Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday, while hearing a plea against a Varanasi court order refusing to direct the ASI to survey the Gyanvapi mosque’s ‘wazukhana’, asked the petitioner to file an affidavit stating about a similar document earlier submitted by another plaintiff in the case. The order was passed by Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal…
Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday urged the newly-established State Women Commission to prepare a comprehensive programme to protect women’s interests and foster leadership skills. He highlighted that the ‘Nari Shakti Vandan’ Act would soon be implemented nationwide, reserving one-third of the seats in the Lok Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies for women. To…
Agartala: Around 500 militants belonging to outlawed groups National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) and All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF) on Tuesday laid down arms before Chief Minister Manik Saha. While welcoming the militants to the mainstream at a function in Jampuijala in Sepahijala district, the chief minister asserted that militancy is not the solution…
New Delhi: The NIA conducted searches at multiple locations across Tamil Nadu on Tuesday as part of its probe into an “anti-election campaign” promoted by the Hizb-ut-Tahrir, a pan-Islamist organisation seeking to establish Islamic rule in the country, an official statement said. It said officials of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) raided the houses of…
Bolapur (WB): Trinamool Congress leader Anubrata Mondal, who returned to his home in West Bengal’s Birbhum district on Tuesday morning after spending over two years in Tihar Jail in connection with several cases, expressed his unwavering support for party supremo and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Mondal was greeted by his supporters with blowing of traditional…
Srinagar: Over 2.5 million voters will decide the fate of 239 candidates in the fray for 26 Jammu and Kashmir assembly seats in the second phase of the election to be held in the Union territory on Wednesday. These assembly constituencies are spread over six districts – three in the Valley and as many in…
Bengaluru: In a significant blow to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, the Karnataka High Court on Tuesday dismissed his petition challenging Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot’s decision to approve his prosecution in the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) case. The ruling casts a shadow on Siddaramaiah’s political future, as the initiation of prosecution puts him in a difficult position…
Jaipur: Targeted by the Congress over his comments against Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, Union Minister Ravneet Singh Bittu defended his stand and said the opposition party should instead protest against Gandhi’s remarks in the US on Sikhs. A few days ago, Bittu had attacked Gandhi over the statements he made in…
Chandigarh: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday slammed the Congress on farmers’ issue and said not a single state ruled by the grand old party is procuring 24 crops at minimum support price like Haryana does. After addressing a poll rally in Tohana, Shah kept up the attack on Congress on various fronts at…
New Delhi: Amid a change of guard in Sri Lanka, many former Indian diplomats on Monday said the results of the presidential election in the island country were on expected lines and going forward, the two neighbours will have to be sensitive to each other’s concerns. Marxist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake took oath as the…
