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Tikait asks farmers to chant ‘Allah Hu Akbar’, ‘Har Har Mahadev’
Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait urged farmers and their supporters gathered for the ‘Kisan Mahapanchayat’ to chant ‘Allah hu Akbar’ and Har har Mahadev’ to show solidarity. Called by Sanyukt Kisan Morcha, the mahapanchayat in Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh witnessed a massive turnout of farmers, not just from UP,...
Central team rushed to Kerala as boy dies of Nipah
Kozhikode: A 12-year-old boy died due to Nipah virus infection at a hospital in Kerala, state Health Minister Veena George said on Sunday. The samples of the boy, which were sent to the Pune National Institute of Virology, confirmed the presence of Nipah virus. The Central Government has rushed...
Peace accord signed with Assam’s restive Karbi tribe
Guwahati: Five terrorist groups representing Assam’s Karbi tribe signed a tripartite agreement with the Centre and the state government, kindling hopes of a return of peace after decades of violence. The “historic” Karbi Anglong Peace Accord involves the laying down of arms by members of the community and the...
Amit Shah links freedom of expression to good policing
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said the most important thing in a democracy is a citizen’s independence and freedom of expression which is directly linked to good policing, and this needs to be continuously improved. He said “beat constable” deployed at the lowest level of...
Mahants fume over Owaisi calling Ayodhya as Faizabad
The temple town of Ayodhya known for being the birthplace of Lord Ram has now become the point of interest for most of the political parties ahead of the 2022 Uttar Pradesh State Assembly elections. Now the saints of Ayodhya have come out in protest regarding the convention of...
Crucial Mamata Banerjee by-election on Sept 30
New Delhi: A bypoll for the Bhabanipur Assembly seat in Bengal – the seat Mamata Banerjee will contest and must win to remain Chief Minister – will be held on September 30, the Election Commission said Saturday afternoon. Votes will be counted on October 3, the poll body said...
10 women among 68 recommended as HC judges
New Delhi: In yet another unprecedented decision, a three-member Supreme Court Collegium – headed by Chief Justice NV Ramana – has recommended 68 names in one go for elevation as judges to 12 High Courts, including in Allahabad, Rajasthan and Calcutta, that are facing a severe crunch. The 12...
Mulayam back in action at party office
Ahead of the 2022 assembly election in Uttar Pradesh, the Samajwadi Party patriarch and former chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav has once again become active after a brief illness. Known as ‘Neta ji’ among party cadres, he is a regular at the SP headquarters in Lucknow. He visits the...
Harish Rawat sweeps floors of Gurdwara in repentance
As part of his promised penance for recently comparing Navjot Sidhu and his team to “Panj Pyare”, Congress leader Harish Rawat has captured cleaning shoes and sweeping the floor at a gurdwara today. In a video posted by ANI, the Congress’s Punjab in-charge was seen wiping shoes of devotees...
Black fungus patients back in hospitals
New Delhi: Though Delhi has only a few active cases of mucormycosis, hospitals in the national capital have seen a rise in the numbers of patients who have reported recurrence of the fungal infection after being cured of it. There is no particular age group in which these cases...
Drunk Bihar MLA faces gold snatching charge
The MLA was seen roaming the coach in his undergarments New Delhi: Bihar MLA Gopal Mandal who was already under fire for walking around in his underwear on a train journey has now been accused of being drunk by a fellow passenger. The passenger has also accused him of snatching...
NMP, note ban ‘twin babies’ to loot people, says Congress
Senior Congress leader Ajay Maken on Friday said the Centre’s recently announced National Monetisation Pipeline and the 2016 demonetisation move were “twin babies” aimed at “looting” the people of the country. The NMP, announced by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on August 23, aims to unlock monetary value in...
Sidhu camp chooses back benches in Vidhan Sabha
The fissures among the top leadership of Punjab Congress were visible even inside the Vidhan Sabha during the special session convened to mark the 400th Parkash Purab celebrations of Guru Teg Bahadur. With Navjpot Singh Sidhu and Capt Amarinder continuing to be at loggerheads, the dirty laundry was hung out...
Congress sets up panel to plan stirs on national issues
Congress president Sonia Gandhi set up a nine-member panel of party leaders headed by Digvijaya Singh on Thursday for planning “sustained agitations on national issues”. Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Lok Sabha MP Uttam Kumar Reddy, Rajya Sabha MP Ripun Bora, Manish Chatratha and BK Hariprasad are among...
Supreme Court rejects Sajjan Kumar bail plea
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to grant interim bail to Sajjan Kumar, the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case convict and former Congress MP who is serving a life term. He had sought interim bail on medical grounds but the court noted that his condition is stable and...
BJP gears up for ‘enlightened class’ conference in UP
Treading on the footsteps of the Bahujan Samaj Party, the Bharatiya Janata Party is set to organize an enlightened class conference in all 403 assembly seats of Uttar Pradesh. These enlightened class conferences will start from 5th September. It will be addressed by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, National Vice...
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...
