Jaipur: Four policemen were injured when a mob pelted stones while they were removing iron railings erected along the road outside a mosque in Jaipur district early on Friday, police said. The incident occurred around 3 am near the bus stand area in Chomu town, located 40 kilometres away from Jaipur. Tensions erupted when police…
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate on Friday said it has lodged a money laundering case against an Islamic preacher hailing from Uttar Pradesh but based in the UK currently for his alleged radical links, including with a Pakistani outfit, officials said. The case against Maulana Shamsul Huda Khan under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act…
Srinagar: Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, the chief cleric and a moderate separatist voice in the Kashmir Valley, on Thursday evening removed his designation as ‘Chairman All Parties Hurriyat Conference’ from his verified X profile. The edited bio in Miriwaiz’s X handle only contains his name and basic location details. He has more than two lakh followers….
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday will participate in a programme marking Veer Baal Diwas, which is observed to commemorate the martyrdom of ‘Sahibzadas’, the sons of Sri Guru Gobind Singh. The prime minister will also address the event to be held at Bharat Mandapam here, an official statement said. On the occasion…
Kolkata: The Trinamool Congress on Thursday claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has not been vocal against attacks on Hindus in Bangladesh, while asserting that the ruling party in West Bengal stands by the minority community in the neighbouring country. West Bengal minister Shashi Panja claimed that the state BJP was trying to create a…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said irregularities in team selection and sports that often happened before 2014 came to an end a decade ago, and now children from even the poorest families can rise to the top levels purely through hard work and talent. Addressing the ‘Sansad Khel Mahotsav’, a sports and…
New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday claimed that the redefinition of the Aravallis would render over 90 per cent of the hills unprotected and open them up for mining and other activities. In a post on X, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said there is no connection between Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “global talk and…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday attended a Christmas morning service at the Cathedral Church of the Redemption here along with a large congregation of Christians of Delhi and north India. The service included prayers, carols, hymns and a special prayer for the prime minister by Rt. Rev. Dr. Paul Swarup, the Bishop…
Ranchi: Jharkhand can play a pivotal role in India’s net-zero transition by repurposing about 45,000 hectares of mining land, leveraging legacy energy assets and scaling low-carbon industrial pathways, according to a new study. The study by Delhi-based think tank International Forum for Environment, Sustainability and Technology (iFOREST) presented a comprehensive assessment of the state’s transition…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday paid tributes to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his 101st birth anniversary and said his personality, work and leadership will continue to be a guiding light for the all-around development of the nation. Vajpayee served as the prime minister of India thrice between 1996 and…
