MUMBAI — Congress leader Salman Khurshid’s Nainital home was vandalised and set on fire today, days after his new book on Ayodhya sparked a controversy by comparing a “robust version” of Hindutva to the jihadist Islam of terror groups such as the ISIS and Boko Haram in his book. Khurshid shared the visuals on Facebook […]
NEW DELHI — The Centre on Monday extended for five years the ban imposed on the Islamic Research Foundation (IRF), headed by India-born preacher Zakir Naik, currently based in Malaysia. The IRF was first declared an unlawful organisation under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (37 of 1967) by the central government on November 17, […]
NARAYANPUR — A Naxal commander was killed in an encounter with security personnel in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur district on Monday, a senior police official said. The gunfight took place at around 11.30 am in the forest of Bahker under Chhotedongar police station limits when a team of the District Reserve Guard (DRG) was out on an […]
AGARTALA — Two women journalists, who were arrested over their social media posts on the recent communal incidents in Tripura, were Monday ordered to be released on bail by a magistrate’s court. Samriddhi Sakunia and Swarna Jha, journalists with HW News Network, were named in an FIR at Fatikroy Police Station in Tripura on Sunday […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Centre to call an emergency meeting on Tuesday to take measures like stopping non-essential construction transport, power plants and implementing work from home. A bench, headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana, directed the concerned secretaries of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab and Delhi to […]
NEW DELHI — The world’s top 10 cities with the worst air quality, three — Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai, are in India, data from air quality and pollution city tracking service from IQAir, a Switzerland-based climate group showed. While Delhi’s Air Quality Index (AQI) at 556 made it to the top of the list, Kolkata […]
NEW DELHI — Several Congress leaders on November 14 paid rich tributes to Jawaharlal Nehru on his birth anniversary, with the party hailing the country’s first Prime Minister as a visionary who laid the foundations of modern India. Congress president Sonia Gandhi offered floral tributes at Shanti Vana in New Delhi, while several party leaders […]
NEW DELHI — Noticing their vulnerabilities, IMA on Sunday demanded Covid-19 vaccination for all diabetes patients, including a third dose, if needed. The IMA on Sunday launched a campaign for early detection and mitigation of diabetes complications with organising of walkathon, marathon, screening camps, and a social media drive. The campaign also included research paper […]
NEW DELHI — The Centre on Sunday brought an ordinance to extend the tenure of Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) directors up to five years. President Ram Nath Kovind has signed off the ordinance. The central government is expected to table a law in the Parliament during the forthcoming Winter Session […]
NEW DELHI — Schools, colleges and educational institutes in the national capital will be closed for physical classes for a week from Monday because of the deteriorating air quality, the Delhi government announced on Saturday after an angry Supreme Court termed the rise in pollution an “emergency situation”. Online teaching and learning will continue in […]