The last rites of Indian techie Srinivas Kuchibhotla, who was shot dead in the US last week in a suspected hate crime, would be performed Tuesday at Jubliee Hills, family members said. The mortal remains of the slain 32-year-old was flown in here Monday night. It was brought by a cargo flight, which arrived at […]
Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said he was in touch with Delhi Police over the situation arising out of the Ramjas College clash. The minister told journalists that he had asked Delhi Police to act with caution. “I have told Delhi Police to practice restraint so that nothing goes wrong. I am constantly in […]
The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed a Delhi government’s appeal challenging a single-judge order that stayed its notification compelling 298 private schools built on public land to admit only neighbourhood nursery students. A division bench of Chief Justice G. Rohini and Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal upheld the judge’s February 14 order which had said […]
A day after DMK leader M.K. Stalin met President Pranab Mukherjee and submitted a memorandum on the events that took place in Tamil Nadu assembly last week, he met Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Friday and discussed the political situation in the state. “It was a courtesy call. He enquired about her (Sonia Gandhi) health […]
Thousands of devotees on Friday thronged various Shiva temples across Odisha to offer prayers on the occasion of Mahashivratri. People were seen standing in long queues at all Shiva temples to have a holy “darshan” of Lord Shiva. The major crowd-puller during Mahashivratri are Lingaraj temple of Bhubaneswar, Kapilash temple of Dhenkanal, Dhabaleswar temple of […]
China supports India on combating terrorism and a discussion to declare Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar a “global terrorist” is in progress, Chinese Ambassador to India Luo Zhaohui said on Friday. “The discussion is going on. I am so happy to see your Foreign Secretary in Beijing two days ago… discussing everything… so, just wait,” Luo […]
Kashmiri youth picked up arms “for a cause” and they can not be intimidated with death threats, former Union Minister and state Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah said on Friday. Addressing party workers at the Nawa-i-Subha headquarters of the National Conference, Abdullah said: “They are not afraid of death nor can they be intimidated with the […]
Noted historian and biographer, Ramachandra Guha has said that India offers an “inhospitable” atmosphere for writing historical biographies. He said that biographies are written under constant fear of offending someone, a problem that historians have been dealing with regularly. Guha was speaking at the Samvatsar Lecture of Sahitya Akademi’s Festival of Letters on Thursday here […]
Two people were killed and six others injured on Thursday when militants attacked security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district, police said. The forces were returning from a search operation in Kungoo village when they were attacked at. “The victims comprised a soldier and a civilian. Reinforcements were immediately rushed to surround the area […]
Turkey’s Defence Ministry lifted the ban on female officers wearing the veil, local media reported. The Ministry on Wednesday issued a decree to the commanders of land, air and naval forces noting that female military personnel are allowed to wear headscarves if they wish, Efe news reported. The decree is considered a significant change for […]