Friday, April 26, 2024

North India

JDU youth leader shot dead in Patna

Leader of the Janata Dal (United), Saurabh Kumar, was shot and killed on Wednesday, at night in Patna by unknown gunmen who came on bikes.

BJP Minority Morcha leader gets expelled for condemning Modi’s hate speech

BJP Minority Morcha leader Usman Ghani, who expressed disappointment with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's recent Islamophobic remarks in Rajasthan, was today removed from the party positions.

SP chief Akhilesh Yadav to contest from UP’s Kannauj

Samajwadi Party chief and former chief minister Akhilesh Yadav will contest the Lok Sabha elections from Uttar Pradesh’s Kannauj seat, the party said in a post on X (formerly Twitter), adding that he will file the nomination papers on Thursday.

Interview: Will work for social justice, says Danish Ali MP amidst hate campaigns against him led by PM Modi

As campaigning for the second phase of Lok Sabha polls gains momentum, Kunwar Danish Ali, the sitting MP...

PM Modi reiterates ‘redistribution of wealth’ claim, justifies anti-Muslim rhetoric: “I put truth before country”

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday reiterated his anti-Muslim rhetorics and accused that the Congress tried to extend reservation on the basis of religion and give it to Muslims and hatched a "deep conspiracy" to snatch people's wealth and distribute it among "select" people.

Uttarakhand tunnel collapse: Trapped workers unharmed, food, oxygen supplied

The authorities in Uttarakhand said all 40 construction workers, trapped after a portion of an under-construction tunnel collapsed on Sunday, remain unharmed. Communication is established with workers and food and oxygen...

Ahead of Diwali, Delhi’s air quality remains ‘poor’

The air quality in Delhi on the morning of Diwali saw a marginal dip and remained in the 'poor' category, according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). Previous...
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Uttarakhand: Portion of under-construction tunnel collapses, 36 workers trapped

At least 36 workers were trapped after a segment of an under-construction tunnel on the Brahmakhal-Yamunotri national highway in Uttarakhand collapsed in the early hours of Sunday.

Uttar Pradesh ATS arrests AMU student, three alumni over ‘ISIS link’

The Anti-Terrorist Squad of the Uttar Pradesh Police arrested four Muslim men including three former and one present student of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), alleging their connection to the Aligarh module of ISIS.
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Jamia Hamdard: Student threatened, attacked at gunpoint on campus, says no support from varsity

A 20-year-old Muslim student at Jamia Hamdard in Delhi was threatened at gunpoint and forcefully tied up inside in a campus restroom by two men.

“Shocking”: Supreme Court on UP govt’s approach in Muzaffarnagar school slapping case

Supreme Court of India on Friday castigated the Uttar Pradesh government and its Education Department for non-compliance with the orders passed concerning the counselling and admission for the Muslim kid in the Muzaffarnagar school slapping case.
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Aligarh Municipal Corporation passes resolution to rename city ‘Harigarh’

A resolution to rename Aligarh as Harigarh was passed unanimously by the Aligarh Municipal Corporation in a meeting held on Monday, 6 November.

“Who is Adani? What does he manufacture?,” asks Priyanka Gandhi

In her critique of the Union government in poll-bound Chhattisgarh, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, on Tuesday, alleged that the Narendra Modi government had ceded the nation's resources and wealth to a select group of major industrialists.
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“Delhi can’t be made to go through this year after year,” SC on air pollution

“Delhi can’t be made to go through this year after year,” the Supreme Court said as Delhi continued to battle air pollution and the AQI level kept deteriorating in the national capital.

Assembly elections: Mizoram, Chhattisgarh’s 20 constituencies vote today

Voting for the 40-seat Mizoram Assembly and 20 out of 90 Assembly constituencies in Chhattisgarh began on Tuesday.
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Crackdown on Madrasas in Uttar Pradesh: Stifling education, marginalising Muslims

“5,000 madrasas in Uttar Pradesh (UP) have applied for the registration to get them recognized since 2016, and that remains pending, because it doesn’t get any response from the authorities. This also put the education of more than 7 lakh students at stake”, Dr Iftikhar Ahmad Javed, Chairman of Uttar Pradesh Madarsa Board Education (UPMBE) told Maktoob.

Rajasthan Congress MLA, accused of attacking Dalit engineer, joins BJP

Congress' MLA from Bari in Rajasthan's Dholpur, Girraj Singh Malinga, who was accused to assaulting a Dalit engineer, joined BJP.
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