NEW DELHI — Human rights group Amnesty India has demanded immediate and unconditional release of fact-checking website Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair, saying debunking fake news is not a crime. Separate FIRs have been lodged against Zubair in Sitapur, Lakhimpur Kheri, Ghaziabad, Muzaffarnagar, and Hathras districts of Uttar Pradesh on charges of allegedly hurting religious […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Monday directed all states and Union Territories to ensure payment of compensation to family members of COVID-19 victims without wasting any time. A bench of Justices M R Shah and B V Nagarathna said that if any claimant has grievance with respect to the non-payment of compensation and/or […]
LUCKNOW — The Allahabad district administration in Uttar Pradesh has invoked the National Security Act (NSA) against Javed Mohammad, an accused in the 10 June violence that occurred during protests over derogatory remarks against the Prophet Mohammed by former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma. Javed is the father of Afreen Fatima, a prominent Muslim student activist. […]
PATNA — A 26-year-old man was arrested in Patna on Friday for allegedly propagating “anti-India” views through a WhatsApp group that he operated, police said. Marguv Ahmad Danish (26) alias Tahir, a resident of Phulwari Sharif, was also found to have links with Pakistan-based extremist group Tehriq-e-Labbaiq, they said. “Danish was running a WhatsApp group […]
NEW DELHI — “Demolition of homes due to protests” in some parts of the country, reservation of jobs for ‘Agniveers’ in paramilitary forces, riots and police firings are a host of subjects expected to be raised by MPs in the monsoon session of Parliament beginning Monday. According to the tentative list of questions related to […]
NEW DELHI — Days after China and Pakistan voiced concerns over reports of India planning to hold events relating to G20 in Jammu and Kashmir, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Thursday that there is no need to speculate on the issue at this stage. MEA Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said a large number […]
BENGALURU — The Income Tax department Wednesday conducted searches at the premises of Bengaluru-based pharmaceutical company Micro Labs Ltd, the manufacturers of Dolo-650 tablet that was widely used by COVID-19 patients during the last over two years, on charges of alleged tax evasion. Officials said the department is looking at financial documents, balance sheets and […]
NEW DELHI — The price of domestic liquid petroleum gas cylinders on Wednesday was hiked by Rs 50 per cylinder, the third increase in rates since May. Non-subsidised LPG will now cost Rs 1,053 per 14.2-kg cylinder, according to a price notification of oil companies. Non-subsidised LPG rate is the one that common household users […]
MUMBAI — A 35-year-old Muslim community religious leader hailing from Afghanistan was shot dead by a group of four unidentified persons in Yeola town of Maharashtra’s Nashik district on Tuesday, police said. A possible motive behind the murder was not immediately known. The incident took place in the evening at an open plot in the […]
NEW DELHI — Senior journalists on Monday suggested organising legal aid in different cities for mediapersons who have been a “target” of a “plethora of FIRs” and “raids by the Enforcement Directorate”. The suggestion was made at a meeting organised by the Press Club of India to discuss the challenges faced by the media in […]