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There is reservation for women in Waqf Board: Asaduddin Owaisi slams BJP

Hyderabad: All India Majlis-e-Ittehad ul Muslimeen (AIMIM) President Asaduddin Owaisi on September 22 slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stating that there has been reservation for women in the Waqf Board since…
AAP leader Atishi takes charge as eighth chief minister of Delhi

New Delhi: AAP leader Atishi, who took the oath of office on Saturday, took charge as the eighth chief minister of Delhi on Monday. The Delhi Assembly’s session will be held on…

RG Kar case: IMA office-bearer resigns in protest

Kolkata: The vice-president of the Kolkata branch of Indian Medical Association (IMA) Dr Kaushik Biswas has resigned from the chair accusing the authorities of remaining inactive in the case of ghastly rape…
Kolkata doctor rape-murder: SC to hear suo motu plea on October 1

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday said it will hear on October 1 a case it has initiated on its own following the rape and murder of a resident doctor at…
Watching child pornography in private POCSO offence: SC quashes HC order

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday set aside a decision of the Madras High Court which had held that watching pornography involving children in private would not fall within the scope…
Civil services aspirant’s decomposed body found in Delhi

New Delhi: The decomposed body of a civil services aspirant was found hanging from a tree in a forest area in northwest Delhi’s Mukherjee Nagar area, police said on Monday. The body…
Techie Riyazuddin forced to work as Swiggy delivery agent due to layoff

A software engineer, Riyazuddin A, who was laid off by a company, worked as a Swiggy delivery agent to meet his financial expenses. In his LinkedIn post titled, “A Journey of Resilience:…

Haryana polls: Mayawati urges Dalit leaders to break ties with Congress

Lucknow: Ahead of the assembly elections in Haryana, BSP supremo Mayawati on Monday urged Dalit leaders to sever ties with the Congress and other “casteist parties” and follow the path laid down…
Union minister Chirag Paswan slams Jharkhand CM’s ‘vulture’ remark

Ranchi: Union minister Chirag Paswan on Monday slammed Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren over his “vulture” remark and said the people would give him a befitting reply in upcoming assembly polls in…
PM Modi pushing us to make AI work for people: Google’s Sundar Pichai

New York: Inspired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision around artificial intelligence (AI) and how he is pushing tech leaders to use it to address the most-pressing issues on the ground, Google…
PM Modi meets Palestinian President Abbas

New York: Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas here and expressed deep concern at the humanitarian situation in Gaza, reaffirming India’s support for the early restoration of peace and…
Rajasthan transfers 58 IPS, 20 IAS officers

Jaipur: In a major bureaucratic reshuffle, Rajasthan has transferred 58 IPS and 20 IAS officers. At the same time, four Indian Police Service (IPS) and eight Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers were…
Watching child porn a crime under POCSO Act or not? SC to decide today

New Delhi: The Supreme Court will pronounce on Monday its verdict on a plea challenging a Madras High Court ruling that watching child pornography in private would not fall within the scope…
PM Modi attends ‘fruitful’ tech CEOs roundtable in New York

New York: Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated in a “fruitful” roundtable with the CEOs of leading American tech companies where he emphasised India’s growth prospects and discussed initiatives to foster bilateral collaborations…
Rallies held in Bengal to press demand for justice for RG Kar victim

Kolkata; Several rallies were taken out by people and political parties across West Bengal on Sunday to press their demand for justice for a doctor who was allegedly raped and murdered at…