Chandigarh: Acceding to Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh’s demand, IT giant Google has removed the secessionist, anti-India mobile application ‘2020 Sikh Referendum’ from its Play Store, state officials said on Tuesday. A spokesperson for the Chief Minister’s Office said this app was not available any more on Google Play Store for mobile users in India. The […]
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Shops reopen in Kashmir post-Article 370 abrogation
Srinagar: For the first time since Article 370 was scrapped on August 5, most shops in Kashmir opened through the day. Last week’s snowfall in Kashmir spurred the opening up of shops and other businesses. Kashmir has been witnessing a shutdown since August 5 with shops opening only for a couple of hours in the morning […]
Tension in BHU after Savarkar’s photo defaced, heavy police force deployed
Varanasi: Tension prevailed on the campus of the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) on Tuesday after a photograph of nationalist leader Veer Savarkar was defaced. The incident took place in the political science department where photographs of several nationalist leaders, including Mahatma Gandhi and B.R. Ambedkar, adorn the walls. The incident came to light on Tuesday morning […]
Govt considering Ram Rahim-Honeypreet meeting: Haryana Minister
Chandigarh: The ruling BJP in Haryana seems to be favouring accused in the Panchkula violence, Honeypreet Insan, to meet her foster father and jailed Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, who was convicted in August 2017 for raping two of his disciples and is now seeking parole. A Punjab Minister said it is her […]
Muslim students throng this Sanskrit school in Jaipur
Jaipur: At a time when the interest in the classical language of Sanskrit seems to be declining in the country, a school here stands out. That’s not only because it teaches Sanskrit and is attracting a large number of students, but also because the majority of them belong to the Muslim community. In fact, 80 per […]
Groom rides chopper to marry in style in Rajasthan
Jaipur: To make the marriage memorable, a groom instead of riding a horse, as per the tradition, to the bride’s place, hired a helicopter to reach the wedding venue in Gangapur city in Rajasthan. According to groom Aseef khan, he was to marry Shabnam on Sunday. He always wanted to reach the wedding venue in a […]
Taj Mahal will now be in Agravan, instead of Agra?
Lucknow: After changing the names of Allahabad to Prayagraj and Mughalsarai to Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar, the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh is planning to change the name of Agra to Agravan. The state government has asked the Ambedkar University in Agra to look into the historical aspect of the name. The history department of […]
Minor girl gang-raped in Odisha, three detained
Bhubaneswar: A minor girl was allegedly gang-raped by three persons in a forest in Odisha’s Sundargarh district, police said on Sunday. The police have detained three accused in this connection. The minor girl was allegedly gang-raped at a forest at Tensa under Lahunipada police limits of the district on Saturday night. The arrest was made on […]
Ayodhya: AIMPLB to file review plea, rejects land offer
Lucknow: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Sunday declared that it will file a review petition against the Supreme Court verdict on the Ayodhya issue. The AIMPLB also decided not to accept the five-acre land for the mosque at an alternative site since it is against the tenets of Islam. Senior AIMPLB member […]
India conducts first night trial of Agni-II missile
Bhubaneswar: India on Saturday successfully conducted the first night trial of nuclear capable intermediate range ballistic missile Agni-II from the Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha coast. The Strategic Forces Command of the Indian Army test-fired the versatile surface-to-surface medium-range nuclear-capable missile from launching complex IV of the Integrated Test Range on Saturday evening, defence sources […]