New Delhi: Delhi Home Minister Ashish Sood on Wednesday said stone pelting during the removal of encroachment near Faiz-e-Elahi mosque in Turkman Gate area of the walled city was “unfortunate” and warned that violence will not be tolerated. At least five police personnel were injured after some people allegedly pelted stones and glass bottles at…
Chennai: The Dr Anbumani Ramadoss-led faction of PMK in Tamil Nadu joined the NDA on Wednesday, with the leader calling on AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami here, months ahead of the Assembly polls in the state. AIADMK leads the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Tamil Nadu. Ramadoss met the AIADMK general secretary at his residence…
New Delhi: The BJP on Wednesday launched a fresh attack on the Congress, alleging that while the Somnath temple was plundered by Mahmud of Ghazni and Alauddin Khilji in the past but in independent India, the country’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, hated Lord Somnath the most. In a series of posts on X, BJP…
Thiruvananthapuram: BJP Kerala chief Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Wednesday said the Outer Ring Road (ORR) project will be a decisive turning point in the development of Thiruvananthapuram, the state capital. This project is essential to fully realise and harness the immense potential of the Vizhinjam International Seaport project, and more than 6,500 families awaiting compensation would…
Akola: Maharashtra Congress vice president Hidayatullah Patel, who was stabbed at a mosque in Akola district, succumbed to his injuries during treatment on Wednesday morning, police said. The alleged attacker has been arrested, they said. Patel (66) was attacked with a sharp weapon by the accused over an old enmity at around 1.30 pm on…
New Delhi: At least five police personnel were injured after an anti-encroachment drive near a mosque in Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan area turned violent early Wednesday, officials said. The clashes erupted when officials of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) were carrying out a demolition drive on land adjoining the Syed Faiz Elahi Mosque and a…
New Delhi: BJP leader Ram Madhav on Tuesday said politics in India has reached a point where predicting the voter behaviour has become difficult. The president of the India Foundation made the remark at the launch of Ruhi Tewari’s book, What Women Want — an exploration of how Indian women vote and why. The role…
Jammu: Expressing concern over growing traffic congestion in urban centres, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday instructed the PWD to prepare well-thought-out and technically sound Detailed Project Reports for flyovers and road projects in the twin cities of Srinagar and Jammu. Abdullah reviewed projects being executed by the Public Works (Roads &…
Rampurahat: Claiming that Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen has been served with an SIR hearing notice by the EC, TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee on Tuesday gave a clarion call to his party’s supporters to “un-map the BJP from Bengal” and ensure victory in 250 of the 294 seats in the upcoming assembly elections in West Bengal….
New Delhi: A group of JNU students raised controversial slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah inside the university campus after the Supreme Court denied bail to Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in the 2020 riots conspiracy case. According to a purported video of the protest, which was held on…
