India
India
Imam beaten to death by three masked assailants inside Ajmer mosque
A mosque imam was allegedly beaten to death by three masked miscreants in the wee hours of Saturday in Rajasthan's Ajmer.
Elections 2024
Almost half of Bengaluru’s electorate skips Lok Sabha elections
Bengaluru's ongoing apathy towards voting remains unchanged. Despite extensive efforts by the Election Commission, nearly half of the voters in India's Silicon Valley abstained from casting their ballots on Friday.
India
UP students pass exam after writing ‘Jai Shri Ram’ on paper, professors suspended
First year D Pharma students at the Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University in Uttar Pradesh’s Jaunpur who had written ‘Jai Shri Ram’, the names of prominent cricketers and other irrelevant details in the answer sheet, passed their exams with flying colours. But then the law caught up.
Elections 2024
Another dip in polling; provisional turnout for second phase polls at 64%
The second phase of the Lok Sabha elections wrapped up on Friday. Voter turnout statistics for 88 constituencies, available until 10 pm, indicated a decrease, continuing the trend from the first phase, compared to the turnout in the 2019 elections.
Elections 2024
Karnataka: FIRs against BJP leaders Tejasvi Surya, CT Ravi for ‘communally polarising’ voters on social media
Karnataka’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) on Friday notified that separate cases have been filed against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Tejasvi Surya and CT Ravi for their hate-inducing social media posts aimed at polarising voters. The cases come as 14 constituencies in the state went to poll today.
India
Hindutva poster boy Rambhakt Gopal back in spotlight for violent Instagram posts
Rambhakt Gopal, who got infamous for firing at protesters in New Delhi's Jamia Millia Islamia University during an anti-CAA movement, is back in the spotlight after videos inciting violence...
India
Director Pa Ranjith accuses BJP of its attempt to appropriate musical genius Ilayaraja
Disagreeing with the caste-colored criticism kept on the Maestro by the Periyarist-Congress-progressive elements, Pa. Ranjith hits at the BJP for orchestrating the unfolding narrative.
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India
They did it to Rohit Vemula, Chandrasekhar Azad, now they are targeting me: Jignesh Mevani
Gujarat MLA and Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani has been re-arrested by the Assam Police moments after he was granted bail in a case over tweets criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
India
Tweet criticising PM Modi: Assam court grants bail to Jignesh Mevani
An Assam court on Monday granted bail to Gujarat MLA and Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani in a case over a tweet criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Central India
Neglecting intelligence report: Khargone violence takes a ‘dubious’ turn
At the time of violence in Khargone SP Siddharth Choudhary who also sustained a bullet injury on his leg during the violence is believed to be playing no vital role during the violence without providing additional security and deploying security in sensitive areas marked by the intelligence
Central India
Hanuman Chalisa row: Lawmakers’ couple approach HC to quash FIR
Maharashtra legislator Navneet Rana and her husband Ravi Rana on Monday moved Bombay High Court seeking cancellation of FIR against them for planning to chant Hanuman Chalisa outside the...
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India
Tamil Nadu passes bill empowering govt to appoint VCs
The Tamil Nadu assembly on Monday unanimously passed a resolution that empowered the state government to appoint vice-chancellors to various universities in the state.
India
India third largest military spender in world
The top three largest military spenders in the world were the United States, China and India, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said
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India
Ashish Mishra surrenders after SC cancels his bail
Ashish Mishra, the son of Union minister Ajay Mishra and the prime accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri farmers' killing case on Sunday surrendered at court in Uttar Pradesh.
North India
CUET: Another nail in the coffin of AMU
Sajid Ali Bukhari and Sohaib Akhtar
“Dear people, Muslims of our country have not reached the point where they could compete with Bengalis in education”, Sir Syed in his seventies...
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India
Splitting up Muslims? Assam Govt’s move to Identify “Indigenous Muslims” raises eyebrows
In a continuum to the ongoing NRC-CAA drive, Assam Government’s panel has recommended to identify the indigenous Muslims and not mix them with the Muslims from Bengali belt region.
India
Karnataka: Two Dalit youths tortured to death, 12 arrested
Two Dalit men Girish Mudalagiriappa (30) and Girish (32) were tortured to death in Karnataka’s Peddanahalli village in the Tumakuru district on Thursday night.
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