New Delhi Around 60 petitions challenging the Centre’s new Citizenship law – which has created a storm since being passed last week — will be taken up by the Supreme Court today. Among those who filed the petitions are senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, the Indian Union Muslim League and Asom Gana Parishad, an ally […]
New Delhi Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf was on Tuesday sentenced to death by the Peshawar High Court in the high treason case filed against him. The verdict in the long-pending case was announced by a three-judge bench of a special court, the Dawn reported. Musharraf, who is currently in Dubai, was booked in […]
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee hit the streets of Kolkata today and said she will continue her protests until the NRC and Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) are rolled back. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, today tweeted saying the violent protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act were “unfortunate and deeply distressing”. In another development, the […]
Reiterating his stand on his ‘Rape in India’ remark, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Saturday said that he will never apologise for speaking out the truth. “I was asked to apologise in the Parliament yesterday by the BJP members. They tell me to apologise for the correct thing. I am not Rahul Savarkar, my name is […]
New Delhi India on Friday announced that the annual summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe, which was scheduled to be held in Guwahati, has been postponed. “With reference to the proposed visit of Japanese PM @AbeShinzo to India, both sides have decided to defer the visit to a mutually […]
People take away wooden sticks from a roadblock put up by the protesters during yesterday’s protest against the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) in Gauhati, India, Thursday Dec. 12, 2019. (AP/PHOTO) Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) Protest Today Live News Updates: Bangladesh Foreign Minister A K Abdul Momen cancelled his three-day India visit amid anti-Citizenship Amendment Bill […]
New Delhi The Nanavati Commission report on the 2002 Gujarat riots gives a clean chit to the state government then led by Narendra Modi, who has been Prime Minister of India since 2014. Action should be taken against the police who were ineffective in controlling mobs and did not show the “competence necessary” to do […]
New Delhi Describing the Citizenship Amendment Bill as a “dangerous turn in the wrong direction”, a federal US commission on international religious freedom has sought American sanctions against Home Minister Amit Shah and other principal Indian leadership if the bill with the “religious criterion” is passed by both houses of Parliament. The Lok Sabha passed […]
Bengaluru A city techie was left poorer by ₹95,000 as he fell victim to online fraudsters after ordering a pizza, leaving a bad aftertaste in his mouth. N.V. Sheikh of Bengaluru’s Koramangala used a food delivery app on his smartphone to order a pizza on December 1 afternoon, The News Minute reported. After the meal was not […]
New Delhi The Council of Indian School Certificate Examination (CISCE) has released the date sheet for class 10 and 12 board exams 2020. The ISC class 12 board exam will commence from February 3 and end on March 31. ICSE class 10th board exam will commence from February 27 and end on March 30. According to the official circular, “The […]