NEW DELHI — Former Congress leader and senior lawyer Kapil Sibal on Friday made veiled attack at the Centre, alleging people have been living in the fear of investigating agencies, the State and the police. Talking about the “use of religion as a weapon”, the Rajya Sabha MP said that even though it was happening […]
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Cyber attacks on Indian healthcare industry 2nd highest in world: CloudSEK
NEW DELHI — The number of cyber attacks on Indian healthcare industry were second highest globally, with 7.7 per cent of total incidence on the segment being witnessed in the country in 2021, cyber security intelligence firm CloudSEK said on Tuesday. According to CloudSEK report on “Increased cyber attacks on the global healthcare sector”, US […]
Yati Narsinghanand booked for threatening to “blow up” AMU, madrasas
NEW DELHI — Controversial Hindu seer Yati Narsinghanand Sarawasti was on Monday booked in yet another hate remark against the Muslim community. On Sunday, Narsinghanand, while visiting Aligarh for a Hindu Mahasabha programme, allegedly called for “blowing up” the Aligarh Muslim University and the destruction of madrasas. Narsinghanand has been booked by the Ghaziabad police […]
Protests rock Chandigarh University over alleged objectionable videos of female students; 3 held
CHANDIGARH — Protests rocked the campus of Chandigarh University in Punjab’s Mohali Saturday night over allegations that objectionable videos of several women students were recorded by a hosteller, following which Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann ordered a probe. The protests continued on the campus till late Sunday night with senior officials from the district administration, police […]
Prophet row: SC reserves order on news anchor Navika Kumar’s plea seeking clubbing of FIRs
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Friday reserved its order on a plea filed by journalist Navika Kumar seeking clubbing of multiple FIRs lodged against her over controversial remarks made by former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma on Prophet Mohammad during a TV debate moderated by her. A bench of Justices M R Shah and […]
SC rejects PIL for common dress code in educational institutes
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a PIL seeking a direction to the Centre, states and union territories to implement a common dress code for staffers and students in registered educational institutions. A bench of Justices Hemant Gupta and Sudhanshu Dhulia said this is not a matter which should come […]
CUET-UG results declared, merit lists to be prepared by participating universities: NTA
NEW DELHI — The results for the debut edition of the Common University Entrance Test (CUET)-UG have been declared on Friday, National Testing Agency (NTA) officials said. The results were scheduled to be declared by 10 pm on Thursday, however, the NTA informed post-midnight that there will be a delay citing a huge database. “The […]
Coaching institutes in ad war to grab credit for producing NEET topper
NEW DELHI — What seems like a war among the coaching institutes, three different coaching centres have been found competing with each other to grab credit for giving tuition to this year’s NEET topper, in some form or the other. While placing full-page advertisements in leading English dailies, the three coaching institutes — Allen, Aakash […]
Release convicts who have undergone 10 years in jail, but appeal not heard yet: SC
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Thursday said that convicts who have spent 10 years in jail, and their appeal has not yet been heard, should be granted bail unless there are any compelling reasons to deny this, while remission should be considered for those who have completed 14 years in prison. A bench […]
Hindu Mahasabha treasurer files plea seeking removal of Meena Masjid
MATHURA (UP) — A petition has been filed at a Mathura court seeking removal of yet another mosque, the Meena Masjid, belonging to the Mughal era. The petitioner has claimed that the mosque was built on a part of the Thakur Keshav Dev Ji temple, on the east side of the Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi complex. […]








