Alappuzha: A Kerala court on Tuesday sentenced to death 14 persons associated with the now-banned Islamist outfit Popular Front of India (PFI) in connection with the murder of BJP OBC wing leader Ranjith Sreenivasan in this district in December 2021. The sentence was pronounced by Mavelikkara Additional District Judge V G Sreedevi. The prosecution had…
Bhubaneshwar: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday expressed apprehension that the 2024 Lok Sabha elections would be the last opportunity for the people to save democracy, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi might prefer dictatorship in case his party wins the upcoming polls. He also urged people to keep away from the BJP and its ideologue…
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi alleged it was tragic that ‘deserving poor villagers’ of Nagapattinam district in the state were not able to get the benefit of the PM Awas Yojana due to ‘administrative apathy.’ Ravi, who visited Nagappattinam district in the Cauvery delta region of the state on January 28, alleged in…
New Delhi/Ranchi: An Enforcement Directorate team on Monday visited the Delhi residence of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren to question him in connection with a money laundering investigation in an alleged land fraud case and camped there for over 13 hours. Official sources claimed Soren was “missing” and could not be contacted by the federal…
New Delhi: Union Minister of State Shantanu Thakur has said that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) will be implemented across the country in a week. “Today I am giving a guarantee that CAA will be implemented in Bengal and other states of India in the next seven days,” Thakur said while addressing a public gathering…
Hyderabad: Six members of a family, including two children, died in a road accident in Nalgonda district of Telangana, police said on Monday. The mishap occurred when the family members were returning to their village in the district in a car late Sunday night after a visit to temples in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh. Tragedy struck…
Thiruvananthapuram: The ruling CPI(M) in Kerala issued a pointed reminder to Governor Arif Mohammed Khan on Monday that his role is that of the head of state, and it is inappropriate of him to adopt the demeanor of a “street goon”. The party characterised Khan’s recent wayside sit-in against the SFI’s black flag protest as…
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said it is crucial to instill resilience in children to help them cope with pressures and asserted that parents and teachers should collectively address challenges faced by students. Interacting with students, parents and teachers during his annual Pariksha Pe Charcha programme, the prime minister advised parents against…
New Delhi: A woman died and 17 devotees were injured when a stage set up for a religious function, attended by singer B Praak, at the Kalkaji temple here collapsed on Sunday, police said. The incident occurred around 12.30 am when an elevated wooden platform, supported by an iron frame, set up near the main…
New Delhi: A controversy erupted on Sunday over UGC’s draft guidelines proposing that any vacancy reserved for SC, ST and OBC candidates can be “declared unreserved” if enough candidates from these categories are not available, with the Congress terming it a conspiracy to do away with quota in higher education institutions. Union Education Minister Dharmendra…
