BARABANKI (UP) — A man was booked here for allegedly unfurling a green coloured ‘Islamic flag’ atop a madarsa on Republic Day, police on Thursday said. The incident happened here in Hussainabad village under Subeha Police Station area. “We received a complain that an Islamic flag was unfurled over Madrasa Ashraful Uloom Ima Imdadiya Sakeen […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan said on January 26, 2023 that no backchannel talks were being held between Islamabad and New Delhi. “At this moment, there is no such thing under way,” Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar told the Senate — the upper house of parliament. She added that backchannel diplomacy was desirable […]
NEW DELHI — Several students, who gathered at the JNU students’ union office for a screening of a controversial BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, claimed the varsity administration cut power and internet to stop the event, and staged a protest after stones were thrown on them. They claimed that they were […]
NEW DELHI — The Congress on Friday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is still scared of the truth of the 2002 riots coming out and the “blocking” of the BBC documentary “blaming him for the pogrom is a cowardly and undemocratic act”. The opposition party also said that no matter how much the Modi […]
NEW DELHI — Social media influencers and celebrities will face a fine of up to Rs 10 lakh, which can go up to Rs 50 lakh on repeat offence and even lead to a ban of up to six years, on violation of guidelines for them, which were released by the consumer affairs ministry on […]
NEW DELHI — Provocative posters asking Hindus not to sell their properties to Muslims in Delhi’s Brahmpuri have surfaced on social media. The undated posters have been issued in the name of a lawyer Pradeep Sharma. “All landlords from the Brahmpuri area are informed that they should not sell their houses to Muslims. If you […]
KOLKATA — Nobel Laureate economist Amartya Sen believes implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) could reduce the role of minorities in the country, while encouraging majoritarian forces. In an interview with PTI, he said India’s father of the nation Mahatma Gandhi had worked for a “just polity, and a good sense of national identity”, […]
CHANDIGARH — Congress MP Santokh Singh Chaudhary passed away on Saturday after suffering a heart attack during Bharat Jodo Yatra in Punjab’s Phillaur. The 76-year-old MP from Jalandhar fainted during the Yatra in Punjab’s Phillaur. He was taken to a hospital in Phagwara in an ambulance, where he died later. Rahul Gandhi, who was leading […]
NEW DELHI — Three senior executives of NDTV including the group president, have resigned weeks after the Adani group took control of the broadcaster. NDTV group’s President Suparna Singh, Chief Strategy Officer Arijit Chatterjee and Chief Technology and Product Officer Kawaljit Singh Bedi have resigned, the company said in a regulatory filing. “The Company is […]
NEW DELHI — Former Union Minister and Loktantarik Janata Dal (LJD) leader Sharad Yadav passed away on Thursday at Fortis Memorial Research Institute in Gurugram. He was 75. His daughter Subhashini Sharad Yadav confirmed the news on Twitter. “Papa nahi rahe (Papa is no more),” she tweeted. According to a statement from Fortis Memorial Research […]