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Delhiites told to stay home as temperature hits 49 degrees
An intense heatwave scorched parts of north India on Sunday with places in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh recording 49 degrees Celsius and above while the weather office has warned of heavy rainfall across Kerala and sounded a red alert for five districts. In Delhi, the Safdarjung observatory recorded 45.6...
Fadnavis likens MVA govt to Babri-like structure
Maharashtra Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis yesterday compared the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government to a Babri-like structure and said he would not rest till he brings it down. “I will not rest till I bring down the Babri-like structure of your power,” Mr Fadnavis said. He chanted Hanuman...
10 killed in ‘racially motivated’ shooting at US store
A heavily armed 18-year-old white gunman shot 10 people dead on Saturday at a Buffalo, New York grocery store in a “racially motivated” attack that he live-streamed on camera, authorities said. The gunman, who was wearing a helmet and tactical gear, was arrested after the massacre, Buffalo Police Commissioner...
Fake Hindutva party misleading nation, says Uddhav Thackeray
There is “a fake Hindutva party” misleading the nation, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said on Saturday in a counter attack on the BJP that questioned the party’s Hindutva credentials. “There is fake Hindutva party that’s misleading the nation. Devendra Fadnavis (Maharashtra ex chief minister) was speaking about their...
Shah says he has never seen a govt worse than KCR’s
As next year’s poll battle for Telangana heats up, Congress, BJP, and the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) have already started training guns on each other. In the latest attack on Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah taunted him saying he doesn’t...
Punjab Cong ex-chief quits party after disciplinary notice
Sunil Jakhar, senior Congress leader and former chief of its Punjab unit, quit the party today, weeks after he was issued a showcause notice by the leadership over his criticism of former Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi. “Goodbye and good luck, Congress,” Jakhar said in a Facebook live video...
Delhi inferno building owners arrested
At least 27 people died and 12 were injured after a fire broke out in a four-storey commercial building in west Delhi’s Mundka on Friday evening, police said. Police are yet to share details about the identity of the victims. The injured have been admitted to the Sanjay Gandhi...
Terrorists kill wife of Kashmiri pandit
The wife of Rahul Bhat, a Kashmiri pandit who was killed by the terrorists yesterday in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam, on Friday said that she is suspecting that terrorists must have acquired information about her husband’s identity from his workplace before killing. Notably, Rahul Bhat, who was a government...
Owaisi says Gyanvapi Masjid verdict a violation
All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday termed the Gyanvapi Masjid verdict a “blatant violation” of the Places of Worship Act 1991. As per the Act, “no person shall convert any place of worship of any religious denomination or any section thereof into a place of...
BJP playing with people’s sentiments, says Pilot
Congress’s Sachin Pilot today blamed the recent communal controversies in Rajasthan on the BJP, saying the party must stop “playing with people’s sentiments”. “Rajasthan has always been a peaceful state. The people have lived in harmony and amity. We have to stop the forces that are triggering these clashes,”...
J&K protests after Kashmiri pandit’s killing
Massive protests were held in several parts of Jammu and Kashmir last night as Kashmiri Pandits demanded safety in the wake of the killing of a 36-year-old man from the community. Members of the community left their transit camps, where they have been living since their exodus during the...
Modi calls for WHO reforms at covid summit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the World Health Organisation must be reformed and strengthened to build more resilient global health security architecture. Also, the rules of the World Trade Organisation need to be more flexible, he said at the Global Virtual Summit on Covid on Thursday evening. At...
Wickremesinghe takes oath as Sri Lanka PM
Sri Lanka’s veteran political leader Ranil Wickremesinghe has been appointed the next Prime Minister of the crisis-hit island nation by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. The 73-year-old has taken the oath of office, according to the media office of the President, who in an address to the nation yesterday, declared that...
UP’s top cop shunted out for ‘disobeying orders’
The chief of police in Uttar Pradesh has been removed from his post, the state government said today, declaring in a statement that was “not taking interest in work” and was “disobeying orders”. Director General of Police Mukul Goel has been shunted to an insignificant post — the Director...
Supreme Court holds all sedition law cases till review
The controversial sedition law will be paused while the government reviews it, the Supreme Court said today in a landmark order that impacts hundreds charged under the colonial-era relic. Those jailed for sedition can approach courts for bail. No new FIRs will be filed for sedition and all pending...
Shoot-at-sight orders in Lanka as protest intensifies
Sri Lankan authorities issued shoot-on-sight orders on Tuesday to quell unrest that has seen buildings and vehicles set ablaze a day after the island was rocked by deadly violence and rioting. With thousands of security forces enforcing a curfew, the defence ministry said troops “have been ordered to shoot...
US Intelligence says India-China ties to remain strained
The ties between India and China will “remain strained” in the wake of the “lethal clash” in 2020, the US intelligence community has told lawmakers as it also expressed concerns over any potential crisis between India and Pakistan. In its annual threat assessment presented before the Senate Armed Services...
Red alert for Andhra as cyclone Asani changes track
Cyclone Asani has changed its direction and is going to touch the nearby Kakinada coast, said the Visakhapatnam cyclone warning centre director Sunanda adding that after touching the Kakinada coast, it will come again to sea between Kakinada and Visakhapatnam. “Cyclone warning and a red alert have been given...
