Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Friday launched a blistering attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, charging that it has become clear that his mantra of ‘minimum government, maximum governance’ means keeping the country in a permanent state of polarisation, “brutalising” minorities and “threatening” political opponents.In her inaugural address at the party’s ‘Chintan Shivir’ here, she […]
The Punjab Police on Friday arrested six people in connection with the rocket-propelled grenade blast that took place at the Punjab Police Intelligence headquarters in Mohali on Monday. Khalistani terrorist group Babbar Khalsa International (BKI) and local gangsters were involved in the attack carried out on the behest of Pakistani intelligence agency ISI. Canada resident […]
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to postpone the NEET-PG-22 examination on a plea by doctors, saying the delay would cause unavailability of doctors and seriously affect patient care. A bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Surya Kant said postponement of the examination would create “chaos and uncertainty” and would affect a large section of […]
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested two aides of gangster Chhota Shakeel from western suburbs of the city for allegedly handling the illegal activities and financial transactions of the crime syndicate controlled by fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, an official said on Friday.Arif Abubakar Shaikh (59) and Shabbir Abubakar Shaikh (51) were placed under […]
The controversy surrounding the survey of Gyanvaapi Mosque in Varanasi on the orders of a local court reached the Supreme Court on Friday with an urgent petition seeking a stay on it.Senior advocate Huzefa Ahmadi mentioned the petition against a Varanasi court’s order allowing an advocate commissioner to survey the Gyanvapi mosque. “Please grant status […]
Rahul Gandhi on Friday morning met Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot as he reached the Congress-ruled state after a train ride with other party colleagues. Ahead of a three-day ‘Chintan Shivir’ (brainstorming conclave) in Rajasthan, he received a warm welcome at 5 am at the Chittorgarh railway station where a large group of partymen amid […]
The petition seeking to “find the truth” behind the 22 locked rooms in the Taj Mahal was filed last week before the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court by Rajneesh Singh, who is the media in-charge of the BJP’s Ayodhya unit.The petition cited the claims of some historians and Hindu groups that the mausoleum […]
The terrorists belonging to Pak-based and globally proscribed Jaish-e-Mohammad are suspected to be involved in the killing of the Kashmiri Pandit government employee Rahul Bhat in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam district. According to intelligence inputs, the Jaish-e-Mohammad group has been desperate to take action against the minority community in order to keep the terror plot […]
Aam Aadmi Party MLA Amanatullah Khan has been arrested by Delhi Police for taking part in a protest against an anti-encroachment drive. Civic authorities today carried out anti-encroachment drives in various parts of Delhi. The demolition drives sparked violent protests in the Madanpur Khadar area of Delhi, where locals claimed that legal structures were bulldozed. […]
The Uttar Pradesh government has made it mandatory for all students and teachers in madrasas of the state to sing the National Anthem before commencing classes. The order has been implemented from today, May 12.Danish Azad Ansari, UP minority state minister, has passed this order. The decision was taken at the meeting of the UP […]