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Religious rights of every section absolutely safe in India, Naqvi assures visiting EU delegation
New Delhi: Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi told a visiting European Union delegation, including EU special representative for human rights Eamon Gilmore, that constitutional and religious rights of every section are…
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Day after clashes, mobile internet suspended in Patiala, CM Mann orders transfer of police officials
Patiala: Mobile internet services have been temporarily suspended on Saturday in Punjab’s Patiala, which a day ago witnessed clashes between two groups in which four people were injured. Three senior police officials…
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Quran, Bible strictly religious, Gita teaches life values: Karnataka minister
Karnataka minister for primary and secondary education, BC Nagesh has sparked a new controversy by pushing for Bhagavad Gita to be taught in schools. In a recent statement, the minister said Quran…
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Threads being used in smuggle heroin, 395 kg seized at Gujarat port
New Delhi: A novel way to smuggle in heroin through cloth threads has been detected with the DRI and ATS Gujrat, in a joint operation, seizing a container at Gujarat’s Pipavav port…
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Premature to attribute extreme heat in India, Pakistan solely to climate change: WMO
United Nations: As large parts of India and Pakistan experience scorching temperatures, the UN’s specialised agency on weather has said while it is premature to attribute the extreme heat in the two countries…
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Half of India reels under scorching sun
New Delhi: Banda in Uttar Pradesh recorded the highest maximum temperature of 47.4 degrees Celsius and at least half a dozen places across India recorded maximum temperatures above 46 degrees Celsius as…
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Assam court grants bail to Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani
Guwahati: The District Sessions court in Assam’s Barpeta on Friday granted bail to Independent MLA from Gujarat, Jignesh Mevani, who was first arrested by the Assam police on April 20 in Gujarat…
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BJP creating hatred, waging war on Indian Muslims, alleges Owaisi
Hyderabad: Accusing the BJP of creating hatred against Muslims in the country, AIMIM (All-India Majlis-e-Ittehadul-Muslimeen) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday alleged that the saffron party and Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre…
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Hyderabad civil court stays Ekta Kapoor’s reality show Lock Upp
Hyderabad: The XI Additional Chief Judge at city civil court on Friday passed an injunction order on releasing Ekta Kapoor’s reality show Lock Upp. The court passed the order after a conducting…
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Skeletons found in Ajnala belong to Gangetic plain martyrs of 1857: Study
Hyderabad: Human skeletons found in Ajnala town of Punjab eight years ago belonged to residents of the Gangetic plain region, killed in 1857, according to a study. Dr J.S. Sehrawat, anthropologist from…
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Bihar cop suspended for forcing a woman for body massage
Patna: An officer in-charge of a police post in Saharsa district of Bihar was suspended on the alleged charge of forcing a woman for his body massage, a police official said. A…
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India’s peak power demand touches all-time high
New Delhi: Amid severe heatwave sweeping across India, the peak power demand in the country touched an all-time high of 207,111 MW on Friday, the Ministry of Power said. “The maximum All…
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Golden jubilee of Indira Gandhi’s land reforms
Indira Gandhi took the initiative to convene Chief Ministers Conference on Land Reforms in 1969. The idea was to evolve a national consensus and to urge the States to enact Land Reforms…
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Curfew after massive clash between Shiv Sena, pro-Khalistan activists in Patiala
Chandigarh: Curfew was clamped in Punjab’s Patiala’s town on Friday after police had to fire into the air following a massive clash between members of the Shiv Sena led by Harish Singla…
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After Assam, Meghalaya, Trinamool announces 132-member Tripura committee
Agartala: After Assam and Meghalaya, the Trinamool Congress, headed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Friday announced a 132-member full-fledged state committee in the BJP-ruled Tripura. Former West Bengal Minister…
