Insights from the study, titled "society and politics between elections", show that Indians primarily cultivate friendships with members from their own community.  A survey conducted by the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) revealed that only 33 per cent Hindus count a Mus

TNN | March 30,2017 Lucknow: The anti-terror squad and Kanpur Police on Wednesday arrested the owner of a gun house who allegedly supplied ammunition to a group of youths behind Bhopal-Ujjain passenger train blast, in Madhya Pradesh  Identified as Raghvendra Singh Chauhan of Geeta Nagar in Ka

News18 | March 28,2017 Moradabad: Days after the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Aditya Nath Yogi banned illegal slaughterhouses in the state, a Muslim family was denied permission to serve buffalo meat at his daughter's wedding in Moradabad district. Sarfaraz Hussain told CNN-News18 that he had wr

Patna (Bihar) [India]: Putting forward his arguments in favour of building Ram Temple in Ayodhya, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy on Sunday said a mosque can be demolished but a temple cannot because the God resides there. Swamy said that its people’s misconception to beli

Lucknow: The Babri Masjid Action Committee (BMAC) today said an out-of-court settlement of the Ayodhya dispute was not possible with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Aditya Nath Yogi at the helm of affairs. “With Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief

LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh government is mulling to link the Haj application process with the Aadhaar number of the applicant to ensure “greater transparency” in selection of pilgrims. Officials believe that this would help in identifying those who had undertaken the pilgrimage more than once.

Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) international working president Pravin Togadia on Sunday asked the Centre to pass two laws, one concerning the construction of the Ram temple at Ayodhya and the other to ensure population control across communities, in Ahmedabad on Sunday. Addressing a large crowd at t

BJP MLA from Khatauli in Uttar Pradesh Vikram Saini has refused to apologise for this controversial statement about punishing those showing disrespect to cows and Vande Mataram. Speaking to India Today TV, Saini refused to apologise or express regret for his statement in which he threatened to 'b

Lucknow: An IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre batch Himanshu Kumar was suspended on Saturday for indiscipline. The action followed a series of tweets from the 2010 batch IPS wherein he accused the Aditya Nath Yogi government of targeting selectively Yadavs in UP police as they owe allegiance to the

Ahmedabad:Two persons were killed, one of them in police firing, and 10 others injured while around 50 houses were ransacked and set ablaze along with many vehicles following a communal clash in a village in Gujarat's Patan district on Saturday evening, police said. Patan Superintendent of Police

Gorakhpur: On the first arrival of Aditya Nath Yogi after becoming chief minister on Saturday to Gorakhpur, from where he has been Member of Parliament since 1998, the city was decorated for welcome. The route along MP Inter College and Gorakhnath temple was splashed with saffron using marigold flow

Eminent jurist Fali Nariman today questioned the appointment of Aditya Nath Yogi as the Uttar Pradesh chief minister, asking Prime Minister Narendra Modi "if it is the beginning of a Hindu state". Referring to the developments in Uttar Pradesh after the Assembly elections, he said the constitutio

The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the Election Commission on a PIL which sought a probe into efficacy of electronic voting machines (EVMs) and their correctness in recording votes. Advocate Manohar Lal Sharma had knocked the doors of the apex court after BSP leader Mayawati and AAP l

The emotive issue of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots is all set to take centre stage ahead of next month's Delhi civic polls and haunt the Congress, some of whose leaders have been accused of instigating it. The Supreme Court on Friday said it will re-examine 199 cases recently closed by the Special Invest

LUCKNOW: While some had a hearty laugh on social media, others were flabbergasted with the concept of a squad hunting "for men who harass women" in the country's most populous state. Even the new Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath appeared less than impressed. Mr Adityanath directed the

The Indian Navy once again successfully conducted maiden trial firing of newly installed Surface-to-Air missile system from aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya. The firing was carried out in the Arabian Sea on Wednesday, against a live low flying high speed target. The firing was conducted as pa

PTI | March 22,2017 WARANGAL: In a rare occurrence, a woman has delivered a baby girl with three legs at a hospital in Telangana. The woman, Srilatha, delivered the baby yesterday at government area hospital in adjoining Jangaon district, K Srinivas, a doctor at the medical facility, said. He sa

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has ordered a blanket ban on smuggling of cows and said government will have zero tolerance for offenders. Lucknow, March 22,1017 (PTI): In keeping with the BJP's manifesto, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today directed police officials t