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.

BSP MP Afzal Ansari loses Lok Sabha membership following conviction in Gangster Act case

Bahujan Samaj Party MP Afzal Ansari was Monday disqualified as a Member of Lok Sabha from the date of his conviction in a Gangster Act case.

11 die due to gas leak in Ludhiana, source unclear

At least eleven people died and four others became critically ill on Sunday after inhaling poisonous gas at Giaspura in Punjab's Ludhiana district. The source of the gas leak...
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BSP MP Afzal Ansari sentenced to 4 years in jail, likely to lose MP position

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) MP Afzal Ansari faces the prospect of losing his Lok Sabha membership after an Uttar Pradesh court Saturday sentenced him to four years imprisonment in an Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act case.

Sexual harassment: 2 FIRs filed against BJP MP and WFI chief, 1 under POCSO

Two First Information Reports (FIRs) have been registered by Delhi Police against Bharatiya Janata Party MP and Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) Chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in connection with the wrestlers' allegations of sexual harassment.
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1,700 Muslims booked for offering Eid namaz on roads in Kanpur

The Uttar Pradesh Police have booked more than 1,700 Muslims for offering namaz on the roads outside mosques in three areas of Kanpur on the occasion of Eid Al Fitr, 22 April.

Delhi: Overnight demolition of Sufi shrine leaves caretaker, regular visitors in dismay

On 26 April 2023, the grave of Syed Nanhe Miyan Chishti, a spiritual figure, located at the end corner of the Shri Ram Centre for Performing Arts at New...
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DU: Faculty who was found dead after losing his job belonged to OBC community

Samarveer Singh, the 33-year-old former ad-hoc teacher from Delhi University who died by suicide days after being displaced in the ongoing recruitment process, belonged to the Other Backward Caste (OBC) community.

Displaced Hindu College teacher’s death prompts calls for protest against “institutional murder”

Samarvir, a former ad-hoc assistant professor in the department of philosophy at Delhi University’s Hindu College allegedly died by suicide on Wednesday days after he was displaced in the ongoing recruitment process.
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Chhattisgarh: 10 policemen, one civilian killed in alleged Maoist attack

Ten police officers and a driver, reportedly travelling in a mini-van, were killed in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast allegedly carried out by Maoists in Chhattisgarh on Wednesday.

Former Punjab CM and SAD patriarch Parkash Singh Badal dies at 95

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) patriarch and five-time former chief minister Parkash Singh Badal, 95, passed away at Fortis Hospital Mohali, confirmed Jangvir Singh, media advisor of the party.
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UP: Muslim student accuses Times Now Nav Bharat of falsely portraying him as shooter in Umesh Pal case

A Muslim student in Uttar Pradesh’s Allahabad has alleged that Times Now Nav Bharat channel falsely portrayed him as a shooter and accused him of being involved in the Umesh Pal murder case. He claims that his photos and visuals were aired during prime time on TV. Following numerous emails and legal notice, the channel took down the video, but did not issue any clarifications.

Poonch attack: 30 people detained for questioning

Around 30 people have been detained for questioning so far as security forces conducted a massive raid to track down the militants who ambushed an Army truck in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch killing five army men last week.
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