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Students, guards clash during violence at Allahabad University
Students and security guards clashed at the prestigious Allahabad University this evening after an argument over entry to the campus spiralled out of control. A video circulating on social media showed students throwing stones at the guards and at policemen who were called to the campus after the violence...
Panel wants criminal charges against Trump in Capitol riot
The congressional committee that investigated last year’s attack on the US Capitol recommended Monday that criminal charges be filed against former president Donald Trump. The House panel unanimously urged the Justice Department to pursue Trump for inciting an insurrection, obstruction of an official proceeding, conspiring to defraud the US...
Pope invited to India, Modi tells his Northeast audience
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in Meghalaya’s Shillong to participate in the golden jubilee celebration of the Northeastern Council, said his government has given ‘red card’ to all hurdles in northeast India, like underdevelopment, corruption, unrest, and political favouritism. Addressing the audience in a football ground, the PM used the...
Kejriwal says five Gujarat seats like milking an ox
AAP National Convener Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday termed as “unprecedented success” his party’s foray into Gujarat, a BJP bastion for years, and said winning five seats there was as difficult as “milking an ox.” Addressing the party’s national executive and national council meeting, the Delhi Chief Minister also asserted...
New missile destroyer adds to Navy’s combat capabilities
INS Mormugao, a P15B indigenous stealth guided missile destroyer, was commissioned by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh yesterday in a major boost to the Indian Navy’s maritime and combat capabilities. The warship, measuring 163 metres by 17 metres, is named after the historic port city of Mormugao in Goa. It...
Consent of weaker sections in majority’s morality a myth: CJI
Hundreds of young people die in India due to dishonour killings merely because they love someone or marry outside their caste or against their family’s wishes, Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud said on Saturday, in a speech on “Law and Morality”, according to legal news website Bar...
Kharge demands ‘China pe charcha’ in swipe at PM
The Congress on Saturday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of not allowing a discussion in Parliament on the situation along the border with China and asked why he was not taking the nation into confidence in the matter. His attack on the government came days after Indian Army personnel...
Pak minister threatens India with nuclear war
Pakistan Peoples Party leader Shazia Marri has threatened a nuclear war with India, news agency ANI reported quoting Bol News, a day after India strongly condemned the neighbouring country’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto for his “uncivilised outburst” against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “India should not forget that Pakistan has an...
Row over misleading tweet by Rijiju with old Tawang photo
Law Minister Kiren Rijiju’s tweet showing a photo of him meeting soldiers in Arunachal Pradesh to say the area “is fully secured” has come under criticism as a misleading post. Mr Rijiju had posted another photo, taken from a slightly different angle, from the same visit on October 29,...
Probe ordered into civilian killings outside JK army camp
Home minister Amit Shah has taken a serious note of killing of two civilians outside an army camp in Rajouri and a high level inquiry will be ordered to punish the guilty, the Jammu and Kashmir BJP chief said. “Home Minister Amit Shah has taken a very serious note...
BJP accuses Rajiv Foundation of being on Chinese payroll
Hitting back at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for claiming that India is ignoring the threat of war from China, the BJP on Friday accused him of trying to demoralise the military and took a swipe at his great-grandfather former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Speaking to journalists at a stopover...
India slams Bilawal Bhutto’s comments against Modi
India on Friday blasted Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto over his offensive personal attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, calling it a “new low even for Pakistan”. In a firm and unsparing condemnation of Bilawal Bhutto’s remarks at the UN, New Delhi said Pakistan lacks the credentials to cast...
Child rights body summons BYJU’s over malpractice charge
Top child rights body National Commission for Protection of Child Rights has summoned education technology platform BYJU’s CEO over allegations that it is indulging in malpractices to lure parents and children to buy their courses. According to a media report, BYJU’s is facing a range of complaints on social...
Smriti Irani’s Miss India video spawns TMC-BJP Twitter clash
A video of Union Minister Smriti Irani from the 1998 edition of the Miss India beauty pageant found its way into an online debate over the movie ‘Pathaan’ on Friday, setting off a duel between leaders of the BJP and the Trinamool Congress. Amid the controversy over Deepika Padukone’s...
Human rights body notice to Bihar govt on hootch deaths
65 people have now been confirmed dead in Chapra, in Bihar’s Saran district, due to the consumption of toxic liquor, news agency ANI reported. The tragedy, the biggest since Bihar went dry more than six years ago, is the latest in a long list of such deaths in Bihar...
Beijing in range of newly-launched Agni n-missile
India has successfully carried out night trials of the Agni V nuclear-capable ballistic missile which can hit targets beyond 5,400 km, sources in the Defence Ministry said on Thursday, amid heightened tensions with China over clashes along the de facto border in Arunachal Pradesh last week. The test...
Sukhu denies challenge in naming ministers, delay
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said today that he would form his cabinet after the assembly session, amid reports of intense lobbying for ministries among Congress factions delaying the process. Sukhu denied any pressure or challenge in naming ministers. “There is no pressure, I am very relaxed…always...
Opposition fails to put up unity show over China skirmishes
Separate walkouts by Congress and TMC in the Lok Sabha over skirmishes along the China border have exposed problems in Opposition floor coordination in Parliament. As soon as the Question Hour ended, leader of the Congress party in the House Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, who had moved an adjournment motion...
