NEW DELHI — Prannoy Roy and his wife Radhika Roy — founders and promoters of channel New Delhi Television (NDTV) — resigned as directors on the Board of RRPR Holding Private Limited, a promoter group vehicle of NDTV, the company said in a regulatory filing to the stock exchanges on Tuesday. RRPR Holding holds 29.18 […]
AMRITSAR — The Border Security Force has shot down a drone that sneaked into the Indian side from Pakistan in Punjab’s Amritsar district, officials said on Tuesday. The BSF personnel fired at the drone on Monday night after they noticed it entering the Indian territory near Chaharpur village, around 40 km north of Amritsar city, […]
CHANDIGARH — The Border Security Force has shot down a drone that entered from Pakistan in Punjab’s Amritsar district, officials said on Saturday. The troops fired at the drone after they noticed it sneaking into the Indian territory near Daoke village, 34 km southwest of Amritsar city, on Friday evening, the BSF said. During the […]
NEW DELHI — The administration of Delhi’s famed Jama Masjid has put up notices outside the main gates banning the entry of ‘girls’, whether alone or in groups. As controversy escalated, the mosque’s Shahi Imam on Wednesday said the order is not applicable to those coming to offer prayers. The issue led to an outrage […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Wednesday orally observed that the need is for a Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) who can even take action against the Prime Minister and also asked the Centre to show the mechanism adopted in the appointment of an Election Commissioner (EC) last week. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by […]
KUSHINAGAR (UP) — An Islamic flag hoisted on a mobile tower in Kasia town near Kushinagar in Uttar Pradesh was removed after the local people spotted it and informed the police. According to reports, angry locals who spotted the flag, which was installed parallel to a saffron flag, took to the streets and forced traders […]
SRINAGAR — A group of students from Bihar and other states clashed with Kashmiri students on the premises of Lala Lajpat Rai College of Engineering and Management at Ghal Kalan village in Moga district on Sunday evening. Some students from both sides were injured in the incident, The Tribune reported. The injured students were rushed […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Friday expressed its strong discontent over delay in appointment of judges, saying, “needless to say that unless the bench is adorned by competent lawyers, the very concept of rule of law and justice suffers”. A bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Abhay S. Oka said: “If we […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Friday ordered the release of all the six life-term convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case in view of the Tamil Nadu government’s recommendation. In May, the top court had ordered the release of A.G. Perarivalan, who was sentenced to life imprisonment over the 1991 assassination of the […]
CHIKKAMAGALUR (KARNATAKA) — Karnataka police have detained four minors in Chikkamagalur on account of celebrating victory of Pakistan in cricket’s Twenty20 World Cup, police said on Friday. According to police, the accused had shouted pro-Pakistan slogans. The incident had taken place at N.R. Pura near Balehonnur on November 9. The boys have come out in […]