The Karnataka High Court, which is hearing the petitions against the Hijab ban, has requested the state government to reopen educational institutions and also restrained the students from wearing saffron shawls, scarves, Hijab and any religious flag within the classroom. In its interim order issued by the three-judge full bench led by Chief Justice Ritu […]
Security forces are holding a flag march in Udupi, the epicentre of pro and anti-hijab protests in the state. This comes after violent protests and stone-pelting over a government decision barring Muslim students from attending classes wearing hijab. Karnataka Police and paramilitary forces are holding the march as tense calm prevails throughout the state. Chief […]
Assam chief minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said his party never sought proof of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi being the son of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. He said this while hitting out at the Congress for repeatedly raising doubts about India’s surgical strikes and vaccines against the […]
The Supreme Court on Friday said that it will hear the case about the hijab ban in Karnataka at an “appropriate time”. A student from Karnataka had filed a special leave petition in the Supreme Court challenging the interim observations by the state’s High Court telling students not to wear “religious clothes” in colleges during […]
Union minister Anurag Thakur on Friday took a swipe at Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Jayant Chaudhary as the latter did not cast his vote in the first phase polling of Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, held a day ago, saying that this clearly shows ‘their opinion on democracy.’ A few dynastical people don’t cast their […]
India saw a single-day rise of 58,077 coronavirus infections, which took the tally of cases to 4,25,36,137, while the active cases have declined to 6,97,802, according to Union health ministry data updated on Friday. The daily Covid cases are being recorded at less than one lakh for the last five consecutive days. The death toll […]
The Gurugram police have registered an FIR against Chintel builders following complaint by the husband of the woman killed in the mishap. The deceased has been identified as 31-year-old Ekta Bhardwaj. Her husband Rajesh Bhardwaj was in office when the accident happened.In his complaint, Rajesh said, “I got a call from son Yatharth that the […]
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said the Indian economy suffered the biggest contraction due to Covid pandemic, but the government had been able to contain retail inflation at 6.2 per cent. Replying to a general discussion on the Union Budget in Rajya Sabha, the minister said the Budget for 2022-23 fiscal year stands […]
An appeal has been filed in the Supreme Court challenging the direction of the Karnataka High Court that has asked students not to insist on wearing any cloth on campuses of educational institutes which can instigate people, till the matter is resolved. The plea filed by a student has sought a stay on the direction […]