HYDERABAD — All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday hit out at the Modi government over its stance on the Afghanistan crisis and urged it to focus on minorities living in India, Times Now reported. Owaisi’s comments have come in view of India’s offer to provide refuge to Hindus and Sikhs of […]
Mathura (UP) — A Mathura court has dismissed the UP STF’s plea to interrogate Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan about alleged incriminating documents found in his Delhi residence. Additional District and Sessions Judge Anil Kumar Pandey rejected the Special Task Force plea, saying that the accused cannot be allowed to be interrogated again after the chargesheet […]
AGRA — The shahar mufti and his son were on Wednesday booked for raising objection over the flag hoisting ceremony organised on Jama Masjid premises in Agra on Independence Day. Organiser of the event, Haji Aslam Qureshi, chairman of Local Islamia Agency, lodged the case at the Mantola police station of Agra. “A complaint was […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed women candidates to appear for National Defence Academy (NDA) entrance exam scheduled on September 5, saying debarring them amounted to gender discrimination. In an interim order, a Bench led by Justice SK Kaul, however, clarified that the results will be subject to the final outcome of […]
NEW DELHI — The Congress on Wednesday hit out at the government over the hike in prices of LPG cylinders, accusing it of being insensitive and distorting the budget of every household. The party also displayed empty LPG cylinders and ‘chulhas’ at a press conference here to highlight the issue of steep LPG prices. Congress […]
NEW DELHI — A Delhi court has pulled up Delhi Police during the bail hearing of Pinky Chaudhary, president of the Hindu Raksha Dal being investigated in connection with anti-Muslim slogans raised at Jantar Mantar, for not questioning a YouTube news channel reporter “seen deliberately putting up leading questions” to “incite” people, the Indian Express […]
MUMBAI — The Pulwama attack in 2019 was an attempt by stakeholders independent of India and Pakistan to create regional conflagration and bring the two countries to war, said journalist and author Adrian Levy. In a conversation with ThePrint’s Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta on ‘Off the Cuff’ Tuesday, Levy added that the Jaish-e-Mohammed, the militant organisation […]
SAMBHAL (UP) — Samajwadi Party MP Shafiqur Rehman Barq has been booked for sedition following his recent remarks allegedly defending the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan and equating it with India’s own freedom struggle, police said on Wednesday. He was charged under Indian Penal Code section 124A (sedition) following a complaint from BJP leader Rajesh Singhal […]
NEW DELHI — The price of a domestic (14.2 kilogram) Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG or cooking gas) cylinder was hiked by Rs 25 apiece on Tuesday. After the hike, a domestic cylinder would now cost Rs 859 apiece in the national capital. The price has been hiked in similar proportion across the country. This is […]
MEERUT (UP) — A Muslim man was allegedly beaten up by a group of persons who also issued death threats when he tried to hoist the Tricolour in Baghpat’s Ranchad village on Thursday, Independence Day, the Indian Express reported. “Pro-Pakistan” slogans were also allegedly raised by those who assaulted Babu Khan and the suspects also […]