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CJ accuses media of giving everything a communal tone
New Delhi: News shown in a section of the media bears a communal tone, which could bring a bad name to the country, the Supreme Court today observed on a petition linked to the Tablighi Jamaat gathering last year in Delhi that was blamed for a spike in Covid cases....
Cow Protection must be made fundamental right: Allahabad HC
Lucknow: The cow should be declared the national animal of India and its protection should be part of the fundamental rights of the Hindu community, the Allahabad High Court said on Wednesday. The animal had an important part to play in Indian culture and was revered as a...
Naseeruddin Shah condemns Muslims celebrating Taliban
New Delhi: Veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah has condemned what he says are “sections of Indian Muslims celebrating the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan”, calling it dangerous. “Even as the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan is a cause for concern for the whole world, celebrations of the barbarians...
Chandan Mitra is dead
New Delhi: Chandan Mitra, editor-politician who had been ailing for some time, passed away late last night, tweeted his son. He was 65. “Since it is already out there; Dad passed away late last night. He had been suffering for a while,” tweeted his son Kushan Mitra. Since...
Haryana Govt transfers officer for action against farmers
Chandigarh: The Haryana government has transferred 19 IAS officers, including Karnal Sub-Divisional Magistrate Ayush Sinha, who was recently caught on tape allegedly telling policemen dealing with a farmers’ protest to “break their heads”. Mr Sinha will now be the additional secretary of the Citizen Resources Information Department, a government...
Delhi schools reopen after 17 months
Schools in the national capital reopened with strict anti-Covid measures in place after a gap of 17 months. The new guidelines —- put in place to curb the potential spread of Covid —- include mandatory thermal screening, staggered lunch breaks, alternate seating arrangements, 50% seating per classroom, and...
Amarinder backs Jallianwala renovation, contradicts Rahul
New Delhi: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Wednesday appeared to support the renovations at Jallianwala Bagh, for which the Centre has been facing a storm of criticism from opposition, historians and the civil society. The Congress government of Punjab has also been in the line of fire,...
Nine Supreme Court judges take oath in one go
New Delhi: Nine new Supreme Court judges, including three women, were administered their oaths of office by Chief Justice NV Ramana on Tuesday morning. This is the first time in the history of India’s highest court that nine judges have been sworn in at one time. The ceremony...
Gunfire at Kabul airport amid Taliban takeover
Kabul: Celebratory gunfire echoed across Kabul as Taliban fighters took control of the airport before dawn on Tuesday following the withdrawal of the last U.S. troops, ending 20 years of war that left the Islamic militia stronger than it was in 2001. Shaky video footage distributed by the Taliban...
ICHR says Nehru poster controversy ‘unnecessary’
New Delhi: Facing flak from opposition parties for excluding Jawaharlal Nehru’s image from a poster celebrating the 75th year of independence, the Indian Council of Historical Research (ICHR) said the controversy over the issue is “unnecessary” as other posters being released in the coming days will feature the first...
CBI files 28 cases in Bengal post-poll violence
Kolkata: More than 100 CBI officers crisscrossing Bengal to investigate post-poll violence on orders of the Calcutta High Court have filed 28 cases so far, seven of them on Sunday. Two persons arrested on Saturday in the Nadia district have been sent to judicial custody till 10th September. The...
Workers made to push train wagon after snag in MP
A technical fault with a tower wagon (a self-propelled unit used to inspect over-head cables powering electric locomotives) at a railway station in Madhya Pradesh’s Harda led to a heartbreaking sight – around three dozen people forced to manually push the wagon from the main line to another track....
Taliban ‘minister’ says women can attend university
Kabul: Afghan women will be allowed to study at university but there would be a ban on mixed classes under their rule, the Taliban’s acting higher education minister said on Sunday. The hardline Islamist group that stormed to power in mid-August after ousting the Western-back government have vowed to...
US fears threat near Kabul airport, asks citizens to leave
Washington: The United States warned Saturday of a “specific, credible threat” near Kabul airport and urged its citizens to leave the area, days after a deadly attack on crowds fleeing Taliban rule in Afghanistan. A series of urgent terror warnings have rattled evacuation efforts overseen by US forces, who...
US launches drone strikes against ISIS after Kabul blasts
Washington: The US military said Friday it had carried out a drone strike against a “planner” of the Islamic State-Khorasan, the group which claimed credit for the deadly suicide bombing at Kabul airport. “The unmanned airstrike occurred in the Nangarhar Province of Afghanistan. Initial indications are that we killed...
Dramatic arrest of UP ex-cop who challenged Yogi Adityanath
Lucknow: A former senior Uttar Pradesh police officer was arrested on Friday in a dramatic fashion in Lucknow in an abetment-to-suicide case shortly after he proposed the name of his proposed political party that, he said, will contest the 2022 state assembly polls. Forcibly retired by the Union Home...
85 killed In Kabul airport carnage; US on alert for attacks
US forces helping to evacuate Afghans desperate to flee Taliban rule were on alert for more attacks on Friday after at least one Islamic State suicide bomber killed 85 people including 13 US soldiers outside the gates of Kabul airport. Two blasts and gunfire rocked the area outside the...
Biden vows revenge: ‘We will hunt you down’
Washington: US President Joe Biden pledged Thursday to hunt down the perpetrators of the suicide bombings that killed 12 American troops in Kabul and said the United States will not be deterred from its mission to evacuate thousands of civilians from Afghanistan. “To those who carried out this attack...
