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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...
Yogi says all faiths lead to same destination
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Friday said all religions lead to the same destination, and urged everyone to follow the path of ‘dharma’. During his two-day visit to Varanasi, he attended the Pattabhishek program of Dr. Mallikarjuna Shivacharya Swami as the 87th Jagadguru of Shri Kashi Peeth in...
Wheat export banned with immediate effect
India has put a ban on the export of wheat with immediate effect, the ministry of commerce said in a notification in a late Friday night notification. The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGDT) in the notification dated May 13 has said that the wheat export ban was...
Azam Khan proves a hard nut to crack for Yogi govt
The 10-time Samajwadi Party MLA and former MP from Rampur, Mohammad Azam Khan, has got bail in almost 88 cases that were lodged against him. He has been in jail for over two years now. But all of a sudden the issue of Azam Khan is emerging as a...
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...
DK Shivakumar, MB Patil call ‘truce’ at Chintan Shivir
Even though Karnataka Congress President D K Shivakumar and the party’s campaign committee chief M B Patil seemed to have called for a truce after the former’s statement raised heckles, there seems to be no end to the public spat between their supporters. Shivakumar’s recent statement suggesting that Higher...
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...
Workers organise warm welcome to Rahul at Chittorgarh station
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi received a warm welcome at Rajasthan’s Chittorgarh Railway station at 5 AM when he reached the state for a three-day brainstorming session called Chintan Shivir, aimed at revamping the Grand Old Party facing a bout of internal dissatisfaction and electoral defeats. In a video shared...
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...
BJP bid to give ‘positive’ twist to SC sedition order
With the Opposition targeting the Centre after the Supreme Court’s stay on the sedition law, the BJP on Wednesday said the order must be viewed in the context of the overall positive suggestion of the government that it wishes to examine the matter which has been “duly accepted” by...
Rijiju says Cong has no right to sermonise on free speech
Hitting out at Rahul Gandhi, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday said that Congress Party and “its ecosystem of the ‘Tukde Tukde’ gang have no right to give sermons to others”. In a series of tweets, Rijiju said, “Empty words by @RahulGandhi If there is one party that...
