SRINAGAR — After Pakistan’s win against India in ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, Kashmiri students studying in various colleges of Punjab were physically assaulted by ‘people from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar’. At Bhai Guru Das Institute of Engineering and Technology in Sangrur, Punjab, several students were attacked and assaulted in their hostel rooms after India […]
NAGPUR — Yoga guru Ramdev on Saturday said the India-Pakistan T20 World Cup match scheduled for Sunday is against the national interest and “Rashtradharma” as the “game of cricket and the game of terror cannot be played at the same time”. Speaking to reporters at the Nagpur airport, Ramdev said the addiction to drugs in […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court has said that a candidate, selected in Civil Services examinations, cannot claim allocation of cadre of his choice as a matter of right. A selected candidate has a right to be considered for appointment to the IAS but he or she has no such right to be allocated to […]
MUMBAI — Maharashtra Minister Chhagan Bhujbal on Saturday mocked the BJP over the cruise ship drugs bust case, in which film superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan is one of the arrested accused, and said “drugs would become sugar powder” if the actor joined the saffron party. A massive consignment of drugs was seized in […]
MUMBAI — The coronavirus pandemic, which has affected the lives of people at different levels, has also caused a drop in the life expectancy of the country by almost two years, a statistical analysis by scientists of the city-based International Institute for Population Studies (IIPS) has revealed. The analytical report, which points out the drop […]
NEW DELHI — An angry Supreme Court bench on Thursday warned that it could stay the Centre’s decision to fix the income limit of Rs 8 lakh for availing reservation under the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) category if the rationale behind the decision was not disclosed. A bench headed by justice D Y Chandrachud was […]
ADILABAD — In a shocking incident, a youngster was beaten to death by the family members of a woman for allegedly harassing her in the name of love. The incident happened at Surjapur village under Khanapur mandal in Nirmal district, late on Wednesday night. Meanwhile, as the victim, R Anil, belonged to another sub-caste within […]
NEW DELHI — A constable of the Delhi Police’s Crime Branch has been arrested for allegedly hiring two contract killers to kill a retired Army man in Jyoti Nagar, police said on Thursday. Sudhir Kumar had died at Army Referral Hospital in Delhi Cantt on September 16. Head Constable Ghanshyam, posted in SIU-I of the […]
LUCKNOW — Uttar Pradesh Police have decided to take action against women police officials and constables who posed for selfies with Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra when she was stopped from proceeding towards Agra to meet the family members of a sanitation worker who died in police custody. Photographs of women police personnel posing with […]
NEW DELHI — Three persons were arrested on Wednesday for allegedly raising ‘pro-Pakistan’ slogans during a religious procession taken out in Noida. Arrests were made after a video of the incident went viral on social media and the Noida police in its investigation found the video as authentic. According to the information, based on the […]