The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) will continue to conduct a survey at the Gyanvapi premises to determine if the mosque was built upon a temple, the Allahabad High Court ruled today, saying it is “in the interest of justice”. The High Court dismissed the Muslim side’s petition against a Varanasi court order that had […]
Lok Sabha continued to witness disruptions on Thursday and the proceedings were adjourned till 2pm amid protests by opposition members on the Manipur issue.Speaker Om Birla, who is learnt to be upset at the repeated disruptions of the House, did not chair the proceedings during Question Hour for the second consecutive day on Thursday. Opposition […]
Vladimir Putin hoped to project strength by posing shirtless on a horse. Donald Trump, imagining himself even stronger, pasted his face onto images of Sylvester Stallone’s rippling torso.But when Joe Biden ditched his shirt Sunday, he apparently just wanted to catch a few rays.A picture taken of the 80-year-old US president sunning himself shirtless on […]
The violence that initially erupted in Haryana’s Nuh during a religious procession has now spread to Gurugram, where protesters from two communities clashed near Sohna Road, resulting in damage to several vehicles.During the confrontation, three vehicles were damaged, and one was set on fire along the Sohna Road highway. The situation escalated with stone pelting, […]
Police in Pakistan’s restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province said on Monday that an initial probe has suggested that the banned terrorist group ISIS is behind the suicide attack on a political convention of a hardline Islamist party that killed at least 44 people and injured over 100.The attack took place on Sunday when more than 400 […]
Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur on Monday appealed to the opposition parties “not to disturb peace in Manipur” and instead discuss the matter in Parliament.“The government has said from day one that we are ready to discuss Manipur. What is the opposition’s compulsion that it is running away?” Thakur said, also wondering whether […]
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) informed the Supreme Court on Thursday that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will take over the probe into the viral video of two women being paraded naked by a mob in Manipur. The government said it had a “zero-tolerance policy” towards crimes against women and requested the Supreme […]
Forty-one people were killed and 1,616 are living in 173 relief camps following the floods that hit Punjab recently, officials said.Nineteen districts — Tarn Taran, Ferozepur, Fatehgarh Sahib, Faridkot, Hoshiarpur, Rupnagar, Kapurthala, Patiala, Moga, Ludhiana, SAS Nagar, Jalandhar, Sangrur, SBS Nagar, Fazilka, Gurdaspur, Mansa, Bathinda and Pathankot — were affected by the floods. The government […]
Popular Punjabi singer Surinder Shinda passed away on Wednesday.Shinda, who had been receiving treatment at DMCH, Ludhiana, died on Wednesday morning, as confirmed by a hospital official. He was 64. Had been on ventilator for the past many days.He had numerous hot songs like ‘Jatt Jeona Morh’, ‘Putt Jattan de’ and ‘Truck Billiya’. He had […]