar Pradesh police has suspended two of its…
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Jammu and Kashmir fertility rate lower than other states: Survey
Hyderabad: The National Family Health (2019-21) Survey done by the central government has shown that Jammu and Kashmir has a lower fertility rate than almost all states ruled by India. The data…
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The good samaritans who give dignified funeral to unclaimed bodies
Ranchi: Meet Mohammad Khalid, the unknown friend of the dead, a resident of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. His life changed forever about 20 years ago, when he saw a dead woman on a road…
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Gangster Act, NSA against those guilty of paper leak: Yogi
Lucknow: UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday announced that the Gangster Act and the NSA would be invoked against those involved in the UP TET-2021 paper-leak. “Those who are involved in…
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Govt issues directives to states/UTs amidst new COVID-19 variant
New Delhi: ln view of the possible threat that the new COVID-19 variant can pose to the nation, the Centre has asked all states and UTs to focus on intensive containment, active surveillance,…
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Kejriwal writes to PM on flight restrictions over new variant
New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the new Covid variant detected in South Africa.In the letter to PM Modi, Kejriwal urged to stop…
