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Muslims observe Muharram with ‘tazia’ processions, special prayers
New Delhi: Muslims took out “tazia” processions, flagellated themselves and offered special prayers as they observed Muharram – the martyrdom of Imam Hussain – on Saturday. At least eight people were killed…
- World
Biden administration urged to make priority dates current for Indian Green Card applicants
Washington: A group of US lawmakers has urged the Biden administration to take executive action to make priority dates current for Green Card applicants from India to reduce the 195-year-long wait period…
- India
SC sets aside Calcutta HC order suspending doc’s licence in contempt proceedings
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has recently said that the power to punish a medical practitioner for “misconduct” rests exclusively with the National Medical Commission. A bench comprising of Justices BR Gavai…
- India
BJP will secure one-sided victory in Rajasthan Assembly polls: Nadda
Jaipur: BJP president J P Nadda on Saturday said the party will secure a one-sided victory in the upcoming Rajasthan Assembly elections as the people are fed up with the corruption under…
- Delhi
Delhi: Clash erupts between police & mob over Muharram procession route
New Delhi: Clashes erupted between the police and mob during a Tazia procession on Saturday evening near the Surajmal Stadium in Delhi’s Nangloi area, a Delhi Police official said. The Deputy Commissioner…
- India
Oppn bloc in Manipur: All have to try for peaceful solution to conflict: Adhir
Imphal: As a delegation of 21 MPs from the opposition bloc Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) reached Manipur’s capital on Saturday to assess the ground situation in the ethnic strife-torn state,…
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‘Help me see bodies of my son, husband’: Mother of woman paraded naked
Imphal: The mother of one of the two women paraded naked by a mob in Manipur on May 4 urged the MPs of opposition coalition INDIA to help her see the bodies…
- World
Indian naval ship arrives in SL to enhance interoperability between 2 navies
Colombo: Indian naval ship ‘Khanjar’, an indigenously-built Missile Corvette of the Khukri class, arrived in Sri Lanka’s eastern port of Trincomalee on Saturday for a three-day visit to enhance the close ties…
- Mumbai
Oppn bloc INDIA’s Mumbai meeting may be deferred to September
New Delhi: The opposition alliance INDIA is likely to defer its third meeting in Mumbai to the first week of September after some leaders conveyed they may be unavailable on August 25-26…
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Labour dynamics in India: Impact of population changes
By Mrinmayee Kulkarni India’s population explosion since its independence over 70 years ago has tripled. While this has led to a young and potentially abundant labour force, India’s urbanisation progress has not…
- India
BJP rejig: Former AMU V-C Tariq Mansoor appointed party’s vice prez
New Delhi: BJP president JP Nadda rejigged the list of the party’s central office-bearers on Saturday, bringing in a ‘Pasmanda’ Muslim from Uttar Pradesh as one of its vice presidents and former…
- Middle East
UAE announces temporary ban on rice exports
Abu Dhabi: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) ministry of economy has banned rice export and re-export for four months, including rice of Indian origin, the Emirates News Agency (WAM) reported. The temporary…
- World
Canadian police say body found in river linked to Indian and Romanian migrants’ death
Toronto: Canadian authorities have found the body of a man connected to an investigation into the drowning of eight migrants, including members of an Indian family, in March when they were attempting…
- India
Bengal’s forum writes to CJI against loan write-offs, seeks judicial probe
Kolkata: A West Bengal-based civil society forum, Bank Bachao Desh Bachao Manch, has written a letter to the Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud, seeking his intervention in starting a suo motu…
- World
Indigenously-built Indian naval ship to visit Sri Lanka
Colombo: Indian naval ship ‘Khanjar’, an indigenously-built Missile Corvette of the Khukri class, will make a three-day visit to Sri Lanka’s eastern harbour of Trincomalee from Saturday to further people-to-people connect and…
