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Khamenei assassination a ‘destabilising move,’ says Farooq Abdullah
Srinagar: National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Sunday, March 1, expressed “profound anguish” over the assassination of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in joint strikes by the US and Israel. “Abdullah…
- Kashmir
Protests in Kashmir against killing of Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei
Srinagar: Protests broke out in several parts of Kashmir on Sunday, March 1, against the killing of Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in a US-Israel strike, officials said. Hundreds of protestors took…
- News
UP: BLO ends life in school after leave denied for daughter’s wedding
Kanpur: Apparently upset over being denied leave for daughter’s wedding, a 50-year-old Booth Level Officer (BLO) on Special Intensive Revision duty allegedly died by suicide inside a government primary school in UP’s…
- India
Delhi HC to hear CBI plea against Kejriwal, Sisodia discharge on March 9
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court is slated to hear next week a plea filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) challenging a trial court order discharging AAP national convenor Arvind…
- India
Earthquake strikes Jammu Kashmir’s Doda
Jammu: A 4.2 magnitude earthquake struck the mountainous Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir in the early hours of Sunday, March ,1 officials said. There was no report of any damage from…
- India
Indian airlines to cancel 444 international flights due to airspace curbs
New Delhi: Indian airlines are expected to cancel 444 international flights on Sunday due to airspace restrictions in the Middle East, according to the civil aviation ministry. On Saturday, the civil aviation…
- India
Bengal SIR: Maximum ‘under adjudication’ cases in Bangladesh-bordering districts
Kolkata: As the final voters’ list in West Bengal, prepared under the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, was published on Saturday, official statistics showed that the maximum number of “under adjudication”…
- Hyderabad
US–Israel strikes on Iran a grave escalation: Jamaat-e-Islami Hind chief
Hyderabad: The President of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH), Syed Sadatullah Husaini, has strongly condemned the reported joint military attack by the United States and Israel on Iran, calling it a “grave and dangerous…
- India
UP: Locals pressure man to leave Hindu locality, police deny communal angle
Muzaffarnagar: Hindutva workers allegedly opposed a Muslim man from buying a house in the predominantly Hindu locality of Gaushala Pashmi in Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar district. Ali Hasan had recently bought the property…
- India
Rule to link WhatsApp, other messaging apps to SIM come into force on March 1
Starting Sunday, March 1, messaging apps used by millions of Indians – WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, Snapchat, Sharechat, Jiochat, Josh and Arattai, among others – will have to remain continuously linked to a…
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Asaduddin Owaisi slams PM Modi’s Israel visit amid escalating tension in Iran
Hyderabad: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader Asaduddin Owaisi, on Saturday, February 28, denounced Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Israel, calling it untimely and a “betrayal of India’s long-standing foreign policy”…
- India
Untouchability in Karnataka: Shops shut amid last rites of Dalit armyman
Bagalkot: Relatives of a retired Dalit army serviceman have alleged untouchability after shops and hotels in a Karnataka village closed their shutters when they arrived for his last rites on February 25. Hanumantappa…
- India
Karnataka opens govt barber shop after Dalits denied haircut in Gadag
Karnataka’s Social Welfare Department inaugurated the state’s first government-run barber shop in Gadag district on February 26, weeks after a barber refused to cut the hair of a Dalit customer and others…
- Middle East
India asks citizens to remain alert in Israel amid strikes on Iran
Hyderabad: India on Saturday, February 28, issued an advisory urging its citizens in Israel to stay alert and strictly follow safety directions after Israeli forces carried out strikes on Iran, heightening fears…
- India
EC begins phased release of Post-SIR rolls in West Bengal
Kolkata: The Election Commission (EC) on Saturday, February 28, started publishing the post-SIR electoral rolls in West Bengal in phases, as officials put up hard copies of the list in some districts…
