A special NIA court in Mumbai on Wednesday dropped all charges under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) against Sadhvi Pragya Thakur, Lt Colonel Purohit and two others in the 2008 Malegaon blast case. However, both Sadhvi Pragya and Purohit will will face trial under an

NEW DELHI: The finance ministry has asked public sector banks (PSBs) to look at rationalising their domestic and overseas branches as part of the reform process to strengthen their financials. The National Organisation of Bank Workers (NOBW) on Tuesday opposed the decision that closure of oversea

JAIPUR: There has now been a new turn in the brutal murder case of Muslim laborer Mohammed Afrazul in Rajsamand district of Udaipur division. According to Times Of India reports, it has been revealed that the ‘hate’ killer Shambhalal Regar used the love jihad tag to hide his illicit relationship.

Unnao, Uttar Pradesh: After being in severe bad light due to Gorakhpur’s BRD hospital tragedy, another medical disaster has taken place in Unnao of Yogi Adityanath’s Uttar Pradesh. Where Health Minister Sidharth Nath Singh on Tuesday had to remove Chief Medical Officer, Rajendra Prasad, after doc

NEW DELHI: Kulbhushan Jadhav, the Indian sentenced to death in Pakistan, Jadhav met his wife and mother for around 45 minutes across a glass screen, more than a year after he was arrested by the Pakistani army and accused of spying. Pakistan’s foreign office tweeted photos of the meeting at the Mini

Mumbai: A private school in Thane, Maharashtra has taken a decision to ban Muslim female students from wearing hijab citing security on the premises. This decision was resented by parents and they protested against the school management. Going into the details, Symbiosis Convent High School in Mu

In a first such uproar by resident doctors of AIIMS over poor infrastructure and degrading healthcare system, the Resident Doctors’ Association (RDA) has asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to “live” their life for a day to understand their stress. The move comes after several doctors in Rajasthan

Lucknow: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Sunday said that it will request Prime Minister Narendra Modi to withhold and withdraw the proposed bill that criminalises the practice of instant divorce. Criticising The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2017, AIMP

New Delhi: BJP MP Subramanian Swamy on Thursday denounced the governments move to oppose the United States decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital at the United Nations, saying India has made a “huge mistake”. India joined 127 other countries to vote in the United Nations General Asse

New Delhi [India]: Senior Congress leader and Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for insinuating that former vice-president Hamid Ansari and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh were colluding with Pakistan to defeat the Bharatiya Janata Par

New Delhi: At least 207 people had died in Delhi because of acute respiratory infections (ARI) in 2016, the year the city witnessed its most severe episodes of air pollution, compared to the situations in previous years. The data was submitted to the Lok Sabha on Friday by the Ministry of Environ

AHMEDABAD: Gujarat Assembly will have three Muslim members this time. Three Muslim candidates fielded by the Congress emerged victorious in the just-concluded Assembly elections. In 2012, two candidates from the minority community had made it to the Assembly on Congress’ ticket. The Congres

New Delhi: A Metro train on a new line that was scheduled to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 25, hit a wall during its trial. The incident had occurred at 3.40 p.m. at the Kalindi Kunj Metro Depot after its brake failed, the Delhi Metro said. “A trial train was moved

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the “impressive victories” in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh showed there was strong support for the “politics of good governance and development”. “Election results in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh indicate a strong support for politics of good

Aligarh: The Hindu Jagaran Manch has warned schools in Uttar Pradesh’s Aligarh to not to celebrate Christmas. As per the members of the Hindu outfit, celebrating Christmas is a step towards religious conversion. Sonu Savita, the ‘mahanagar’ president of Hindu Jagaran Manch, alleged that the ac

Ahmedabad : Patidar leader Hardik Patel on Monday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of tampering EVM’s in Gujarat. At a time the BJP is on its way to register another win in the state, Patel while addressing a press conference said, “The results of BJP winning signifies that EVMs were tamp

Surat: After Congress candidate, Ashok Jariwala, made complaints of possible EVM hacking, the Wi-Fi service at a college in Surat was suspended. The electronic voting machines were used in the recently held Gujarat Assembly polls and were kept in Gandhi Engineering College’s campus, situated at A

New Delhi: Welcoming the decision of Modi government to treat instant triple talaq as illegal and void and will attract a jail term of three years for the husband, All India Ittehad Millat Council Chairman Tauqeer Raza Khan said today the present government wants to declare instant talaq as a crime