PUNJAB — The Chief Minister of Punjab Captain Amarinder Singh on Saturday resigned from the post amid the ongoing political tussle with Navjot Singh Sidhu who was recently appointed as the chief of the Congress party’s Punjab unit. The resignation was announced by the senior Congress leader’s son Raninder Singh on Twitter. Singh later met […]
COIMBATORE — A recent online survey conducted by city-based NGO ‘Education Development Committee’ revealed that 25.2 per cent of college students have discontinued their higher studies and shifted to work to support their families financially amid the pandemic. The survey was initiated by the NGO after it found out that many students did not turn […]
MYSURU — Activists of BJP and Pro-Hindutva group Hindu Jagarana Vedike on Thursday assaulted and manhandled a journalist of an Urdu daily at a protest called by Hindu Jagaran Vedike. The protest at Mysore Palace North Gate protest was called against the demolition of temples, especially the Adishakti Mahadevamma temple at Huchgani village in Nanjangud […]
NEW DELHI — The National Testing Agency (NTA) has announced the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main results 2021 on Wednesday. A total of 44 candidates have scored 100 percentile in the JEE-Main exam this year while 18 candidates have shared the top rank. The official statement stated, “44 candidates get 100 percentile, and 18 candidates […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan always desired good relations with its neighbours, but India took this wish as a weakness, President Arif Alvi said on Monday as he accused New Delhi of trying to derail Islamabad’s relations with Beijing. Alvi made the remarks while addressing a joint session of Parliament to mark the start of the fourth […]
Shamli (UP) — A 22-year-old Muslim youth was lynched by a mob on Thursday evening, while he was returning home from the work. The deceaed has been identified as Samir Chaudhary from Shamli district, Uttar Pradesh, Maktoob Media reported. Speaking to Maktoob, Samir’s Cousin, Pravej claimed the assailants lynched him for his “Muslim identity”. “While […]
NEW DELHI — The Delhi Police has launched a search operation to nab two suspects Harpreet and Harmeet in the murder case of former Jammu and Kashmir MLC Trilochan Singh Wazir. Delhi police local team and the crime branch special cell are investigating the case. Many teams have been formed to unravel it. While two […]
BARABANKI (UP) — The All India Majlis-e-Itthehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi, has been booked for allegedly trying to spoil communal harmony through a ‘provocative speech in Barabanki district. Owaisi alleged in his speech that the administration had earlier this year “martyred” a century-old mosque. He also used indecent language against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and […]
MATHURA (UP) — Union Minister Ramdas Athawale on Wednesday said Muslims should be given political representation not on religious grounds but for being a minority community. Athawale had arrived here to inaugurate the Sangeet Shiromani Swami Haridas Aavirbhav Mahotsav, organised at Sri Radhaprasad Dham located on the Parikrama Marg of Vrindavan. Athawale told reporters that […]
CHENNAI — Tamil Nadu on Wednesday joined a select few States in the country to officially oppose the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) with its Legislative Assembly adopting a resolution urging the Union Government to repeal it. “This August House considers that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019, passed by the Parliament in the year 2019 is […]