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- India
Mumbai mosques switch to mobile app to broadcast Azan amid loudspeaker curbs
In response to restrictions on loudspeaker use, six mosques in Mumbai have turned to a new mobile app, Online Azan, to deliver the call to prayer directly to worshippers’ phones in real-time.…
- Kashmir
FIR on news outlets for labelling teacher as Pakistani terrorist: J-K court
A local court in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Saturday, June 28, directed police to file an FIR against national news channels Zee News and News18 India for allegedly defaming a…
- Offbeat
‘Poori, Bhaji for Rs 15’ economy meal by Indian railways goes viral
A video of the ‘Economy meal’ served by the Indian Railways has gone viral on social media. It shows the contents of the meal served at Rs 15 in the general compartment.…
- News
Facial recognition, CCTV feed to be integrated for security checks at airports
New Delhi: Airport security and administration authorities are mulling integration of facial recognition technology and CCTV for staffers apart from deploying other technology tools for faster security checks and reducing queues at…
- India
Waziristan Attack: India Condemns Pakistan’s baseless claims
New Delhi: India blasted Pakistan on Saturday night for attempting to blame it for a suicide attack in the Waziristan area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. At least 13 security personnel were killed…
- India
Resolve to make India world leader in every sphere by 2047: Amit Shah
Godhra: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday called for the youth to resolve towards making India a world leader in every sphere by 2047, when it celebrates the centenary of its…
- Opinions
Want to live a long and healthy life? Follow people in Blue Zones
Since time immemorial, human beings have yearned for longer and healthier lives. In our folklore, there are some people who have hungered for immortality. Mankind’s cherished aspirations of possessing good health and…
- India
Efforts on to form govt in Manipur at earliest: Former CM
Imphal: Former Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh on Saturday, June 28, informed that the central leaders of the BJP are assessing the situation and said that efforts are on to reinstall…
- India
Uttarakhand BJP to get new president by July 1
Dehradun: The Uttarakhand BJP will get a new president by July 1, state election officer of the party Khajan Das said on Saturday. Union minister Harsh Malhotra has been appointed as the…
- India
Rajasthan govt aims to instill values, ethics in students: CM
Jaipur: Rajasthan chief minister Bhajanlal Sharma on Saturday, June 28, said the state government’s goal is not only to provide education but also to instil values, ethics and cultural ethos in students…
- India
Kolkata law student gang rape: Police forms 5-member SIT
Kolkata: The Kolkata police on Saturday, June 28, formed a five-member special investigation team (SIT) to probe into the alleged gang rape of a student by her seniors inside a law college…
- News
Ahmedabad plane crash: DNA test identifies last victim, final death toll at 260
Ahmedabad: More than two weeks after the Ahmedabad plane crash, the DNA test has ascertained the identity of the last victim, and the death toll in the tragedy now stands at 260,…
- India
ISIS India head Saquib Nachan dies of brain haemorrhage
The head of ISIS operations in India and a former leader of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), Saquib Abdul Hameed Nachan, 57, died on Saturday afternoon, June 28, at…
- News
Hindi in schools is BJP-RSS ploy to sideline Marathi: Maha Congress chief
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government’s decision to introduce Hindi in schools from Class 1 is a conspiracy by the BJP-RSS to sideline Marathi and eliminate linguistic diversity enshrined in the Constitution, alleged state…
- India
Global Torture Index tags India ‘high risk’ over police brutality, human rights crisis
A recent report by a global alliance of anti-torture organisations has classified India as a “high risk” country in the Global Torture Index, citing frequent incidents of severe beatings, forced confessions, and…
