Shimla: Amid escalating tensions over the Sinjauli mosque in Shimla, a Muslim welfare committee on Thursday urged the municipal commissioner to seal the unauthorised portion and also offered to demolish it in accordance with a court order. The panel comprises the Imam of the mosque and members of the Waqf board and the mosque management…
New Delhi: India and China on Thursday discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in the civil aviation sector, including resumption of direct flights between the two countries. Civil Aviation Minister K Rammohan Naidu, Civil Aviation Secretary Vumlunmang Vualnam and other senior officials met with representatives from China on the sidelines of the Asia Pacific Ministerial Conference…
New Delhi: CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury died at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here on Thursday following prolonged illness, hospital and party sources said. He was 72. Yechury had been in a critical condition for the last few days and was on respiratory support. The veteran leader died at 3.05 pm,…
The recent uproar sparked by the opposition over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s participation in a Ganesh puja at the residence of Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud is a case of manufactured outrage. The objection raised by the opposition over two constitutional heads attending a religious event together is not only baseless but also…
New Delhi: Researchers have identified 174 genes shared between dyslexia and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), results that shed new light on their genetic origins. The team, led by researchers at the University of Edinburgh, UK, said that of the 174 genes, 121 had not been previously identified. They also located 49 genetic regions shared…
Los Angeles: Hollywood star Michael B Jordan has lined up his second directorial project — a new iteration of classic “The Thomas Crown Affair”. According to entertainment news outlet Deadline, Jordan will direct the new version of the romantic heist movie for Amazon MGM Studios, which will release the film exclusively in theatres worldwide. Jordan,…
Kolkata: Junior doctors on Thursday continued their sit-in outside the West Bengal Health Department’s office as well as their ‘cease work’ over the alleged rape and murder of a young medic at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. The agitating doctors have been demonstrating outside ‘Swathya Bhavan’, the state health department headquarters, for over 40…
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in Karnataka Assembly R Ashoka on Thursday blamed the Siddaramaiah-led government for the ‘collapse’ of law and order in the state and alleged that the attack on Ganesh idol procession in Mandya district is a direct fallout of ‘appeasement politics’. His reaction came a day after violent clashes broke out between…
New Delhi: National Security Advisor Ajit Doval has held wide-ranging talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu in St Petersburg and discussed important issues of “mutual interests” amid fresh calls for India’s possible role in finding a solution to the Ukraine conflict. The Doval-Shoigu meeting on Wednesday evening took place on the margins of a…
The Indian National Congress (INC), once the mighty force that steered India to independence, finds itself today in a desperate bid to regain relevance. For decades, the party that claims the mantle of having single-handedly won India’s freedom has been increasingly sidelined in the nation’s politics. This growing irrelevance, driven by a string of electoral…
