BENGALURU — Amid a raging controversy over hijab norms at various Karnataka campuses, islamist organisation the Popular Front of India (PFI) on Monday alleged that the colleges in the state were violating religious freedom of Muslims. PFI General Secretary Nasir Pasha issued a statement saying the colleges were creating needless controversy over the hijab as […]
NEW DELHI — India saw a single-day rise of 2,58,089 new coronavirus infections taking the tally of cases to 3,73,80,253, which included 8,209 cases of the Omicron variant detected so far, according to data updated by the Union Health Ministry on Monday. A total of 8,209 cases of the Omicron variant have been detected across […]
NEW DELHI — Even after three weeks, female students at the Government Women’s PU college in Udupi, Karnataka, have still not being allowed entry into classrooms for “wearing a hijab”. The six students have been marked “absent” by the college since December 31, 2021. Their parents approached the college to talk about the issue, but […]
BIJNOR (UP) — A private ‘bank’ that promised Muslims to keep their money secured, has duped hundreds of people of their money and the main accused has reportedly fled to Dubai. According to the police, hundreds of villagers in the Nagina area have lost the hard-earned money they had deposited with ‘Al Faizan Muslim Fund […]
NEW DELHI — The India Meteorological Department revealed that the year 2021 was the fifth warmest in India since 1901, with the country recording its annual mean surface air temperature at 0.44 degree Celsius above normal. “The year 2021 was the fifth warmest year after 2016, 2009, 2017 and 2010 since 1901. The annual mean […]
NEW DELHI — India added 2,71,202 new coronavirus infections, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,71,22,164, including 7,743 cases of the Omicron variant, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The country saw 1,702 new cases of Omicron variant, the highest in a single day so far, and an increase […]
NEW DELHI — A 42-year-old man was arrested for allegedly stealing luxury cars on demand from the national capital and supplying the vehicles to UP and Kashmir, police said on Saturday. The accused was identified as Kunal alias Tanuj, a resident of Sangam Vihar here, they said, adding that he called himself ‘Car Raja’. A […]
NEW DELHI — India registered 2,68,833 new Covid infections in a day taking the tally to 3,68,50,962, which includes 6,041 Omicron variant cases, according to the Union Health Ministry data on Saturday. With 402 more deaths, the number of people who have succumbed to the viral disease has risen to 4,85,752. The case fatality rate […]
HARIDWAR — Yati Narsinghanand, one of the religious leaders accused in the Haridwar hate speeches case told the police, “All of you will die”, when when co-accused Jitendra Narayan Singh Tyagi was arrested yesterday. Tyagi, formerly known as Waseem Rizvi, is the first accused to be arrested in the hate speech case in which provocative […]
NEW DELHI — India saw a single day jump of 2,64,202 new coronavirus infections, the highest in 239 days, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,65,82,129 which includes 5,753 cases of the Omicron variant, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. There has been a 4.83 per cent increase in […]