Graveyard-Idgah land dispute left the body of local waiting for hours for burial in Azamgarh Varanasi: The last rites of an 86-year-old man were delayed for nearly six hours after a dispute over the ownership of the graveyard erupted between two groups in Alinagar locality under Mubarakpur police station limits on Tuesday morning. The standoff…
Ahmedabad: A 66-year-old Vadodara woman has moved Gujarat High Court seeking to drop the Muslim name she adopted after marriage and revert to her Christian maiden name, citing social difficulties in securing housing. Upon hearing her petition, HC on Tuesday issued notices to the state govt and authorities concerned seeking reply on why her request…
PAU’s M S Randhawa Library to get Rs 12cr makeover Gurvinder.SinghThe M S Randhawa Library, which has occupied pride of place at Punjab Agricultural University for decades, is undergoing a major makeover under a Rs 12 crore renovation project. The library will soon step into its new avatar as a modern, technology-enabled learning and research…
Amritsar: Firing a fresh salvo at the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), the BJP on Tuesday accused the chief minister Bhagwant Mann-led Punjab govt of politicising the Bargari sacrilege and Behbal Kalan police firing cases instead of ensuring timely justice for the victims.Punjab BJP spokesperson Sarchand Singh alleged that the Mann govt had used the sensitive…
Booth-level officers have set up registration desks in public places across Pune, including the premises of a gurdwara in Ravet. Residents turned up to register their names, update voter details, and complete required formalities Pune: Citizens getting calls from strangers claiming to be election officials on Special Intensive Revision (SIR) duty must be vigilant. They…
Guwahati: Assam’s flood toll rose to 11 on Tuesday after one more person died in Charaideo district, even as the flood situation remained grim, with more than 3.10 lakh people affected across 11 districts.The Central Water Commission (CWC) warned that the crisis could worsen over the next four days due to continued heavy rainfall.According to…
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee president Ajay Rai has written to President Droupadi Murmu, seeking her intervention in the alleged use of force by police against protesting students at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi.Seeking an independent inquiry into the incident, Rai alleged that instead of engaging in dialogue with the protesters, the Centre resorted to…
Former CM Ashok Gehlot and PCC Chief Govind Dotasara with party workers protested against NEET Paper Leak at Ambedkar Circle in Jaipur Tuesday Former CM Ashok Gehlot and PCC Chief Govind Dotasara with party workers protested against NEET Paper Leak at Ambedkar Circle in Jaipur Tuesday Former CM Ashok Gehlot and PCC Chief Govind Dotasara…
Tamil Nadu CM Vijay; DMK supremo MK Stalin NEW DELHI: DMK supremo MK Stalin on Tuesday hit out at Tamil Nadu chief minister C Joseph Vijay over the arrest of a party MLA, warning that the people would teach the ruling TVK a “befitting lesson” if it tried to “cover up its misrule” through arrests.“If…
Ex-Conservative MP Ann Widdecombe. Former British cabinet minister and ex-Conservative MP Ann Widdecombe was struck 21 times on the head with a hammer during the fatal attack at her Devon home earlier this month, prosecutors told a London court on Tuesday.The 78-year-old politician was allegedly attacked while eating lunch, with the accused remaining inside her…
