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- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: ABVP files complaint with UoH registrar on BBC documentary screening
Hyderabad: A section of students at the University of Hyderabad (UoH) has screened the BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on its campus, prompting the University authorities to seek a report.…
- Politics
Congress will put all its might behind restoring J-K’s statehood: Rahul Gandhi
Jammu: Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday said that the Congress party will put all its might behind restoring Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood. “The biggest issue is your statehood issue, there is…
- India
Digvijaya Singh questions surgical strikes, accuses govt of peddling lies
Jammu: Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Monday questioned the surgical strikes and accused the government of peddling lies, drawing furious reaction from the BJP which said the opposition party was blinded by…
- India
Mary Kom to lead Committee to probe allegations against WFI prez
New Delhi: Boxing great MC Mary Kom will lead a five-member Oversight Committee that will probe the sexual harassment charges against Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. The…
- India
SC to set up 3-judge bench to hear Karnataka hijab ban issue
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to examine a plea to constitute a three-judge bench to consider petitions challenging ban on hijab in classrooms of pre university colleges in Karnataka.…
- Politics
Terrorism alive in J-K despite abrogation of Article 370: Digvijay Singh
Jammu: Terrorism is alive in Jammu and Kashmir despite the abrogation of Article 370, senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh said on Sunday. Singh said the recent terror attacks including the one at…
- Hate Crime
UP: Korean women harassed, accused of being missionaries by Hindutva workers
Two young Korean women from Delhi who were visiting Meerut, Uttar Pradesh to meet a friend were harassed by right-wing workers over their religious identities. They were visiting Chaudhary Charan Singh University…
- India
‘SC hijacked Constitution’: Law min shares ‘sane views’ of ‘majority’
New Delhi: Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Sunday sought to support the views of a retired high court judge, who said the Supreme Court “hijacked” the Constitution by deciding to appoint judges…
- Telangana
Budget session of Telangana Legislative Assembly from February 3
Hyderabad: The Budget Session of the Telangana Legislative Assembly will begin from February 3, a senior legislature official has said. The session of both the Assembly and the Council will commence at…
- India
Prayagraj University VC booked for ‘illegal’ religious conversion
Fatehpur: A case has been registered against 10 named people, including a Vice Chancellor, and 50 others unidentified people for alleged illegal religious conversion of a man, police said on Saturday. Police filed…
- World
Sweden allows burning of Quran in front of Turkish embassy; envoy summoned
Turkish government summoned the Swedish ambassador to Ankara on Saturday asking for an explanation of the burning of the Quran in front of the Turkish embassy in Stockholm. According to a report…
- India
BJP leaders up in arms at former JD-U MLC’s ‘Karbala’ remarks
Patna: In wake of the “Karbala” remarks made by former JD-U MLC Gulam Rasool Balyawi, Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Friday targeted Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, terming him responsible for insulting…
- India
IOA forms seven-member committee to probe allegations against WFI chief
New Delhi: The Indian Olympic Association on Friday formed a seven-member committee, headed by M C Mary Kom, to probe the allegations of sexual harassment against Wrestling Federation of India president Brij…
- India
BBC defends Modi documentary as ‘rigorously researched’
London: The BBC on Friday defended its controversial series on Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a “rigorously researched” documentary that sought to highlight important issues, a day after the Indian government condemned…
- India
Who is WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh once charged under TADA
New Delhi: Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) president and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who is facing allegations of sexual harassment, was once charged under the Terrorist and…
