New Delhi, 21/5: The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to intervene for now with the Madras High Court’s decision to consider a habeas corpus plea questioning arrest of Tamil Nadu Minister V Senthil Balaji in connection with a money laundering case in an alleged cash-for-job scam. The top court said the High Courts are robus…
New Delhi, 22/9: A possible ban stares the Popular Front of India (PFI) in the face for its alleged involvement in terror activities after law-enforcement agencies Thursday conducted searches against it at 93 locations across 15 states in what officials described as the “largest-ever investigation process till date”. The PFI has been under the radar…
Islamabad, 16/8:The Islamabad High Court on Wednesday allowed two aides of jailed former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan to go home as it heard their pleas against prolonged detentions under the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) ordinance, a media report said. Shehryar Afridi and Shandana Gulzar, the two leaders of Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party,…
New Delhi, 24/3:The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to accord urgent hearing on the pleas challenging the Karnataka High Court verdict which dismissed the petitions seeking permission to wear hijab inside the classroom and stated that the headscarf is not a part of the essential religious practice in Islam. A bench comprising Chief…
New Delhi, 22/4: The Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday said it has issued notice to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge for his remarks that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a “terrorist”, a statement which he clarified later, and asked him to reply within 24 hours. The action came a day after the BJP filed a complaint…
New Delhi, 29/9: The official Twitter account of the Popular Front of India (PFI) has been withheld in India after the Centre on Thursday declared the Islamic organisation and its associates as “unlawful” and banned it for five years. Twitter said that the account has been withheld in India “in response to a…
New Delhi 1/4: Pope Francis left hospital Saturday after a three-night stay for a bronchitis infection, joking with wellwishers and journalists waiting for him outside that he was “still alive”. The 86-year-old pope, who was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli hospital on Wednesday with breathing difficulties, got out of the car transporting him…
Bhubaneswar: The Muslim community in Odisha will observe Eid ul-Fitr on Saturday (March 21), 2026, marking the joyous end of the holy month of Ramadan. The announcement came from the Anjuman Islamia Ahle Sunnat-O-Jamaat office of the Chand Committee in Cuttack, following no sighting of the Shawwal crescent moon anywhere in the state on the evening…
New Delhi, 19/6: Emphasising the need for upholding one’s linguistic heritage, Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday claimed that the time is not far away for people speaking in English in the country to “feel ashamed”. Launching a book Main Boond Swayam, Khud Sagar Hoon by IAS officer Ashutosh Agnihotri here, he said India “cannot…
New Delhi: A bill to replace the Aircraft Act, 1934 to enable ease of doing business and to provide for manufacture and maintenance in the aviation sector was moved for passing in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu moved the Bharatiya Vayuyan Vidheyak, 2024 for consideration and passing in Rajya Sabha.The Loksabha…
