NEW DELHI — The prices of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cooking gas cylinders across all categories including subsidised gas on Wednesday were hiked by Rs 25 per cylinder — the third straight increase in rates in less than two months. Subsidised as well as non-subsidised LPG now costs Rs 884.50 per 14.2-kg cylinder in Delhi, […]
NEW DELHI — After the US completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan, Taliban initiated dialogue with India in Qatar over safety, security and early return of Indian nationals stranded over there, the Ministry of External Affairs said Tuesday. For the first time, India has made public a meeting held between the two sides. The ministry stated […]
NEW DELHI — Prominent Muslim body Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind on Monday advocated setting up of separate schools and colleges for girls and said non-Muslims should also refrain from giving co-education to their daughters to “keep them away from immorality and misbehaviour”. In a statement issued after the working committee meeting of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind (Maulana Arshad […]
NEW DELHI — COVID-19 has devastated many lives and it is “heart wrenching” that the survival of children who lost either or both parents during the pandemic is at stake, the Supreme Court said, but expressed satisfaction over schemes announced by the Centre and states to provide succour to them. The apex court said that […]
SRINAGAR — Senior leader and former minister Prof. Saif-ud-din Soz Monday said that the Supreme Court of India has shown itself in poor light by not including Justice Akil Kurashi in the list of nine judges that the collegium has recommended to the government. In a statement, Soz said that the general run of people […]
NEW DELHI— “Convict him or acquit him,” an anguished Supreme Court observed on non-framing of charges on an accused jailed for 11 years over serial blasts in multiple Rajdhani Express and other trains in 1993. Underlining the right to speedy trial, the top court sought a report from the special Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) […]
NEW DELHI — Flights between India and Bangladesh will resume from September 3, 2021. The Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) said that passenger airlines can resume operations after four months under an air bubble agreement signed by the two countries last year. Air travel services between destinations of the two countries were suspended as Covid-19 […]
NEW DELHI — People across India are demanding justice for the teenage girl who was shot dead while she recorded the man beating up her father, officials said on Thursday. Kajal Singh, aged around 17, was shot by one Vijay Prajapati, who entered her house and was beating up her father Raju Nayan Singh over […]
NEW DELHI — Commenting on the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said that the changing equation in Afghanistan has come out as a challenge for the India. He added that the scenario has led the country to change its strategy. “The changing equation in Afghanistan is a challenge for us. […]
Ujjain (MP) — Police on Sunday arrested two persons for forcing a scrap dealer to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’ in Mahidpur block of the district, officials said. Videos showing two persons forcing a scrap dealer to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’ and also throwing his belongings on the road went viral on social media on Sunday. […]