Anojan Sivarasa’s family has claimed that he was sentenced to death over a social media post allegedly amounting to blasphemy A Sri Lankan opposition lawmaker on Saturday urged President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to seek Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intervention in the case of a young Sri Lankan Tamil facing judicial proceedings in Saudi Arabia.In making…
Bittu was detained by the Ludhiana Police and whisked away to an undisclosed location NEW DELHI: BJP leader and former Union minister Ravneet Singh Bittu was detained by Ludhiana Police on Saturday after he protested with eggs and tomatoes as chief minister Bhagwant Mann’s cavalcade passed through Ludhiana.Bittu was detained by the Ludhiana Police and…
File photo: Thane Police arrest three in connection with TET paper leak case NEW DELHI: The Maharashtra Teacher Eligibility Test paper allegedly walked out of an Agra printing press hidden inside shoe insoles, with two employees paid Rs 8,000 each to smuggle out the confidential examination material, according to a chargesheet filed by Thane City…
Mamata Banerjee faces setback in Rejinagar as her candidate withdraws. NEW DELHI: Rabiul Alam Chowdhury, the Mamata Banerjee-led faction’s candidate for the Rejinagar Assembly bypoll, has decided to withdraw his candidature, dealing another setback to the faction a day after its Nandigram nominee also pulled out.Chowdhury said he was withdrawing because the faction’s newly allotted…
The conference is being held on September 19 and 20 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday inaugurated a two-day international conference on “The Future of Environment and Climate Dynamics”, organised by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi.The conference, being held on September 19 and 20, brings together judges, environmental experts,…
BJP chief Nitin Nabin donates 3 months’ MP salary to Bihar CM relief fund NEW DELHI: BJP chief Nitin Nabin Friday donated three months of his salary as Rajya Sabha MP to help efforts to aid flood victims in his home state Bihar, and asserted central and state govts are making every effort to deal…
Rahul directly questioned Shah over the responsibility for women’s safety in Delhi. Priyanka Gandhi further questioned the government’s response to crimes against women. NEW DELHI: Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra have spoken out over the alleged gang rape and murder of a teenage girl in Delhi, with both questioning the authorities over…
Both Modi and the UAE president discussed new measures to further deepen the strategic partnership, including energy, defence, technology, investment and health NEW DELHI: UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan discussed with PM Narendra Modi the West Asia situation and cooperation to promote regional peace and stability, as he dialled the Indian PM…
Saurav Das called for a wider political battle to hold Election Commission to account NEW DELHI: Slamming the freezing of TMC symbol and name as “fixing” on behalf of BJP, Rahul Gandhi and CJP co-convener Saurav Das Friday called for a wider political battle to hold Election Commission to account – their programmatic convergence and…
Bill doesn’t regulate charity, but flow of foreign funds intosovereign space, JPC Informed NEW DELHI: Amid the charge from the opposition that Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill targets institutions run by minorities, especially Christians, Union home ministry asserted Friday that the amendments do not regulate charity but the entry of foreign money into a “sovereign…
