BENGALURU — After several right-wing organizations launched campaigns against using loudspeakers at mosques, Bengaluru city police on Tuesday started seizing microphones from places of worship that allegedly defied court orders on noise pollution. On Tuesday, city police commissioner Kamal Pant said that several microphones were seized from religious places where court orders were violated and […]
WASHINGTON — The White House has reiterated that it is not in India’s interest to “accelerate or increase” imports of Russian energy and other commodities, while offering to work with New Delhi to help it reduce its reliance on imports from Moscow. Responding to questions on the visit of top Indian-American US advisor Daleep Singh […]
NEW DELHI — The ministry of information and broadcasting has directed the blocking of 22 YouTube-based news channels, of which four are from Pakistan, for allegedly spreading fake news to mislead viewers. This is the first time that action has been taken against the Indian YouTube-based news publishers since the notification of the IT Rules, […]
NEW DELHI — A court here has dismissed the bail pleas of eight accused persons arrested for vandalising the residence of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s noting that prima facie it is clear that their fundamental right to peacefully protest is exceeded by them knowingly or intentionally. Though the right to assemble and protest by […]
NEW DELHI — Petrol and diesel prices were hiked by 80 paise a litre each on Wednesday, taking the total increase in rates in 16 days to Rs 10 per litre. Petrol in Delhi will now cost Rs 105.41 per litre as against Rs 104.61 previously while diesel rates have gone up from Rs 95.87 […]
NEW DELHI — Over 600 social media accounts of the central government were hacked in the last five years, Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur told the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. Responding to a query on the hacking of government’s Twitter handles and e-mail accounts, the minister said since 2017, 641 such accounts have been […]
BENGALURU — After the demand of removing loudspeakers from mosques in Maharashtra, the Hindu organisations have started demanding the same in Karnataka. Sri Rama Sene has urged the ruling BJP government in Karnataka to take action in this regard. The authorities are concerned about the development as ‘Ramazan’ season has begun and SSLC (Class 10) […]
NEW DELHI — The Delhi High Court Monday quashed a Look Out Circular (LOC) issued against journalist Rana Ayyub by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and allowed her to travel abroad. The Court said that the LOC was issued in “haste” and there was no cogent reason for presuming that she will not appear before the […]
BENGALURU — In another incident of communal unrest in Karnataka, a clash broke out between Hindus and Muslims on Sunday following heated arguments during Ugadi celebrations in Yaradona village. The clash between the groups broke out allegedly over DJ songs being played near Masjids on loudspeakers. The groups pelted stones at each other, near Jamia […]
NEW DELHI — Petrol and diesel prices were on Tuesday hiked by 80 paise a litre each, taking the total increase in rates in the last two weeks to Rs 9.20 per litre. Petrol in Delhi will now cost Rs 104.61 per litre as against Rs 103.81 previously, while diesel rates have gone up from […]