India
Ayodhya Mosque Trust Slams Owaisi's Remarks, Says 'No Piece of Land Where Prayer Given to Allah is Haraam'
Secretary of the Ayodhya Mosque Trust, Indo-Islamic Cultural Foundation (IICF) Athar Husain said Owaisi was a politician from Hyderabad and his remarks were a part of his political agenda.
As Tensions With China Simmer, Jaishankar Outlines Eight Principles to Repair Ties With Neighbour
In an address at an online conference on India-China ties, Jaishankar said the events in eastern Ladakh last year have profoundly disturbed the relationship and asserted that any attempt to unilaterally change the status quo along the LAC is "completely u...
Twice the Protection, Half the Risk: Why Double Masking is the Need of the Hour
Experts, including Dr Anthony Fauci – America’s top infectious diseases expert – are advocating for the use of two masks instead of one as the world grapples with newer, more mutant strains of the coronavirus.
UP Police Remove Protesting Farmers Blocking National Highway in Baghpat, Tents Destroyed
Following the orders of the District Magistrate and the Superintendent of Police, cops reached the protest site and removed the farmers. Scores of protesting farmers were sitting at the protest site on the National Highway 709b.
Budget 2021: Bullet Trains to Expand Network Across Country as Govt Likely to Raise Allocation for Railways
The draft plan proposed an 8,000-kilometre-long high-speed rail network by 2051. This would include new bullet train corridors such as Varanasi-Patna, Amritsar-Jammu and Patna-Guwahati among others.
'Tribute to Jayalalithaa's Achievements': Tamil Nadu Govt Opens Grand 'Phoenix' Memorial of Late CM
The grand memorial, modelled on a phoenix to depict Jayalalithaa's political resurgence against all odds, was unveiled with incumbent K Palaniswami vowing to form 'Amma's' government after the coming assembly election.
OPINION | Was China Testing Waters for a Fresh Round of Crisis With its Failed Sikkim Misadventure?
For a country, which has for long, profoundly believed in Deng Xiaoping’s philosophy of ‘hide your strength, bide your time’, and one which proficiently analyses every plan before putting it to execution, it is highly unlikely that the Sikkim incident was...
After R-Day Rafale Show, 3 More Jets on Way to India from France in Non-stop Flight
India had signed an inter-governmental agreement with France in September 2016 for procurement of 36 Rafale fighter jets at a cost of around Rs 58,000 crore.
Two Farmer Unions Withdraw from Protests After Republic Day Violence in Delhi
The Rashtriya Kisan Mazdoor Sangathan and the Bharatiya Kisan Union (Bhanu), which had publicly denounced the violence, have pulled out of the ongoing protests against the three contentious farm laws.
Amit Shah Reviews Law and Order, Briefed About Steps Taken to Ensure Peace in Delhi
Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla and senior officers of the Ministry of Home Affairs and Delhi Police attended the meeting.
Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee Responsible for Breaking Tractor Rally's Route, Say Farmer Unions
An emergency meeting of 32 organisations was called to plan the future course of action for the movement.
Owner Of Raj Kapoor's Ancestral Home In Pakistan Refuses To Sell Building At Govt Rate
The owner of Indian film legend Raj Kapoor's ancestral home in Peshawar has refused to sell the building at the rate fixed by the provincial Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government, saying the prime-location property has been severely undervalued. Earlier in the...
Dalit Couple in UP Grievously Injured in Acid Attack
The couple has been sent to a hospital in Allahabad for treatment while the children were safe, police said, adding a probe into the matter was underway and no arrest has been made yet.
Mumbai Local Train Services to Resume Partially From Today But You Won't be Able to Travel Yet. Here's Why
A letter has been sent to all the station masters by the Traffic Control Department of the Mumbai Central Division of Western Railway regarding the same.
I Feel Ashamed, Take Responsibility: Yogendra Yadav on Violence During Farmers' Tractor Rally
Swaraj India president Yogendra Yadav said said violence impacts any kind of protest in a wrong way, while adding prima facie it looks like it has been done by the people that farmer leaders had kept out of the protest.
Padma Awards: BJP's 'Soft Corner' for Paswan Leaves Ally JD(U) Red Faced
The former union minister was awarded the Padma Bhushan posthumously. The JD(U) has squarely blamed its poor show in the recent assembly elections on the rebellion of Chirag Paswan who gave tickets to a number of BJP rebels from seats contested by Nitish'...