Defence Minister Parrikar refrains from speaking on BSF jawan viral video
Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India]: Refraining from speaking on Border Security Force (BSF) soldier video, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Thursday said that he did not want to comment on the issue as the BSF comes under the Home Ministry. “I don’t want to comment on it as the BSF comes under Hom
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat to address rally in Kolkata
New Delhi: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat will address a rally in the city on the last day of the two-day internal meeting of the organisation’s West Bengal unit set to begin from January 14. Bidyut Mukherjee, in charge of RSS’s south Bengal units, confirmed that Bhagwat would be in Kolkata on January 1
No legal validity for talaq certificate issued by kazi: HC
The Madras High Court today ruled that a certificate issued by the chief kazi on talaq is only an opinion and has no legal validity. The bench, comprising Chief Justice S K Kaul and Justice M M Sundresh, gave the ruling while passing interim orders on a PIL by lawyer and former MLA Bader Syed.
National-level boxing player Imran kicked out for sporting beard in Mumbai
MUMBAI: A National-level taekwondo and kick-boxing player barred from a boxing competition because he has the beard as part of his Muslim faith. According to Hindustan Times report, Sayyed Imran Ali, a second-year BCom student at GR Patil College in Mumbra came to University Sports Pavilion in Ma
Islamic Development Bank to open first Indian branch in Gujarat
Gandhinagar: India will soon have Islamic banking facilities with the Saudi Arabia-based Islamic Development Bank (IDB) set to start its India operations from Gujarat, the Gulf kingdom’s envoy in New Delhi said on Wednesday. “I would like to point to a very important development in our cooperatio
Distressed mother of Ishrat Jahan told to pay for security cover
MUMBAI: Family members of fake encounter victim Ishrat Jahan have been asked to pay for security cover by Thane police. According to DNA reports, Mumbra police said Ishrat’s mother, Shamima Kausar have to pay three months dues of Rs 1,723 per day. She can avail police protection if she clears
‘What if it happens to you’: Bihar MLA questions schoolgirls over rape case
Patna/Hajipur: Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) MLA Lalan Paswan has stirred a controversy by purportedly asking objectionable questions to girls of a residential Dalit school in Bihar’s Vaishali district where he had gone in connection with death of a Class X girl allegedly after being raped. H
Food being served to us is pathetic, says jawan, BSF calls him 'alcoholic'; MHA seeks report
New Delhi: A day after a border guard's video alleging that food of poor quality was served to jawans on the frontlines went viral and sparked a nationwide outrage, the Home Minister on Tuesday directed the Border Security Force to submit a fact report on the issue by tomorrow. On Monday, in a Fa
At Vibrant Gujarat Summit, PM Narendra Modi says India World's 6th Largest Manufacturing Country
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said here on Tuesday that India was on the threshold of becoming the world’s largest digitised economy offering immense opportunities to global investors. Mr. Modi was inaugurating the Vibrant Gujarat Summit. In his 35-minute address in English and Hindi, Mr. Modi
Will not remain silent spectator if poll code is violated, Election Commission warns political parties
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Tuesday warned political parties that it will take "stern action" against violation of the model code of conduct and said it will not remain a "mute spectator". In a letter addressed to office bearers of political parties, the poll panel reminded the parties
Government bus rams into private bus in Bareilly, 6 dead, several injured
Bhatkallys News | Jan 10,2017 Bareilly -- In Uttar Pradesh six people have been killed and several others injured after a bus rammed into another parked on National Highway-24 in Bareilly district. The stationary bus was a private bus while the one that collided with it was a Uttar Pradesh State
Akhnoor: Terrorists kill three workers in attack on GREF camp near LoC
IN WHAT is being described as a major security lapse, at least two terrorists sneaked in nearly 2 km across the Line of Control (LoC), entered a General Reserve Engineer Force (GREF) camp at Battal, killed three sleeping workers and escaped without facing any resistance early Monday. According to se
Two-day Chintan Baithak of RSS starts in Ajmer
Jaipur:The two-day Chintan Baithak of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) started in Ajmer today to discuss matters of the organisation. Sources said that RSS general secretary Bhaiya ji Joshi and BJP leaders including state BJP president Ashok Parnami and state Home minister Gulab Chand Kataria ar
SC seeks NHRC reply on plea to prevent torture of prisoners
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on a plea seeking direction to frame an effective law to prevent torture and inhuman treatment of prisoners in custody. A bench of the Chief Justice J.S. Khehar, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and Justice L.
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind voices concern over SC judgment
New Delhi: Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) on Saturday voiced concern over the Supreme Court judgment that banned the use of religion and caste to seek votes and claimed the order can be “misused”. On January 2, a seven-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court said that religion, race, caste, com
Man charged for molesting sleeping woman on Air India flight to US
WASHINGTON: An Indian national allegedly groped a female passenger while she was asleep on a Air India flight from Mumbai to New York in the US. Ganesh Parkar, 40, appeared in a federal court in New Jersey on last week and was released on $50,000 unsecured bond and has been put under house arrest
Triple talaq evil, use it to divorce the gun: RSS leader
Amid a raging debate on triple talaq, senior RSS leader Indresh Kumar today described the practice as “evil” and used it as a metaphor to appeal to the youth of Kashmir to divorce the gun and shun violence. “Talaq is evil… And teachings of prophet also say no to it. So, if you want to say talaq,
Sidhu likely to join Congress soon
New Delhi: After his wife joined the Congress, former BJP MP Navjot Singh Sidhu is also likely to join the party soon. Sources said the move may materialise soon after Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi arrives back from his visit abroad. Gandhi is likely to return to Delhi tomorrow. Sources
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