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- India
Islamic centre to hold inter-faith meet on hijab row
Lucknow: The clerics at the Islamic Centre of India (ICI) will hold an interfaith conference with various religious heads to find a solution against hate being spread in the country, in the backdrop…
- India
Man gets death for minor’s rape and murder in Rajasthan
Jaipur: A POCSO court in Rajasthan has awarded death sentence to a man for raping and killing a four-year-old girl, police officials said here on Friday. Special Court of POCSO cases, Judge Sandeep…
- World
Global Covid caseload reaches 405.6 million
Washington: The global coronavirus caseload has topped 405.6 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.78 million and vaccinations to over 10.14 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University. In its latest…
- India
Muslim girl in Uttar Pradesh wins 5 medals in Sanskrit
Lucknow: A Muslim girl in Lucknow University (LU) has won five medals for being the best student of MA in Sanskrit. Ghazala’s name was announced by LU during its convocation ceremony held in…
- Technology
Meta activates Elections Operations Centre in India amid Assembly polls
New Delhi: With India entering the crucial Assembly polls season, Meta (formerly Facebook) on Thursday said it has activated its Elections Operations Centre so that it can watch out for potential abuses…
- Opinions
India’s space quest for 2022 to begin on Valentine’s Day
Hyderabad: A new year, a new Chairman and an aggressive ‘Plan of Action’, is what is scheduled for India’s space odyssey in 2022. February 14, popular as Valentine’s Day will see the…
- India
Hijab row: College leaks contact details of protesting girls, says report
Several Muslim students of Udupi’s Government Pre-University College for Girls have been receiving threat calls from Wednesday by unidentified individuals after their phone numbers, addresses, parents’ contacts were leaked, allegedly by the…
- Technology
Samsung to launch Galaxy S22 series with Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC in India
New Delhi: In a first, Samsung will bring all models in the newly-launched Galaxy S22 series with Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC in India Instead of traditional Exynos chipset, reliable sources said…
- India
Hijab row: Karnataka HC denies interim relief to Muslim students
A week ago, a petition was filed by a Muslim student before the Karnataka high court seeking a declaration that wearing the hijab (headscarf) is a fundamental right guaranteed under Article 14…
- India
UP polls: Bridegroom casts vote ahead of his wedding in Muzaffarnagar
Muzaffarnagar: A bridegroom in Muzaffarnagar on Thursday hit the polling booth in his wedding dress to cast his vote in the first phase of Uttar Pradesh elections. “Pehle matdaan, uske baad bahu,…
- India
Youth kidnapped for cryptocurrency in Jodhpur
Jodhpur: A youth was kidnapped by two of his friends here after he jokingly claimed to be in possession of cryptocurrency, police said on Thursday. B.A Final year student Hiren Sharma was abducted…
- Elections
Battle for UP: Yogi’s video message for voters on polling day
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has released a video message for the first phase of polling in the state’s Assembly election. In his six-minute-long video addressed to his ‘voting brothers and…
- India
India reports 67,084 new COVID-19 cases
New Delhi: India has reported 67,084 new cases of COVID-19 and 1,241 fresh deaths in the last 24 hours, informed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday. With this, the…
- India
‘India’s democracy score declined significantly in recent years’
London: The Indian government’s failure to crack down on the persecution of religious and other minorities by Hindu nationalists continues to weigh on the country’s democracy score, which has declined significantly in…
- Elections
UP polls: 7.95 pc voter turnout recorded till 9:30 am
Noida: Uttar Pradesh recorded a voter turnout of 7.95 per cent till 9:30 am in the first phase of Assembly elections on Thursday. According to the Election Commission, the Mathura assembly seat…