Patna: A prominent Muslim body in Bihar announced that it was turning down Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s invitation for ‘Iftaar’, in protest against his “support” for the Waqf Bill. The Imarat Shariah, which claims to have followers across Bihar, Jharkhand, and Odisha, shared a copy of the letter in response to the invitation for the…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday paid homage to revolutionary freedom fighters Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, and Rajguru, who were hanged by the British for their role in the Lahore conspiracy case. The three revolutionaries joined hands to oppose British rule, with Singh throwing a bomb in the Central Legislative Assembly in April 1929….
Mumbai: The city police has managed to seize around Rs 1.49 crore within 24 hours in 110 complaints of cyber fraud reported through the helpline `1930′, an official said on Saturday. On Friday, the cyber helpline received 110 complaints of various cases of cheating, including investment scams, share trading scams and online shopping scams in…
New Delhi: Bangladesh’s request for a meeting between its interim government’s Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus and Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the upcoming BIMSTEC Summit is under consideration, External Affairs minister S Jaishankar is learnt to have told a Parliamentary panel meeting here on Saturday. At this year’s first meeting of the Parliamentary Consultative Committee…
New Delhi: Delhi saved 269 MW of power, joining hands with other cities of the world by switching off non-essential electrical appliances during Earth Hour on Saturday. The lighting around the India Gate was also switched off to mark Earth Hour. Last year, the city managed to save 206 MW of power during the Earth…
Chennai: Alleging that south India would lose political voice if the NDA government at the Centre carried out delimitation on a population basis, Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Saturday said political parties and leaders of the south must oppose any such move. Addressing the meeting on the delimitation of Lok Sabha constituencies convened…
Bengaluru: The RSS on Saturday expressed serious concern about the allegedly planned violence, injustice and oppression faced by the Hindu and other minority communities at the hands of radical Islamist elements in Bangladesh after the regime change there. On the second day of the meeting of the Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha (ABPS), the highest decision-making…
Bhubaneshwar: Biju Janata Dal (BJD) president Naveen Patnaik on Saturday said that population should not be the only criterion to determine the number of seats in Parliament and sought a detailed discussion with all parties before the commencement of the delimitation process. Addressing the first Joint Action Committee meeting on delimitation convened by Tamil Nadu…
Nagpur: The cost of properties damaged during Nagpur violence will be recovered from rioters and the failure to pay up would lead to the seizure and selling of their properties, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Saturday. Addressing a press conference, Fadnavis said 104 rioters have been identified after analysing videos and footage from…
Chennai: In the first Joint Action Committee meeting of states hosted by Tamil Nadu’s ruling DMK over the proposed delimitation of Parliamentary seats by the Centre, Chief Minister M K Stalin on Saturday made it clear that the fight is likely to be taken forward through the legal route also. In the meeting, Kerala Chief…
