NEW DELHI — Following the ban on Tablighi Jamaat by Saudi Arabia, the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), an affiliate of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), has demanded a ban on similar patterns in India, with VHP working president Alok Kumar calling the organisation “a manufacturing hub of radical Islamic terror” and “a host and patron […]
NEW DELHI — The concept of investigative journalism is “unfortunately” vanishing from the media canvas, “at least in the Indian context”, Chief Justice of India NV Ramana said on Wednesday. CJI Ramana remark came while speaking at the launch of the book “Blood Sanders: The Great Forest Heist” authored by senior journalist Sudhakar Reddy Udumula, […]
KARNATAKA — Controversy has engulfed Karnataka after Senior Congress leader K R Ramesh Kumar and Assembly Speaker Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri’s sexist conversation went viral. Kumar, a former speaker of the House, said to the Speaker, “There’s a saying… when rape is inevitable, lie down and enjoy it. That’s exactly the position into which you are.” […]
MUMBAI — Ex-INX media executive Indrani Mukerjea today made a sensational statement, claiming that her daughter Sheena Bora is alive and in Kashmir. Indrani Mukerjea, who is accused of murdering Bora and is currently serving time in prison for the same, has written a letter to the investigating agency as well the special CBI court […]
DHAMTARI — A 26-year-old woman allegedly hanged her two minor sons to death and then committed suicide at their home in Chhattisgarh’s Dhamtari district, police said on Thursday. The incident took place on Wednesday in Dhuma village, located about 50 km from the state capital Raipur, when the woman’s husband, a vegetable vendor, and other […]
NEW DELHI — Army Chief Gen MM Naravane has assumed the charge as the chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee that comprises the three service chiefs, people familiar with the development said on Wednesday. The post fell vacant following the death of Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat in the IAF helicopter crash […]
NEW DELHI — Prominent Muslim body Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind’s chief Maulana Arshad Madani met Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to India Saud Bin Mohammed Al-Sati and conveyed concerns over the “allegations” levelled by that country’s Ministry of Islamic Affairs against the Tablighi Jamaat, the Jamiat said on Tuesday. In a statement, the Jamiat said that Madani during his […]
MATHURA (UP) — A local court in Mathura has transferred the ongoing case of the eight PFI activists, including Malayali journalist Siddiqui Kappan, to a special NIA court in Lucknow. While Kappan and three others, Atiq-ur-Rahman, Masood Ahmad and Alam, were booked under charges of sedition and Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) after they attempted […]
KOHIMA — Top organisations of the Konyak tribe in Nagaland have announced a set of regulations, including “strict non-cooperation” with the army, saying the people will follow them until justice is served in the killing of 14 civilians by security forces in a botched up operation and its aftermath in the North-eastern state earlier this […]
NEW DELHI — BJP MP Subramanian Swamy here on Monday criticised his party’s government at the Centre, saying neither the PM nor the finance minister know economics. He also held the Union finance minister responsible for the price rise it the country, saying she does not consult anyone. “The government does not understand economics, neither […]