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‘Hanuman Chalisa vs Azaan’: Karnataka police on high alert
Bengaluru: Karnataka Police is on high alert after Hindu activists launched chanting of the Hanuman Chalisa against Azaan across the state on Monday. Sri Ram Sena founder Pramod Muthalik inaugurated the programme at…
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Khalistan posters appear at Himachal Assembly campus
Dharamsala: Posters of Khalistan on Sunday surfaced at the main entrance of the state legislative Assembly campus in this Himachal Pradesh town, home to Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, the police…
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Pak Army warns against deliberate attempts to drag military into politics
Islamabad: The Pakistani military on Sunday warned politicians, journalists and analysts against dragging Pakistan Army and its leadership in the country’s political affairs, saying that the practice is “extremely damaging”, reports said.…
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US announces new sanctions, G7 to phase out Russian oil imports
Washington: The US on Sunday announced new sanctions on Russia, targeting management consultancies and accounting services and media outlets funded directly or indirectly by the state. Also, among the new curbs, were…
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No religious event on roads, warns Yogi Adityanath
Jhansi: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has warned that no religious programme should be permitted on the roads. He said that all such events should take place inside the premises of religious places.…
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Social media platforms fail to control anti-Muslim posts: Report
On March 15, 2019, a 28-year-old gunman named Brenton Harrison Tarrant, stormed into two mosques – Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Islamic Centre – situated in New Zealand and started firing indiscriminately…
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Jahangirpuri: Court raps Delhi cops over ‘utter failure’ in preventing violence
Dismissing the bail plea of the Jahangirpuri violence accused, a Rohini district court said that on the night of the Ram Navami, Delhi police accompanied the illegal procession in Jahangirpuri instead of…
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Hanuman Chalisa, Suprabhata will be played in temples at 5 AM from Monday: Muthalik
Mandya: Sri Rama Sene chief Pramod Muthalik on Sunday said the playing of Hanuman Chalisa or Suprabhata or Omkara or devotional songs will commence at over 1,000 temples in Karnataka at 5…
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Mumbai Police crackdown on 2 mosques for pre-dawn ‘azan’ on loudspeakers
Mumbai: Cracking down, the Mumbai Police have lodged first information reports against two mosques for allegedly flouting noise pollution rules and many more are under a scanner, officials said. The Noorani Masjid,…
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TSPSC exams: KTR attacks opponents of Urdu inclusion, terms them ‘bigots’
Hyderabad: Telangana minister for IT and Industries KT Rama Rao (KTR) on Sunday said that Urdu, like Telugu, is an official language recognised by the constitution of India, and asked what the…
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Fertility rate of communities drop in India over the years
New Delhi: The report of the fifth round of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) revealed that the total fertility rate (TFR) among Muslims has dropped by 46.5 percent. It declined from…
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‘Two cylinders then for price of one now’: Rahul Gandhi compares prices during UPA with NDA govt
New Delhi: A day after the price of Liquefied petroleum gas cylinder was hiked by Rs 50, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday compared LPG prices between the UPA tenure and the…
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Kids held hostage in UP school over non-payment of fees, freed after parents create ruckus
Bareilly: The parents’ association at the Heartmann school has decided to lodge a complaint against the school authorities after about 35 children were held hostage for non-payment of fees. According to reports, the…
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Hyderabad: NCB seizes Rs 3.17-cr cash, arrests one in illegal Internet pharmacy racket
New Delhi: The NCB on Sunday said it has arrested a Hyderabad-based man and seized Rs 3.71 crore in cash as it claimed to have unearthed an illegal Internet pharmacy that shipped…
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Active COVID-19 cases in country rise to 20,635
New Delhi: India logged 3,451 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,31,02,194, while the active cases rose to 20,635, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated…