NEW DELHI — A New York-bound Air India flight carrying 239 passengers from Mumbai was on Monday diverted to the Delhi airport following a security concern arising out of a bomb threat in the aircraft, officials said here. They said all passengers have disembarked and the aircraft was being searched. “The aircraft is currently stationed […]
MUMBAI — Nationalist Congress Party leader and former Maharashtra minister Baba Siddique was shot dead by three men in Mumbai’s Bandra area on Saturday, and two of the assailants have been since arrested, officials said. The shocking incident prompted the Opposition to question the law and order situation in the state where assembly elections are […]
HYDERABAD — Indian cricketer Mohammed Siraj has officially taken on the role of Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) in Telangana. The pacer expressed his deep appreciation and gratitude to Chief Minister Revanth Reddy for this honour as he reported to Telangana’s Director General of Police (DGP) Jitender on Friday. Siraj was accompanied by MP M. […]
NEW DELHI — Ratan Naval Tata, the former Tata Group chairman who transformed a staid group into India’s largest and most influential conglomerate with a string of eye-catching deals, has died. He was 86. Tata, who was chairman of the salt to software group for more than two decades, breathed his last at south Mumbai’s […]
NEW DELHI — Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk on Tuesday continued his indefinite hunger strike at Delhi’s Ladakh Bhawan along with his supporters and appealed that the Centre should resume talks on their demands. Wangchuk, who is spearheading an agitation for Ladakh’s Sixth Schedule status, had started his fast on Sunday afternoon. According to the protesters, […]
GHAZIABAD — Controversial priest Yati Narsinghanand has been detained for allegedly making objectionable remarks against Prophet Mohammed, his aides claimed on Saturday even as the police here remained tightlipped on the issue. A large crowd had gathered outside the Dasna Devi temple here, where he presides, protesting against him on Friday night after videos of […]
NEW DELHI — Prominent Muslim organisation Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind on Saturday demanded the arrest of Yati Narsinghanand, head priest of Dasna Devi temple in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad, and said that filing an FIR against him is “not enough”. Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind president Maulana Arshad Madani, in a statement, alleged that Narsinghanand has made “intolerable blasphemous” remarks against […]
HYDERABAD — AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday demanded the immediate arrest of Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati for making blasphemous remarks against Prophet Mohammad. He said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should take immediate action against him for hurting the sentiments of Muslims. The Hyderabad MP said PM Modi who talks of ‘sab ka sath sab ka […]
NEW DELHI — External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Saturday that he is not going to Islamabad to discuss “India-Pakistan relations” but his visit is all about the multilateral event, which is the SCO Summit 2024, taking place in the neighboring country. The minister said that he is traveling to Pakistan only to be […]
NEW DELHI — Conveying India’s ‘disappointment’ over the visit to Pakistan of controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) described the visit as ‘condemnable’ but added it was not ‘surprising.’ MEA spokesperson Randheer Jaiswal made the statement at a press briefing on Friday. “We have seen reports that he has been […]