BAREILLY/NEW DELHI — Founder of Ittehad-e-Millat Council Tauqeer Raza Khan’s call for protest on Friday has got support from All India Tanzeem ul Islam, which on Thursday asked the community members to gather in large numbers. The protest has been called to offer mass sacrifice in protest against hate speeches delivered in Haridwar. Raza Khan appealed […]
NEW DELHI — The single-day rise in coronavirus infections was recorded above one lakh after 214 days, taking India’s total tally of Covid cases to 3,52,26,386, which includes 3,007 cases of omicron reported across 27 states and UTs, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. Out of the total ocases reported so […]
KARNATAKA — The students of a government-run college in Karnataka on Wednesday protested against the Muslim students attending classes with Hijab. As per reports, the government degree college in Balagadi village had given in to the demand of the students with saffron scarves who had asked Muslim women not to attend classes wearing hijab. However, […]
NEW DELHI — Delhi Police IFSO special cell has arrested Neeraj Bishnoi, the alleged main conspirator, and creator of ‘Bulli Bai’. DCP (IFSO) KPS Malhotra informed media outlets that the accused was arrested from Assam and brought to Delhi. KPS Malhotra, Deputy Commissioner of Police, said, “Neeraj Bishnoi, arrested from Assam by Delhi Police Special […]
MUMBAI — Investigations by Mumbai Police have revealed that not only Bulli Bai, but several other handles were used on social media platforms, ostensibly intended to drive a wedge between Sikh and Muslim communities. Mumbai Police Commissioner Hemant Nagrale said that three persons have been arrested so far and the probe has shown other social […]
NEW DELHI — Months after the derogatory “Sulli Deals” app, another app called “Bulli Bai” has appeared that targets women of a particular religion on code hosting platform – GitHub. Reacting to the development, Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on Sunday sought action against those who demean women. She said, “I had raised the issue […]
NEW DELHI — India registered a massive surge in the daily tally of COVID-19 cases, seeing a jump to 90,928 new cases from 58,097 cases yesterday, in the span of 24 hours. Around 325 people succumbed to COVID-19 in the last one day, revealed the Union Health Ministry on Thursday. Currently, the active caseload of […]
NEW DELHI — The Centre on Monday suspended marking of biometric attendance for all its employees till January 31, as a precautionary measure to check the spread of coronavirus. Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh said the decision has been taken in the interest of safety and health of the government employees. “Keeping in […]
CHANDIGARH — Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday inaugurated the Kalpana Chawla Centre for Research in Space Science & Technology at Chandigarh University and said that it is an important step towards strengthening the space sector of the country. He also launched a Scholarship Scheme, worth Rs 10 crore, for the wards of Defence Personnel […]
NEW DELHI — Meghalaya Governor Satya Pal Malik has said that Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi was “very arrogant” when he met him to discuss the farmers issues. Malik, while addressing a social function at Dadri in Haryana on Sunday, said, “He was very arrogant. When I told him that 500 of our own farmers […]