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Protest against molestation: 80 girls quit school and sit on hunger strike in Haryana

Rohtak: Girl students of Gothera Tappa Dahena village in Rewari’s Khol bock are on hunger strike and stopped going to school. They demand to upgrade the village high school to senior secondary school as they have to go to school in Kanwali which is three kilometers from the village. According to

Palestinian President arrives in India to strengthen ties

New Delhi: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas arrived on Sunday on a four-day visit to India in a bid to strengthen ties with New Delhi ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s historic trip to Israel. The Palestine President arrived with a delegation for his third state visit to India, where he wi

Mumbai Police on alert as 26 Pakistanis go missing in city

New Delhi, May 13: The Mumbai Police is on high alert as 26 Pakistani nationals have reportedly gone missing in the city in the past few weeks. None of those missing had given accurate details about where they were staying or who they had come to meet while submitting the C-form, which a Pakistan

Uttar Pradesh cancels Eid Milad-un-Nabi, Jummat-ul-Wida holidays, along with 15 others

The Indian state of Uttar Pradesh's (UP) Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) led government has announced an end to holidays for Eid Milad-un-Nabi, Jummat-ul-Wida, and 15 other public holidays, BBC Urdu reported. The announcement was made on Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's Twitter account on Tuesday. Bes

Arrest warrant issued against Ramdev over beheading remark

New Delhi, May 13: A Rohtak court has issued a bailable arrest warrant against yog guru Baba Ramdev in a case over his 'beheading remark'. Ramdev had said if he was not bound by law, he could have "beheaded lakhs of people refusing to chant Bharat Mata Ki Jai". Congress leader Subhash Batra had l

RSS worker hackedto death in Kannur

In fresh escalation of tension, a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) worker was hacked to death near Payyannur here on Friday by alleged Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] workers. The deceased has been identified as Choorakkad Biju (34) of nearby Kakkampara. He was one of the accused in

Cannot Take Away The Right To Eat Non-Vegetarian Food: Court to Uttar Pradesh Government

LUCKNOW: The Allahabad High Court on Friday said the government cannot take away the right of people to eat non-vegetarian food and asked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in the state to find a solution to the slaughterhouse issue before July 17. The court was hearing a petition agains

National Herald case: Sonia, Rahul to face IT probe after Delhi HC order

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday declined to stay the income tax proceedings against Young India Ltd in the National Herald case, which involves Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi. A bench of Justices S Muralidhar and Chander Shekhar asked the company to approach the Income T

All-party meeting on EVMs gets under way

An all-party meeting convened by the Election Commission of India primarily to discuss the reliability of the electronic voting machine (EVM) — an issue flagged by Opposition parties — got under way in New Delhi on Friday. After a couple of days, the Commission will allow claimants to prove that

UAPA tribunal upholds govt ban on Zakir Naik’s IRF

NEW DELHI: A special tribunal on Thursday upheld the Centre's ban on controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik's Islamic Research Foundation (IRF), saying there were sufficient reasons, including a threat to India's security, to outlaw it. The tribunal was set up under the Unlawful Activities Preve

Supreme Court begins triple talaq hearing, says won’t touch polygamy issue

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court began on Thursday the first-ever judicial exercise to test the legality of a Muslim personal law provision, but restricted itself to examining the validity of the triple talaq mode of divorce, ruling out the scrutiny of nikah halala and polygamy. This sets the clock t

Sanjay Mitra named Defence Secretary

The Centre has appointed Sanjay Mitra as the Defence Secretary to take charge later this month, the Prime Minister-led Appointments Committee of the Cabinet said on Wednesday. Mitra, currently secretary, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, has been posted as an officer on special duty in Defenc

Indian-origin Sikh man stabbed to death in US for refusing to sell cigarettes

A 32-year-old Sikh man has been stabbed to death by an unidentified person allegedly over cigarettes outside a grocery store in California, the third Indian-origin victim to be killed in a week in the US state. Jagjeet Singh, who was a clerk at the Hatch Food and Gas convenience store, came to

ICJ to hold public hearings in Jadhav case on May 15

New Delhi [India]: In another development, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) will be holding public hearings in the Kulbhushan Jadhav case on May 15. The International Court of Justice, the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, yesterday put a stay on the death sentence given by

People tear posters, banners of BJP in UP

Meerut: Some people today tore posters and banners of the BJP here, claiming that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Aditynath did not garland the statue of B R Ambedkar, the police said. The protestors in Gadhi also vandalised a liquor shop, they said. However, the police restored order. No

Petrol bomb hurled at BJP leader’s house; none injured

Sivaganga: A petrol bomb was hurled at the residence of BJP leader Muthuraman at Devakottai in the district by some unidentified persons early this morning, but none of the inmates were injured, police said. Some window panes were damaged, they said Muthuraman is the State secretary of the p

Only three days needed to hack EVMs across Delhi, says Sisodia

New Delhi [India]: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) confidently said on Tuesday that it needed just three days to hack all Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) across Delhi. Delhi Deputy Chief Minister and AAP leader Manish Sisodia said no government in power other than the AAP has shown the courage to q

SC lauds efforts of Haji Ali Dargah in removing encroachments

New Delhi: The Supreme Court today asked Mumbai’s Haji Ali Dargah Trust to remove encroachments in a 500 square metre area in the historic shrine within four weeks, while lauding its efforts in this regard so far. The apex court said if the encroachers failed to comply with the order to remove