Srinagar: In a decisive move to safeguard national security, the Centre on Tuesday banned two Jammu and Kashmir-based organizations—Awami Action Committee (AAC) led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Jammu and Kashmir Ittihadul Muslimeen (JKIM) led by Masroor Abbas Ansari—for five years under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967. The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA)…
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday lashed out at the DMK over the language row as she accused it of hypocrisy, saying the “elderly person” they worship used to describe Tamil as a “barbaric” language which cannot even help beggars get alms. In a fiery speech in the Lok Sabha, Sitharaman said DMK…
Bhubaneshwar: Odisha Assembly Speaker Surama Padhy on Tuesday suspended senior Congress legislator Taraprasad Bahinipati for seven days, hours after a scuffle between members of the ruling BJP and opposition MLAs in the House. Bahinipati has been suspended for his alleged “misconduct and unruly behaviour”. A notice for the motion in this regard was moved by…
New Delhi: Trinamool Congress leaders met the Election Commission on Tuesday over the issue of duplicate voter ID numbers and alleged that Aadhaar cards were being cloned which may lead to the possibility of these being used for fake voter registration. The party demanded that the EC issue a separate list of voter deletions, new…
West Bengal: Trinamool MP Kalyan Banerjee was on Tuesday engaged in a war of words with treasury bench members in Lok Sabha over the stoppage of MNREGA funds for West Bengal. During the Question Hour, Banerjee said the benefits of the MNREGA scheme are not being passed on to West Bengal. “The constant stand by…
Guwahati: Four infiltrators from Bangladesh have been nabbed and deported to the neighbouring country, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. They have been identified as Abdul Kabir, Bodhiur Rahman, Md Tayub and Abdul Kalam. In a post on X after Monday midnight, the CM said, “4 illegal infiltrators held and deported… Continuing with their…
Chandigarh: Punjab police on Monday said it has arrested an Indian-origin transnational drug lord, wanted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in connection with one of the largest narcotics seizures in the US, in Ludhiana. Shehnaz Singh, also known as Shawn Bhinder, had been operating under the guise of a transportation business in Canada…
Chennai: Hitting out at Dharmendra Pradhan for his criticism of the ruling DMK, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Monday strongly hit out at the Union Education Minister, alleging he spoke with “arrogance” considering himself a king and asked him to control his tongue. The CM’s remarks came in the wake of the…
Mhow/Indore: Thirteen persons have been arrested in connection with clashes in Madhya Pradesh’s Mhow town after stone pelting at a rally celebrating the Indian cricket team’s victory in the ICC Champions Trophy final, officials said on Monday. Four persons suffered injuries in the incident which took place late Sunday night, Indore Collector Ashish Singh told…
New Delhi: Lok Sabha proceedings were on Monday adjourned for about 30 minutes after DMK members protested over Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s remarks that the Tamil Nadu government was “dishonest” on the issue of implementing the PM Schools for Rising India (PM SHRI) scheme. Replying to a question on the PM SHRI scheme, Pradhan…
