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Women’s security cannot be expected from those facilitating release of rapists: Rahul
New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday attacked the BJP over the alleged kidnapping and murder of two Dalit girls in Uttar Pradesh’s Lakhimpur Kheri, saying women’s security cannot be expected…
- India
Dalits, Adivasis, Muslims face discrimination in accessing jobs: Oxfam India
New Delhi: People not belonging to the Scheduled Castes (SCs) and Schedules Tribes (STs) earn Rs 5,000 per month more than those from the two communities, while non-Muslims earn Rs 7,000 per…
- Featured News
My Father Baliah author YB Satyanarayana discusses Dalits under Nizams
Hyderabad: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) in Telangana have been involved in a war of words over a soon-approaching anniversary of Operation Polo, the military offensive…
- India
Will control hate speech through IPC, RP Act: EC to SC
New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has told the Supreme Court that hate speech has not been defined under any existing law in India and in absence of specific law on…
- India
UGC asks varsities to commemorate ‘Hyderabad Liberation Day’
New Delhi: In view of the year-long celebrations of ‘Hyderabad State Liberation’ planned by the Centre from September 17 this year to September 17 next year, UGC Chairman M. Jagdish Kumar asked…
- Telangana
Centre owes Rs 1.05 lakh crores to Telangana; federal spirit under attack: Harish Rao
Hyderabad: The union government owes Telangana Rs 1,05,812 crore in delayed payments, grants, and compensation, Telangana finance minister T Harish Rao said on Tuesday. “The state government can clear one-third of its…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: 1000s of VRAs protest for pay hike; allege govt negligence
Hyderabad: Thousands of village revenue assistants (VRAs) protested in front of the Legislative Assembly here, demanding the implementation of a new pay scale as listed in the New Revenue Act introduced by…
- India
Siddique Kappan to remain in jail, as ED case against him is still pending: Officials
Lucknow: Kerala-based journalist Siddique Kappan, who was recently granted bail by the Supreme Court, will continue to remain in a jail here as a case being probed by the Enforcement Directorate against…
- Politics
Ayodhya, Mathura, Kashi remind us of attacks by invaders: Uma Bharti
Bhopal: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Uma Bharti on Monday welcomed a Varanasi court’s verdict upholding the maintainability of a Hindu group’s petition seeking worshipping rights in the Gyanvapi mosque compound even…
- India
‘Zaamane ke saath chalo’ and other jabs: Muslim students post hijab-ban
The hijab issue first surfaced on December 31, 2021, when six hijab-wearing students were not allowed by their college administration in Udupi, Karnataka. It soon spread like a firestorm engulfing the state,…
- India
Varanasi: Timeline of Gyanvapi mosque case from 1998 to 2022
New Delhi: The Varanasi court on Monday said the Hindu petition for worship in Shringar Gauri was maintainable and the plea of five Hindu women seeking the right to worship in the…
- India
Varanasi: Masjid committee objects to Hindu prayers at Gyanvapi; plea dismissed
The Varanasi district judge on Monday ruled that the Gyanvapi mosque-Shringar Gauri case is maintainable while dismissing the case of the Muslim side. The Masjid committee had objected to the plea seeking…
- India
SC to hear over 200 PILs against CAA today
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear a batch of petitions today challenging the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019. A bench of Chief Justice of India UU Lalit and Justice S Ravindra Bhat…
- India
Ajit Pawar ditched at NCP national convention, sparks rift rumours
New Delhi: Former Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Sunday skipped the chance to speak at the NCP’s national convention meeting despite being one of the top leaders in the party.…
- India
Karnataka: VHP cadre flings slipper at mosque during Ganesh rally, 5 arrested
Ballary: A Ganesh visarjan procession, organised under the banner of the Hindu Mahasabha Ganesha Visarjan Committee by Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal, in Sirguppa of Ballary in Karnataka, on Saturday,…
