Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met a group of Muslim leaders who voiced their concerns, including the growing radicalisation of the young in the country’s largest religious minority. As they sought the government’s support in providing better facilities to Muslim youths particularly in education, Modi gave them a patient hearing, an official statement said. […]
A spat over yielding space in a traffic jam ended fatally for a middle-aged motorcyclist, who was beaten to death by five people even as his sons, who witnessed the entire incident, unsuccessfully tried to get police to intervene. One of the accused was arrested on Monday. Shahnawaz, a resident of Mata Sundari Road in […]
Seeking to scotch “lies” being floated about the land acquisition bill, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday asserted that it synergized India’s growth imperative with the need for environment protection, while calling for the country to demonstrate leadership in tackling the global threat of climate change. Inaugurating the state environment and forest ministers’ conference here, […]
Three policemen were gunned down and a policeman and a former militant were left critically injured in three terror attacks — the first major strike in the Valley since the Mufti Mohammad Sayeed government came to power in March. A police officer said the guerrillas attacked a three-member police party at Amshipora village in Shopian […]
Chief Justice of India Justice H.L. Dattu on Sunday sought to play down the controversy over the holding of the high court chief justices conference on Good Friday, saying it was an internal “family matter” and would be settled. Describing as “unfortunate” the raising of the issue by Justice Kurian Joseph, Chief Justice Dattu told […]
Christians in Meghalaya on Sunday joined their brethren the world over in celebrating Easter. Cathedrals and churches in the Christian-majority state were thronged by believers for special mass and other celebratory events. It was a day of coloured Easter eggs and buns all over the state. Archbishop of Shillong Dominic Jala presided over the Easter […]
A policeman in Madhya Pradesh’s Morena district was crushed to death on Sunday while flagging down a truck belonging to the sand mafia. State Home Minister Babulal Gaur has sought a report about the incident within three days and a case of culpable homicide has been filed against the truck driver who absconded after the […]
With two-thirds of India’s gold held in rural areas, efforts to curb its imports with schemes to monetise holdings or convert them into paper bonds won’t have much sheen till the mindset towards physical possession of the precious metal is changed, experts maintain. Their comments come against the backdrop of two schemes proposed by Finance […]
Tamil Nadu Police have arrested AIADMK leader and former agriculture minister “Agri” S.S. Krishnamoorthy in connection with the suicide of S. Muthukumarasamy, an engineer in the agricultural department, last month. According to police, Krishnamoorthy, who was arrested on Saturday night, was summoned for questioning about the case and was later arrested. The police have also […]
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Sunday that a conspiracy was being hatched against him ever since the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) came to power. “Ever since our party came to power, a conspiracy is on against me. The blackmailers and corrupt people have come together to tarnish my image,” he said at an […]