PATNA — Setting an example of communal harmony in the country, a Muslim family in Bihar has donated land worth Rs.2.5 crore for construction of the world’s largest Hindu temple–Virat Ramayan Mandir—in the Kaithwalia area of East Champaran district in the state. Talking to reporters here on Monday, Acharya Kishore Kunal, chief of the Patna-based […]
NEW DELHI — Petrol and diesel prices on Tuesday were hiked by 80 paise a litre each while domestic cooking gas prices were increased by Rs 50 per cylinder, ending a over four and half month election-related hiatus in rate revision, sources said. Petrol in Delhi will now cost Rs 96.21 per litre as against […]
BHUJ (GUJARAT) — A 17-year-old girl was allegedly abducted and gang-raped after being forced to consume country-made liquor on the outskirts of Bhuj town in Gujarat’s Kutch district, police said on Sunday. Four persons have been arrested in connection with the crime, which took place on a farm at the foot of a hill in […]
BENGALURU — The mortal remains of a medical student from the state, who was killed in Russian shelling in war-torn Ukraine, arrived at the airport here on Monday. Naveen Shekarappa Gyanagaudar, a Final Year Medical student at Kharkiv National Medical University, died on March 1, in the conflict zone. Gyanagaudar’s family members, Chief Minister Basavaraj […]
NEW DELHI — The price of diesel sold to bulk users has been hiked by about Rs 25 per litre in line with a near 40 per cent rise in international oil prices, but retail rates at petrol pumps remain unchanged, sources said. Petrol pump sales have jumped by a fifth this month after bulk […]
KUSHINAGAR (UP) — Three Hindu youths were gravely injured in a knife attack while they were exiting the cinema hall after watching the movie, ‘The Kashmir Files’. The incident took place in Fazilnagar in Kushinagar district. The victims have been identified as Sachin, Krishna and Rahul. The youths had gone to the cinema hall to […]
PUNE — A girl was allegedly raped on separate occasions by her teenage brother and their father while her grandfather and a distant uncle used to sexually assault her too, quoting Pune Police news agency PTI reported. The police added that the crime was committed over the last five years. Police have registered a case […]
LUCKNOW — Well-known Shia cleric, Maulana Kalbe Jawad, has said that the controversy over ‘hijab’ was an “example of Islamophobia” and that Muslims should establish as many educational institutions as possible to ensure that they do not have to rely on others for education. Jawad, who is the general secretary of Majlis-e-Ulama-e-Hind, said ‘hijab’ was […]
BENGALURU — Two people have been arrested in connection with issuing death threats to the Special Bench judges of the Karnataka High Court who dismissed the petitions seeking permission to wear hijab inside the classrooms. While Kovai Rahamathulla was arrested from Tirunelveli, S. Jamal Mohammad Usmani was taken into custody from Thanjaur. Both the arrests […]
RAISEN (MP) — One person was killed and 53 others were injured after Muslims and members of a tribal community clashed in the Khamariya village of Madhya Pradesh’s Raisen district on Friday, reported Indian Express. According to the Raisen police, between 5 pm and 6 pm, a man riding a motorcycle along with his sister […]