MANGALURU — The Uppinangady Government First Grade College management has suspended 23 girl students, who staged a protest demanding permission to wear Hijab inside classrooms last week. The Puttur BJP MLA and the College Development Committee (CDC) chairman Sanjeeva Matandoor told PTI on Tuesday, “The students staged a demonstration. So they were suspended on Monday.” […]
NEW DELHI — India on Monday hit out at the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for its criticism of the country in the wake of the alleged derogatory remarks made against Prophet Mohammed by two BJP functionaries. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said India categorically rejects the OIC Secretariat’s “unwarranted and narrow-minded comments” and […]
MANDYA — Authorities in Karnataka are on high alert as Hindu organisations said that they will ‘enter’ Jamia masjid in Srirangapatna in Mandya district, on June 4 and perform puja there. The Hindu organisations have also decided to approach the court to demand a survey of the masjid along the lines of the Gyanvapi mosque. […]
KANPUR — Violence erupted in parts of Kanpur after Friday prayers as members of two communities indulged in brick-batting and hurled bombs over attempts to shut shops in protest against ‘insulting’ comments on Prophet Mohammed. Clashes broke out in Pared, Nai Sadak and Yateemkhana areas of Kanpur, police said. The two sides hurled bombs and […]
SITAPUR (UP) — A FIR has been registered against Mohammad Zubair, a fact-checker and co-founder of Alt News, here at the Khairabad Police Station for calling Hindu seers “hate mongers”, police on Friday said. Additional Superintendent of Police MP Singh told PTI that the case was registered on Wednesday on a complaint lodged by Bhagwan […]
NEW DELHI — The Delhi High Court Friday refused to grant an urgent hearing on a plea against the halting of offering Namaz by devotees at the mosque in South Delhi’s Mehrauli area. The plea for an urgent listing was mentioned before a bench of Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Sachin Datta which […]
KOLKATA — Both international and domestic buyers have rejected a series of tea consignments due to the presence of pesticides and chemicals beyond permissible limits, Indian Tea Exporters Association (ITEA) chairman Anshuman Kanoria said on Friday. Filling up the vacuum created by crisis-hit Sri Lanka in the global market, Tea Board is eyeing to ramp […]
DAKSHINA KANNADA — Authorities in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka on Thursday suspended 6 students for wearing hijab in spite of a series of warnings. In another instance, 12 students were sent back for wearing hijab while attending classes. Six students of the Uppinangadi Government Pre University College have been suspended for repeatedly violating hijab […]
NEW DELHI — SpiceJet on Thursday said it will operate 37 special flights between India and Saudi Arabia till July 31 for Indian Haj pilgrims who will visit Islamic pilgrimage sites in Mecca and Medina. “The special flights from Srinagar will depart for Medina between June 5 and June 20. Return flights from Jeddah to […]
NEW DELHI — India has underscored that its projects are fully compliant with the provisions of the Indus Water Treaty and it is committed to bilateral resolution of issues and suggestions given by Pakistan during a meeting of the Permanent Indus Commission, sources said. The discussion was held during PIC’s 118th meeting, comprising Indus Commissioners […]