New Delhi: Minorities in India are safe and fake narratives stating the contrary must be debunked, Union minister Kiren Rijiju said on Tuesday, asserting that minority communities will continue to play a big role in nation building. Addressing a national conference of State Minority Commissions organised by the National Commission for Minorities (NCM), Rijiju said…
Mumbai: Satish Salian, father of former celebrity manager Disha Salian, on Tuesday submitted a complaint to the Joint Commissioner of Police demanding registration of a case against Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Aaditya Thackeray and others in connection with his daughter’s death in 2020. Salian visited the office of the joint commissioner of police (crime) in…
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and UN secretary general’s special envoy Julie Bishop on Tuesday held talks focusing on the fast-unfolding situation in Myanmar. Bishop is currently on a visit to India. In April last year, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed Bishop as his special envoy on Myanmar. “Glad to meet UN Special…
New Delhi: An integrated command and control Centre has been proposed in the 2025-26 Delhi budget, presented by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Tuesday, for real-time monitoring of air quality, water pollution, noise levels, and waste management. Presenting the 2025-26 Budget in the Delhi Assembly, Gupta announced an allocation of Rs 506 crore for the…
New Delhi: Avalanches are a recurring natural phenomenon in high-altitude areas such as Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Arunachal Pradesh, and the government is aware of the significant risks they pose to human lives and property, Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday. Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai said automated weather…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Tuesday slammed the Centre over alleged language imposition and financial injustices and batted for resolution of the issue once and for all by way of precise initiatives and asserted that he would soon make an announcement in this regard. Stalin, replying to the discussion on the…
New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Minority Morcha is launching the ‘Saugat-e-Modi’ campaign to support 32 lakh underprivileged Muslims across the country ahead of Eid by distributing special kits. The initiative, kicking off from Nizamuddin in Delhi on Tuesday under the guidance of BJP National President JP Nadda, seeks to ensure that poor Muslim…
Dantewada (Chattisgarh): Three Naxalites were killed in an encounter with security forces in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district on Tuesday, police said. The gunfight broke out at around 8 am in a forest along the border of the Dantewada and Bijapur districts when a team of security personnel was out on an anti-Naxalite operation, a police official…
Mumbai: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has likened comedian Kunal Kamra’s jibe at him to taking “supari” (contract) to speak against someone and said there should be decorum while making a satire, otherwise, the “action causes a reaction”. Freedom of speech is there, but there should be a limit, Shinde said on Monday, reacting…
Lucknow: The Allahabad High Court on Monday granted more time to the Centre to place before it the outcome of a representation moved against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, seeking cancellation of his 2024 parliamentary election owing to his alleged concealment of his British citizenship. The Lucknow bench of the court also directed that the matter…
