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Timeline: Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi dispute
The first suit regarding the structure was filed in 1885, when the Faizabad Deputy Commissioner refused to let Mahant Raghubar Das build a temple on land adjoining the mosque. The first suit regarding the structure was filed in 1885, when the Faizabad Deputy Commissioner refused to let Mahant R
Doctors at civic-run hospital stop working following attack
Resident doctors at the civic-run Sion Hospital here stopped reporting to duty from this evening to protest recent incidents of assault on doctors. Yesterday, a doctor was allegedly beaten up by the relatives following a patient's death at the Sion Hospital. Similar incident took place at govern
Red beacons removed from ministers' vehicles in Punjab
In its maiden cabinet meeting Saturday, the Congress government in Punjab led by Captain Amarinder Singh decided to do away with the VIP culture by removing red, amber and blue beacons from official vehicles of all the ministers, MLAs, bureaucrats and political appointees. The beacons would be allow
AIMIM corporator held for rioting at Trombay
The city police were faced with a tense situation on Saturday night as a violent mob gathered outside the Trombay police station, pelted it with stones and threw fireballs at the officers. The mob was angered by a social media post depicting a morphed image of a place of worship. The image was po
Adityanath sworn-in as UP CM, vows to work for all sections
Lucknow, Mar 19 (PTI) The BJPs hardline Hindutva mascot Yogi Adityanath today took over as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh with the promise of working for all sections of the society without any discrimination. 44-year-old Adityanath, who was sworn-in as the 21st Chief Minister of the country
Income Tax Department Makes Public List Of Defaulters Owing 448 Crore
NEW DELHI: The Income Tax department today released a list of 29 entities owing 448.02 crore in taxes as part of its strategy to name and shame large defaulters. In advertisements issued in leading national dailies, the department brought out the list of defaulters of income tax and corporate tax
Samjhauta Blast case: NIA court summons 13 Pakistan witnesses
THE PANCHKULA Special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Friday summoned 13 Pakistani witnesses in the 2007 Samjhauta Express bomb blast case to appear in court from July 4 to 7. The blasts had occurred near Dewana railway station in Panipat district of Haryana, killing 68 people, mostly f
JKLF chief Yasin Malik arrested
SRINAGAR: A day after separatists asked voters to desist from participating in the bypolls to Srinagar and Anantnag parliamentary constituencies, JKLF chief Mohammad Yasin Malik was on Saturday arrested from his office here. "A posse of policemen raided Abi Guzar office of the Jammu Kashmir Liber
Racing champ Ashwin Sundar, wife die after car rams into a tree
Chennai: Double Formula 4 racing title holder Ashwin Sundar and his wife Nivedhita died in Chennai on Saturday after the car they were travelling rammed into a road side tree and caught fire. According to information reaching here, the couple was returning home around 3.30 am when its speeding BM
NO EVIDENCE TO SHOW EVMS CAN BE TAMPERED WITH: EC
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Thursday emphasised that electronic voting machines (EVMs) were tamper proof and termed the allegations by some political parties concerning their use in assembly elections to five states as “baseless, speculative and wild”. “ECI unequivocally reiterates th
POLICE BUSTS FAKE CURRENCY PRINTING UNIT
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha police today claimed to have busted a fake currency printing unit at a slum in the state capital after seizure of certain materials used for making counterfeit notes. The seizure was made from Salia Sahi area here. A police team from Baripada in Mayurbhanj jointly with t
ZAKIR NAIK BREAKS HIS SILENCE ON ‘TERRORIST’ REMARKS
KUALA LUMPUR: Televangelist Dr Zakir Naik has denied allegations that he is a terrorist and had instead characterized such people as being terrorists themselves. In an interview with Malay daily Sinar Harian at its Karangkraf office in Shah Alam, the 50-year-old founder of the Islamic Research
DECISION TO BAN ZAKIR NAIK’S IRF WAS IN INTEREST OF INDIA: HC
NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court today held that the Centre’s decision to ban Zakir Naik’s Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) was taken to safeguard national security as it dismissed its plea challenging the ban. Holding that Naik’s foundation’s plea challenging the Centre’s decision has “no meri
پنجاب اور گوا اسمبلی انتخابات میں شکست کے بعد عام آدمی پارٹی میں پھوٹ کے آثار!
نئی دہلی،(بھٹکلیس نیوز)دہلی میں دھماکہ دار جیت کے بعد اپنا ایک منفرد تاثر چھوڑنے والی دہلی کی عام آدمی پارٹی نے دہلی سے باہر پہلی بار پنجاب اور گوا کے انتخابات میں حصہ لیا ۔دونوں ہی ریاستوں میں حالیہ اختیام پذیر اسمبلی انتخابات کے نتائج کے بعد پارٹی پنجاب میں دوسرے نمبر پررہی وہیں گوا میں پارٹی کا ک
Pakistan Rearing 'Good' Terrorists, Battling 'Bad' Ones: Vice President Hamid Ansari
NEW DELHI: Pakistan's military has reared "good" terrorists for cross-border missions while battling "bad" militants that fail to toe its line, Vice President Hamid Ansari said today. Attacking Pakistan for use of terrorism as state policy, he said the most virulent factor fuelling terrorism is sta
ELECTION PANEL REJECTS DEMAND TO USE BALLOT PAPER IN CIVIC POLLS
New Delhi: The Delhi State Election Commission (SEC) on Tuesday rejected Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s demand to hold coming elections to the three municipal corporations in Delhi using ballot papers instead of EVMs. Kejriwal had asked the commission to conduct the April 22 polls through the
MANOHAR PARRIKAR SWORN IN AS THE NEW CHIEF MINISTER OF GOA
PANAJI: BJP leader Manohar Parrikar was sworn in Chief Minister of Goa for the fourth time on Tuesday. Parrikar, who resigned as Defence Minister on Monday, was administered the oath of office by Governor Mridula Sinha in the presence of top BJP leaders including BJP national president Amit Sha
ZIA-UL-HAQ MURDER: CASE AGAINST RAJA BHAIYA AFTER DEATH OF WITNESS
Lucknow: A case has been lodged against Uttar Pradesh minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya after the suspicious death of a witness in the infamous killing of police officer Zia-ul-Haq, police said on Sunday. Along with Raja Bhaiya, who won the assembly election yet again from Kunda