LUCKNOW — The All-India Shia Personal Law Board (AISPLB) has demanded the arrest of Shia Central Waqf Board member, Waseem Rizvi, for blasphemy, disruption of peace, law and order. The board also sought a ban on Rizvi’s speeches, writings and disrespectful activities against the Quran and Prophet Muhammad. It further sought termination of Rizvi’s waqf […]
LUCKNOW — A 22-year-old Muslim youth was found dead inside a police station in Kasganj district of Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday. According to a report by Indian Express, Altaf, a labourer, was brought to the Kotwali police station for questioning in an elopement case of a minor Hindu girl. A resident of Nagla Syed in […]
MUMBAI — Mumbai Police has arrested a 23-year old software engineer from Hyderabad for giving online rape threats to Indian skipper Virat Kohli’s 10-month-old daughter Vamika following team’s loss against Pakistan in T20 World Cup. The man, identified as Ramnagesh Alibathini, is being brought to Mumbai. According to the police, the accused is a Hyderabad […]
HYDERABAD — Leader of the opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led BJP government at the Centre of destroying the Indian economy through demonetisation. “On this day (November 8) in 2016, the Prime Minister announced the decision to ban currency notes in the denomination of Rs 500 and […]
SUKMA — Four CRPF personnel were killed and three others injured after their colleague opened fire at them in a camp of the paramilitary force in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on Monday, a police official said. The incident took place at around 3:15am in the camp of the Central Reserve Police Force’s (CRPF) 50th battalion in […]
GUWAHATI/JAIPUR — Taking a veiled dig at the Centre and the BJP brass, Meghalaya Governor Satya Pal Malik on Sunday said if he speaks about farmers, there will be a controversy. “(After I make a statement), I wait for two weeks wondering if I am going to get a call from Delhi,” Malik said at […]
NEW DELHI — A sub-inspector in Ghaziabad’s Dasna Police Station was arrested on Saturday for allegedly thrashing a youth, who organised a dance party for him on Diwali. According to the complaint filed by Irfan, sub-inspector Jitendra Gautam hosted a party at a flat on Diwali, Thursday. Irfan organised the party and also called in […]
NEW DELHI — The Congress on Saturday sought an apology from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and asked him to “withdraw” his “clean chit” to China that no one has entered into Indian territory while citing a Pentagon report that claims China has entered 4.5 km into Arunachal Pradesh. Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera said the prime […]
NEW DELHI — China has built a large 100-home civilian village inside disputed territory between the Tibet Autonomous Region and India’s Arunachal Pradesh, claimed the US Department of Defense in its annual report to Congress on military and security developments involving China. These and other infrastructure development efforts along the India-China border have been a […]
NEW DELHI — After India were thrashed by arch-rival Pakistan in the T20 Cricket World Cup, fast bowler Mohammed Shami was vilified by furious Hindu fans who accused the team’s only Muslim player of deliberately throwing the game. Virat Kohli, the Indian captain, fired back, citing Shami’s “passion for the country” and his other high-class […]