SRINAGAR — The Hajj Committee of India on Tuesday cancelled all the applications for Haj-2021 after the Saudi Arabia government decided to cancel the International Haj for the second straight year in 2021 in wake of Coronavirus pandemic. The Ministry of Haj & Umrah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia issued a statement informing that due to […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Tuesday said it would hear after two weeks a plea challenging the Centre’s notification inviting non-Muslims belonging to Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan and residing in 13 districts of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Haryana and Punjab to apply for Indian citizenship. The matter came up for hearing before a vacation […]
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM — Over a dozen leaders and workers of the BJP in Lakshadweep resigned from the party Friday in protest over the filing of sedition charges against islander and filmmaker Aisha Sultana. The Kavaratti police had filed a case of sedition against Sultana based on a complaint from C Abdul Khader Haji, the chief of […]
NEW YORK — India on Friday said it desires “normal neighbourly relations” with Pakistan and the onus is on Islamabad to create a conducive atmosphere by taking “credible, verifiable” action to not allow any territory under its control to be used for cross terrorism. During a debate on the annual report of the UN Security […]
PATNA — A 27-year-old from Bihar has become the first woman from her community to be directly appointed as the deputy superintendent of police (DySP) after qualifying the state civil services examination. She wants to bring down cases of domestic violence and create harmony in the society. Razia Sultana, a resident of Hathua block in […]
NEW DELHI — India’s daily cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) dipped below the 100,000-mark for the first time in more than two months, as 86,498 infections were registered in the last 24 hours, the Union ministry of health and family welfare (MoHFW) said on Tuesday. The country’s death toll rose to 351,309 after 2,123 […]
NEW DELHI — India on Sunday recorded 114,460 fresh cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), according to the Union ministry of health and family welfare. With this, the country’s total infection tally reached 28,809,339 and its death toll rose to 346,759 after 2,677 people lost their lives due to the virus in 24 hours. The […]
NEW DELHI — Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Saturday said that no decision has been taken by the Central government on the 2021 Hajj pilgrimage yet, adding that India will stand with the Saudi Arabia government’s decision for annual Hajj yatra amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. “Hajj will depend on the […]
NEW DELHI — In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah Saturday, a group of 93 former civil servants raised concerns over a slew of draft legislations brought in by the Lakshadweep administrator P.K. Patel since February this year. Calling Patel’s decisions as “disturbing”, the body called the Constitutional Conduct Group (CCG) […]
NEW DELHI — India on Saturday logged 1,20,529 new Covid infections in 24 hours, the lowest since April 7. During the same time span, 3,380 more people succumbed to the pandemic, the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry said. The fatalities witnessed a spike, crossing 3,000 mark on Saturday once again after recording over 2,000 […]