Approach SHO for permission to open other floors of Nizamuddin Markaz for prayers: HC to Waqf Board
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Monday asked the Delhi Waqf Board to file an application before the SHO of the concerned police station seeking permission to open the other three floors of Nizamuddin Markaz, where the Tablighi Jamaat congregation was held in March 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic and has remained shut since then, […]
2020 Delhi riots: Court grants bail to Ishrat Jahan in larger conspiracy case
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Monday granted bail to former Congress Councillor Ishrat Jahan in the case concerning the larger conspiracy behind the Delhi riots of February 2020. The order was pronounced by Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat. Jahan, along with several others, has been booked under the anti-terror law — Unlawful Activities (Prevention) […]
PM Modi chairs CCS meeting, seeks integrating latest technology in security apparatus
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday chaired a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security to review India’s security preparedness and the prevailing global scenario in the context of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. Modi, official sources said, emphasised on integrating latest technology in the security apparatus and reiterated that every effort must […]
HC restores plea over Mathura mosque row
Allahabad: The Allahabad High Court has restored a petition seeking the removal of Mathura’s Shahi Idgah Mosque, which is claimed to be built on Krishna Janambhoomi, the birthplace of Lord Krishna. The main petition was dismissed in default on January 19, 2021 as the petitioner appeared in person and not through a lawyer. The application […]
Yogi meets PM Modi, Vice Prez Naidu in Delhi
New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday, in his first visit to the national capital after the party notched up a comprehensive victory in the assembly polls. Earlier in the day, Adityanath met Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and BJP general secretary BL Santhosh. Adityanath is likely […]
Chorus for Rahul as Cong president grows louder as CWC meets
New Delhi: The chorus for making Rahul Gandhi Congress president again grew louder on Sunday as several leaders and workers voiced support for him to take on the mantle of party chief. Ahead of a crucial Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said no one was taking on Prime Minister Narendra […]
PM rues lack of reforms in internal security apparatus post-1947, stresses need for training
Gandhinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said there was a need for reforms in the internal security apparatus after Independence, but the country lagged behind in this area. Addressing the first convocation of Rashtriya Raksha University (RRU) at Lavad in Gandhinagar district, he said during British rule internal security revolved around instilling fear among […]
7 killed as fire breaks out in shanties in northeast Delhi: Officials
New Delhi: Seven people were killed after a fire broke out in shanties in northeast Delhi’s Gokulpuri area in the early hours of Saturday, officials said. A senior official of the Delhi Fire Services said information regarding the blaze near pillar number 12 of Gokulpuri village was received at 1.03 am. Thirteen fire-tenders were rushed […]
AAP’s Bhagwant Mann meets governor, stakes claim to form government in Punjab
Chandigarh: Punjab chief minister-designate Bhagwant Mann on Saturday staked claim to form government in the state after meeting Governor Banwarilal Purohit here. After the meeting, Mann told reporters outside the Raj Bhawan that he handed over a letter of support of his party MLAs to the governor who accepted it. “We staked claim to form […]
Class 10 & 12 term-II board exams to start from Apr 26, CBSE announces date sheet
New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) Friday announced that the term-II board exams for Class 10 and 12 will commence from April 26, as it released the schedule for the papers. The board said that it has kept a considerable gap between any two papers in the term-II exams owing to the […]
