The Supreme Court Tuesday voiced displeasure over political statements being made about withdrawal of four per cent quota for Muslims in poll-bound Karnataka, after it was told Union Home Minister Amit Shah was making public statements about the hugely contentious issue at the hustings. Terming as “inappropriate” the political statements about the matter which is […]
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Imran Khan arrested: ‘Plot to kill him in jail,’ claims senior PTI leader
Pakistan’s former Prime Minister and the chairman of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Imran Khan was arrested by paramilitary Rangers at the Islamabad High Court where he was attending a hearing for a corruption case. This comes just a day after Khan accused the country’s powerful army of conspiring to assassinate him. Video footage showed the […]
BCCI punishes KKR captain Nitish Rana, docks ₹12 lakh for IPL Code of Conduct breach vs PBKS
Nitish Rana was the latest captain to be fined for over-rate offence in IPL 2023. The Kolkata Knight Riders captain was docked ₹12 lakh from his match fees after his team maintained a slow-over rate against the Punjab Kings at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. It falls under a breach of the IPL Code of […]
After Madhya Pradesh, UP declares ‘The Kerala Story’ tax-free
The Uttar Pradesh government will declare the recently released film ‘The Kerala Story’ tax-free in the state, chief minister Yogi Adityanath announced on Tuesday.Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath will watch the film along with his cabinet colleagues at a special screening to be organised at Lok Bhawan on May 12, the chief minister’s secretariat […]
Snow in Himachal: Tourists rescued, stranded vehicles moved to safer areas
Five tourists from Delhi trapped in heavy snow in Lahaul and Spiti were rescued, while over 500 vehicles stranded between Atal Tunnel Rohtang and Dhundi in Himachal Pradesh have been moved to safer places, police said on Tuesday.The vehicles started skidding on the road on Monday following heavy snow. The Kullu district police supervised the […]
Injured Indian mountaineer Anurag Maloo to be flown to Delhi as his infection spreads
The family of injured Indian mountaineer Anurag Maloo is planning to fly him to New Delhi from Nepal for further treatment as the infection is spreading in his body, a relative and an official of an expedition company said here on Tuesday.Anurag, 34, a resident of Kishangarh in Rajasthan, went missing in mid-April after he […]
Supreme Court to hear on May 15 plea against Kerala High Court order on ‘The Kerala Story’
The Supreme Court will hear on May 15 a plea against the Kerala High Court order refusing to stay the release of the controversial multilingual film ‘The Kerala Story’.Senior advocate Kapil Sibal on Tuesday mentioned the matter for urgent listing before a bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha. When the bench […]
Murder charges framed against accused Aaftab Poonawala in Shraddha Walkar case
A court here on Tuesday framed charges of murder and disappearance of evidence against Aaftab Amin Poonawala who is accused of strangling his live-in partner Shraddha Walkar to death and chopping her body into pieces.Additional Sessions Judge Manisha Khurana Kakkar said prima facie a case for offences under IPC sections 302 (murder) and 201 (causing […]
Over 2,000 people evacuated from violence-hit Manipur
Authorities have relocated over 2,250 residents from violence-hit Manipur to Assam in the past three days, with around 300 of them moving towards Mizoram, according to the Cachar district administration. Officials said so far eight shelter camps have been set up in Cachar’s Lakhipur, while some temporary ones have been put in place in Sonai. […]
Farmers break barricades at Jantar Mantar near wrestlers’ protest venue
The farmers from the Bharatiya Kisan Union on Monday reached Jantar Mantar where the wrestlers have been protesting since April 23 against the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. The video shared by news agency ANI showed the BKU members breaking the barricades and trying to reach the protest venue. “A […]









