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Manipur video: Social media posts allege RSS functionary’s involvement; FIR registered
Imphal: The Manipur Police on Sunday night registered an FIR against unidentified people for circulating a picture of an RSS functionary and his son and alleging that they were directly involved in…
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Swedish FM voices regret over Quran attack in Stockholm
Beirut: The Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom has expressed regret over the recent attack on the Quran in Stockholm, the media reported. During a phone call with his Lebanese counterpart Abdallah Bou…
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Upon turning 47, KTR pledges to support 47 underprivileged children
Hyderabad: Marking a benevolent start to his 47th birthday celebrations on July 24, Telangana IT and industries minister KT Rama Rao will ‘personally support 47 meritorious students from 10th, 12th grades’ from…
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Hyderabad: Snakes making way into residential areas due to heavy rains
Hyderabad: Several houses, companies, and factories on the city outskirts are reporting presence of snakes after the flooding caused by the heavy rains recently. Since the incessant rains started five days ago,…
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UP: Imam forced to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’ at gunpoint, assaulted
An Imam of a mosque in Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat district was allegedly forced to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’ at a gunpoint recently. He was assaulted after he refused to chant the slogan.…
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Manipur: Freedom fighter’s 80-year-old wife burnt alive in Kakching
Imphal: In another horrifying case of ongoing ethnic violence reported from Manipur after the parading of two naked women in Kangpokpi district on May 4, the octogenarian widow of a freedom fighter…
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Delhi: Railways issues ‘removal of encroachment’ notices to two centuries-old mosques
New Delhi: The Railways has issued notices to two centuries-old mosques in the national capital, asking them to ‘remove the encroachments from its land’. The two mosques — Masjid Bengali Market and…
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Pak’s FM Ishaq Dar’s name likely to be pitched for interim PM
Islamabad: The ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz party is considering proposing the name of Finance Minister Ishaq Dar as the caretaker prime minister of the cash-strapped country once the term of the current…
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Mosque to replace London’s iconic entertainment complex
London’s iconic entertainment complex, Trocadero, will soon be replaced by a three-storey mosque. The mosque can house 390 worshippers. According to various media reports, the mosque will be built by 56-year-old Muslim…
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For first time in decades, no Muslims in IB senior leadership: Owaisi
Hyderabad: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday said that for the first time in decades, there won’t be any Muslim officers in Intelligence Bureau’s senior leadership. Citing a news report, he said…
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‘Need I&B probe’: Oppenheimer slammed for intimate scene involving Gita
Christopher Nolan’s latest release, Oppenheimer, has displeased some moviegoers who took offence to an intimate scene involving the Bhagavad Gita. An organisation made ‘Save Culture Save India Foundation’ issued a statement stating…
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Telangana: BRS leader, son die in road accident in Narsingi
Medak: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader Thourya Nayak and his son died in a road accident while they were travelling from Narsingi to Chegunta on Saturday, the police said. The accident took…
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MP: Dalit man’s face, body smeared with human excreta; case filed
Chhatarpur: A Dalit man has alleged a man from another caste smeared his face and body with human excreta after he accidentally touched the latter with grease in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhatarpur district.…
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Thousands of Israelis march to Jerusalem in protest of judicial overhaul
Jerusalem: The 70-km march began on Thursday in Tel Aviv, hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday in an address to the country that he would continue pushing forward…
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Hyderabad: Students hold protest over video of Manipur women paraded naked
Hyderabad: A distressing video of two Manipur women being paraded naked has triggered protests across the country, including Hyderabad. On Saturday, the All India Democratic Students’ Organisation (AIDSO), All India Mahila Samskruthika…