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68 Rajya Sabha members, including 9 Union ministers to retire in 2024
Sixty-eight Rajya Sabha members, including nine Union ministers, are completing their tenures this year. The elections have already been called for three seats in Delhi and one seat in Sikkim. In Delhi, AAP leaders Sanjay Singh, Narain Dass Gupta and Sushil Kumar Gupta will complete their tenures on
FASTags without KYC link to be deactivated after Jan 31: NHAI
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS): The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) on Monday said that FASTags with incomplete KYC will be deactivated or blacklisted by banks after January 31, as part of its move to enhance efficiency of the electronic toll collection system and provide seamless movemen
Javed Akhtar Attends Funeral Of Shayar Munavvar Rana
Lyricist Javed Akhtar attended funeral of Shayar Munavvar Rana who breathed his last at PGI hospital in Lucknow on Sunday following a cardiac arrest. He was 71 and had been battling with a prolonged illness for the past several months. The mortal remains of the renowned Urdu poet reached his residen
Urdu poet Munawwar Rana passes away
Acclaimed poet Munawwar Rana passed away at a hospital in Lucknow due to cardiac arrest on Sunday, 14 January. He was 71 years old. "He was hospitalised for 14 to 15 days due to illness. He was first admitted to Medanta in Lucknow and then to SGPGI where he breathed his last around 11 pm tod
Rahul Gandhi kicks off 6,700-km Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra from Manipur
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and senior party leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday flagged-off his ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’ from Manipur’s Thoubal. From Manipur to Mumbai in Maharashtra, the yatra will cover around 6,700 kilometres over 67 days and pass through 110 districts
Priyanka Gandhi likely to contest Lok Sabha polls from Karnataka, Telangana
Bengaluru, Jan 13 (IANS): Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi is likely to contest on two seats from Karnataka and Telangana during the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Sources said that AICC -- without informing the local Congress unit -- has already conducted surveys in Koppal constitu
Woman’s unique ‘no-phone policy’ in family goes viral
A woman named Manju Gupta, in an effort to reduce smartphone dependency within her family, has introduced an innovative disciplinary measure. Fed up with continuous screen time and lack of personal engagement, she implemented rules whose violation would lead to a month-long prohibition from ordering
Inauguration of temple in Ayodhya by PM kills justice and secularism: Muslim Personal Law Board
Hazrat Maulana Khalid Saifullah Rahmani President of All India Muslim Personal Law Board has said in his press note that the concept of Islam about the universe and its creator is very clear and that is that there is only one God, who created it. He created the universe and all its things, He gives
Mumbai-Guwahati IndiGo flight makes emergency landing in Dhaka amid dense fog
Silchar: An IndiGo flight bound for Guwahati from Mumbai made an emergency landing in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka on Saturday morning amid poor visibility, people aware of the matter said. IndiGo flight 6E 5319 was forced to reroute to Dhaka as it failed to make a landing at Lokpriya Gopin
Muslim family hosts dinner for Sabarimala pilgrims in Koppal
Koppal, Jan 10 (IANS): The photos and videos of a Muslim family hosting 'anna santarpana (to provide food with gratification)' for Sabarimala pilgrims have gone viral on social media in Karnataka. The gesture was being appreciated by people across the state. Khashim Ali Muddaballi
Indian minister visits Madina after New Delhi, Riyadh sign Haj agreement: reports
An Indian delegation led by Union Minister Smriti Irani visited Madina over the weekend as part of a two-day trip to Saudi Arabia, Indian media outlets reported. According to The Indian Express, Irani — who is also the women and child development minister — travelled to Madina along w
'Vacate mosques or else...': Karnataka BJP leader KS Eshwarappa
Former Karnataka minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader KS Eshwarappa on Sunday once again stoked a controversy after he asked Muslims to vacate the mosques allegedly built on demolished temple lands. He warned them of dire consequences if they failed to do so. Addressing a Hindu
Bilkis Bano case | Supreme Court quashes Gujarat’s premature release of convicts
The Supreme Court on January 8 quashed the order of premature release granted by the State of Gujarat in August 2022 to 11 men sentenced to life imprisonment for the gang rape of Bilkis Bano and the murder of her family during the 2002 riots. The court ordered them to report back to jail in two w
Ram Mandir Consecration: Badruddin Ajmal Urges Muslims To Stay Home From Jan 20-25
AIUDF chief and MP Badruddin Ajmal on Saturday urged Muslims to stay home and avoid travel from January 20 to 25 in view of the Ram Mandir consecration ceremony in Ayodhya to “prevent any untoward incident”. Addressing a gathering in Assam’s Barpeta, Ajmal termed the BJP a
Hit-and-run law protest: Truck drivers end protest after Centre's assurance of 'decision after talks'
The truck drivers finally ended their nationwide protest against the new provisions in the hit-and-run road accident cases after the government assured the drivers that before implementing a contentious law against hit-and-run cases, it would discuss the matter with the transport body representing t
Citizenship Amendment Act rules ready, set to be notified before Lok Sabha elections 2024
Four years after the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) triggered massive protests in the country, the government is ready with CAA rules and will likely implement them much before the Lok Sabha elections 2024, a senior government official told news agency PTI on Tuesday. The development comes as the U
LK Advani was sent Ram Mandir inauguration invite only after media reports: Jagadish Shettar
Bengaluru, Jan 3 (IANS): Critising the saffron party, former Karnataka chief minister Jagadish Shettar, who switched to Congress just before the 2023 Assembly polls, said veteran BJP leader L.K. Advani was earlier asked to watch the inaugural ceremony of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya from home. &quo
Truckers protest against new 'hit and run' provision in Maha, Chhattisgarh
Truck drivers staged 'rasta roko' protests at many places in Maharashtra on Monday against the stringent punishment and "steep" fine prescribed for motorists under the hit-and-run provision in the new penal law. In Navi Mumbai, a policeman was injured when a group of truckers at