NEW DELHI — Actor Naseeruddin Shah has said those calling for a genocide of Muslims are in effect calling for a full-scale civil war. In an interview to The Wire seeking his opinion on the genocide calls, Shah told Karan Thapar: “I wonder if these people know what they are talking about. What they are […]
LUCKNOW — Probe has been ordered after well-known poet Akbar Allahabadi has been mentioned as ‘Akbar Prayagraji after the name of Allahabad was changed to Prayagraj by the Yogi Adityanath government, three years ago, IANS reported. The name of the poet as Akbar Prayagraji appeared on the website of the Uttar Pradesh Higher Education Service […]
NEW DELHI — The Congress on Tuesday slammed the Centre for refusing to renew FCRA registration of Nobel Laureate Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity over “some adverse inputs”. “Nothing can be more shocking than denying future foreign contributions to the Missionaries of Charity in Kolkata, West Bengal. This is the greatest insult to the memory […]
NEW DELHI — Protesting against the Hindu right-wing or ‘Dharam Sansad’ held in Uttarakhand’s Haridwar earlier this month, student groups, activists and civil society members collected outside the Uttarakhand Sadan in Delhi on Monday (December 27). Following political outrage and pressure over the event, the police in Uttarakhand booked Jitendra Narayan Tyagi, earlier known as […]
NEW DELHI — Federation of All India Medical Association (FAIMA) has called for a complete withdrawal from all healthcare services across the country from 8 am on December 29 “in protest against brute force by Delhi Police against doctors.” In a statement, the FAIMA said that resident doctors were protesting peacefully and alleged that female […]
NEW DELHI — Days after hate speeches were made by various Hindu right-wing members including people associated with Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) and journalists in Delhi and Haridwar, seventy-six advocates of the Supreme Court, have written to Chief Justice of India NV asking the court to take suo motu cognizance. Naming a list of people […]
NEW DELHI — The Ministry of Home Affairs on Monday said the Missionaries of Charity’s application for renewal of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) registration was refused on December 25 for not meeting eligibility conditions as some adverse inputs were received. In a statement, the MHA also said that it did not freeze any […]
NEW DELHI — Four women cadres were among six Maoists killed in an “exchange of fire” with a police combing party in the dense forest area straddling the restive Telangana-Chhattisgarh border early this morning, The Hindu reported. The police are yet to confirm the exact place of the “exchange of fire” and the identity of […]
NEW DELHI — The admission process in most of the central universities will change from the upcoming academic session as Central University Common Entrance Test (CUCET) will come into force for admission to all undergraduate courses in different central universities across the country. The Union Education Ministry and the University Grants Commission (UGC) have informed […]
NEW DELHI — Hitting out at the Centre over the Nagaland firing incident earlier this month, the Congress on Sunday demanded Home Minister Amit Shah’s resignation, compensation to the victims and an independent probe headed by a sitting Guwahati High Court judge. The Opposition party made the demands after a delegation, comprising Congress general secretary […]