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- India
Assam illegal immigrants: SC to examine validity of Citizenship Act’s Section 6A
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would examine the constitutional validity of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act relating to illegal immigrants in Assam and commence the hearing on…
- Delhi
Delhi-NCR turns into ‘Gas Chamber’
New Delhi: The Air Quality Index in Delhi and its surrounding areas remained in “severe” category on Tuesday with PM 2.5 levels at 421 in the capital and PM 2.5 at 529…
- India
Explain why over 600 giving up Indian citizenship daily, Congress asks govt
New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday alleged that average number of Indians giving up their citizenship per day has grown 1.7 times in the last 8 years, while in the previous year,…
- India
TN: Tussle between ruling DMK, Guv heats up; ‘GetoutRavi’ trends on Twitter
Chennai: A day after the spat between the ruling DMK and Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi on the floor of the state assembly, “#GetoutRavi” posters, prominently featuring Chief Minister M K…
- World
7.5-magnitude quake strikes Indonesia, tsunami alert issued
Jakarta: A massive earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter scale struck Indonesia’s Maluku province on Tuesday, prompting authorities to issue a tsunami alert. The quake occurred at 12.47 a.m. with its epicentre…
- India
Post Hijab ban, Udupi sees over 50% drop in Muslim admissions in govt PUCs
Last year the Karnataka High Court dismissed petitions filed by six hijab-clad Muslim students from a Udupi PUC and upheld the Bharatiya Janata Party-led state government’s order to ban hijabs in government…
- Delhi
Delhi: 7 months pregnant woman set on fire by in-laws, DCW steps in
New Delhi: The Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) has issued a notice to the Delhi Police seeking details of the FIR and the accused arrested after a woman who was in the…
- India
‘Government apathy to repeated warnings root cause of Joshimath crisis’
Gopeshwar: Geological factors apart, the failure of successive governments to act on the warnings by experts about possible hazards in Joshimath and adjoining areas has emerged as a major reason behind the…
- Kashmir
Clear stand on Article 370 before leading yatra into JK: BJP leader to Rahul
Jammu: With Rahul Gandhi-led ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ scheduled to enter Jammu and Kashmir in a fortnight, a senior BJP leader on Sunday asked the former Congress president to make his stand clear…
- India
SC to hear pleas challenging validity of 1991 law on religious places
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is likely to hear on Monday a batch of PILs challenging the validity of certain provisions of a 1991 law which prohibit filing of a lawsuit to…
- India
Uttarakhand: Joshimath declared disaster-affected area
Chamoli: The Uttarakhand government on Sunday declared some areas of Joshimath as a disaster-affected area, based on the recommendations of the experts who had been surveying the houses in the holy city…
- India
Chhattisgarh religious clashes: Education affected due to violence
Narayanpur: Mohanti Salaam, a Class 9 student, has been living in a shelter camp in Chhattisgarh’s tribal-dominated Narayanpur district for the last 21 days after a clash between members of two communities…
- Andhra Pradesh
BRS makes a beginning in Andhra Pradesh but has major challenges ahead
Hyderabad: Taking its first step for expansion outside Telangana, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) formed its unit in Andhra Pradesh and was able to make a good beginning by attracting a couple of…
- India
‘Re-victimisation of victims’: Loopholes in compensation to sex crime victims
New Delhi: An NGO claimed that rape-related crime rate in India rose 70.7 per cent over the last two decades, as it invoked the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, for enforcement of…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Underconstruction building collapses in Kukatpally, two dead
Hyderabad: Two people died and one person was injured in an incident where an under-construction building collapsed with a big thud in Shanthi Nagar under Kukatpally police station limits on Saturday. Offiicials…
