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MP minister wants cow rearing mandatory for contesting polls
A minister in the Shivraj Singh Chouhan-led government in Madhya Pradesh has backed cow rearing act (gaupalan kanun), saying those public representatives aspiring for polls should compulsorily rear cows. Raising this demand, Minister for New and Renewable Energy and Environment Hardeep Singh Dang has said that he would write...
Hindus, Sikhs take refuge in Kabul Gurdwara
Many Hindus and Sikhs have taken refuge in Kabul’s Karte Parwan gurdwara after Afghanistan fell into the hands of the Taliban, DSGMC president Manjinder Singh Sirsa claimed on Monday. The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee chief said he was in touch with the president of the Gurdwara Committee of...
Desperate scenes at Kabul airport
New Delhi: A video of hundreds of Afghans jostling to climb into an aeroplane to fly out of the country amid the Taliban’s return may become the latest defining image of desperation in a war-torn country. A parked aircraft at Kabul airport is surrounded by a sea of...
Centre informs SC about panel to examine Pegasus issue
The Pegasus snooping allegations will be examined by a group of experts in the field, the government told the Supreme Court today. The Centre has denied allegations linked to recent reports that Israeli Pegasus spyware was used to target opposition leaders, journalists and others, in a two-page affidavit filed...
Sin to stay silent when Constitution trampled upon: Sonia
As India enters the 75th year of independence, the Congress Monday said party chief Sonia Gandhi has urged people to introspect what freedom means and told them it is a “sin” to remain silent when fundamental rights and the Constitution are “trampled upon”. She also said the country’s democracy...
Afghans worried about return of Sharia
Kabul: The Taliban entered Afghanistan capital Kabul today and Western-backed President Ashraf Ghani left the country, with the terrorists saying they were seeking complete power. Two officials from the Islamist group told Reuters there would be no transitional government following their lighting sweep across Afghanistan that led back to...
TMC sees Mamata as key architect of Modi ouster plan
The Trinamool Congress Sunday vowed to oust the government at the Centre after the 2024 Lok Sabha polls and asserted that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee would be one of the key architects of the change of guard. The ruling TMC, in an editorial in its mouthpiece Jago...
Ministers ask Naidu to ‘punish unruly Rajya Sabha MPs’
New Delhi: The “unprecedented, extreme, and violent acts” by Opposition MPs in the Rajya Sabha last week demands stern action, a delegation of seven Union Ministers has submitted to House Chairman Venkaiah Naidu. Receiving a memorandum on the matter from the team, he said he will examine the matter...
Sibal backs Sonia’s Opposition unity move
Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Sunday welcomed party chief Sonia Gandhi’s initiative of bringing like-minded political parties together, but urged her to strengthen her own party, saying no Opposition unity is possible without it. Sibal, however, said he along with other leaders of the “Group of 23″, who...
Modi promises big changes in next 25 years
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, outlining the aspirations of a new India on its 75th Independence Day, said the country “should not confine our 75th year in a single celebration”. “We should lay the ground for new goals, move forward with a new determination,” he said, pointing...
Modi orders August 14 to be observed as Partition Horrors Day
Underscoring that pain of Partition can never be forgotten, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today announced that August 14 will be observed as Partition Horrors Remembrance Day, a day before India’s Independence Day. Pakistan celebrates its Independence Day on August 14. “Partition’s pains can never be forgotten. Millions of our...
India among nations not ready to recognize Taliban rule
New Delhi: India, Germany, Qatar, Turkey and several other nations have reaffirmed to not recognise any government in Afghanistan that is imposed through the use of military force and called for an immediate end to violence and attacks in the war-torn country. A statement issued by Qatar on Friday...
Embassies brace up for evacuations
Kabul: The Afghan Taliban tightened their territorial stranglehold around Kabul on Saturday, as refugees from the insurgents’ relentless offensive flooded the capital and US Marines returned to oversee emergency evacuations. With the country’s second- and third-largest cities having fallen into Taliban hands, Kabul has effectively become the besieged, last...
Allahabad HC quashes NSA detention for cow slaughter
Lucknow: The Allahabad High Court has quashed the detention of three men under the stringent National Security Act (NSA) for cow slaughter, saying the issue may be a matter of law and order but not public order. Hearing habeas corpus petitions, the Lucknow Bench of the High Court said...
Tamil Nadu announces tax cut of Rs 3 on petrol
Tamil Nadu finance minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan, presenting his maiden budget to the assembly on Friday, said the government has decided to cut tax on petrol by Rs 3 per litre. “I am happy to inform the house that this government has decided to reduce the effective rate of...
Flight tickets to get costlier as fare cap raised for 4th time
New Delhi: Flight tickets are about to get more expensive as the government has raised the price cap on domestic airfares for the second time in just over two months by 9 to 12 per cent. In an order dated Thursday, the lower limit for flights under 40 minutes...
Farm stir leadership seen acquiring political hues
Despite assertion by farmer leaders that the protests against the Centre’s three farm laws were apolitical, the claims were being severely tested on the ground as a section of the leadership seems to be veering towards a ‘political intervention’ as the state assembly elections draw nearer. Contrasting views seem...
Mumbai sees 1st death from Delta variant
Mumbai: Three deaths from the Delta Plus Covid variant have been reported from Maharashtra, including one in Mumbai, at a time the state is trying to ease tough restrictions in place for months. A 63-year-old woman who died on July 27 is reported to be Mumbai’s first Delta...
