NEW DELHI — Various opposition parties of India including the Indian National Congress have been protesting in support of their demand for revoking the suspension of 12 Rajya Sabha MPs. During the protest, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that the democracy is being killed as the opposition is not being allowed to raise issues in […]
NEW DELHI — The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Monday issued a statement announcing the setting up of “an expert committee to thoroughly review and strengthen the question paper setting process”. The move follows repeated complaints of blunders in the board’s question papers for the Class 10 and 12 term 1 examinations. At least […]
NEW DELHI — After the recent civilian killings in Nagaland, there is a clamor in the northeast States to revoke the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act or the AFSPA. However, four years ago, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) decision to remove areas under the AFSPA was resisted by at least two States — […]
NEW DELHI — The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has come under fire over a comprehension passage in the class 10 English paper held on Saturday promoting “misogyny” and “gender stereotyping”. In the class 10 exam, the question paper, as per wire agency PTI carried a comprehension passage with sentences like “emancipation of women […]
NEW DELHI — Actor-model Harnaaz Sandhu made history on Monday as she was crowned Miss Universe 2021 — beating contestants from 80 countries — 21 years after India last brought home the title. Only two Indians before Sandhu have won the title of Miss Universe – actors Sushmita Sen in 1994 and Lara Dutta in […]
NEW DELHI — Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband has condemned the reported decision of Saudi Arabia to ban Islamic missionary movement Tablighi Jamaat after denouncing it as a ”gateway of terrorism”, news agency PTI reported. Chief Rector of the seminary, Maulana Abul Qasim Nomani, has asked Saudi Arabia to rethink its decision, saying otherwise a […]
KARNATAKA — Hindu right-wing groups have set Christian religious books on fire in Kolar area of Karnataka state and handed over four persons to the police alleging forced religious conversion, reports said on Sunday. The incident, according to reports, was reported on December 12, ahead of the Karnataka government’s proposal to table the Anti-Conversion Bill […]
MUMBAI — The Mumbai Police has registered an FIR against the organisers of AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi’s rally held here the day before for allegedly violating COVID-19 norms and defying section 144 of CrPC, an official said on Sunday. The FIR registered by Sakinaka Police on Saturday late night named Sabre Alam and four others, […]
KOHIMA — Konyak Union, a tribal body in Nagaland, on Saturday demanded apology from Union Home Minister Amit Shah and retraction of his “misleading” statement in Parliament, while rejecting the term “mistaken identity” and that the forces had opened fire on civilians in “self-defence”. Shah had earlier said in Parliament that six civilians mistaken as […]
KOLKATA — In a rare judgment, the Calcutta High Court has asked the state government to pay a Nepali citizen Rs 5 lakh as compensation for keeping him behind bars for 41 years without trial. After the matter came to light because of a human rights organisation, the Calcutta High Court intervened and released the […]