New Delhi, 21/5: Associate professor of Delhi University’s Hindu College Ratan Lal was arrested on Friday night for his objectionable social media post referring to claims about a ‘Shivling’ found inside Varanasi’s Gyanvapi mosque complex, police said. They said Lal was arrested under Indian Penal Code sections 153A (promoting enmity between different groups…
Bhubaneswar: The investigation committee led by Development Commissioner Anu Garg will record witness statements today in connection with the stampede incident that occurred near the Gundicha temple during the Rath Yatra in Puri. People who witnessed the incident are requested to provide their testimony between 3 pm and onwards at the Circuit House in Puri….
New Delhi, 17/1 (AO Bureau) WhatsApp is in a lot of discussion about the change in its privacy policy. WhatsApp gave users until 8 February to accept the new policy, although the company has postponed it for the time being in view of the reaction of the people. Some users are unhappy with this update…
Kolkata,23/7:Officials of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) arrested West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee after overnight interrogation in connection with the teacher recruitment scam case.The agency sleuths started the interrogation at the residence of the minister at 8 am on Friday. ED officials have recovered Rs 20 crore in cash from one of the properties of…
Goa, 9/11: In the most sensational third round of the FIDE World Cup, reigning World Champion Dommaraju Gukesh was eliminated by Frederik Svane of Germany in Goa. Fourth-seed Dutchman Anish Giri was also knocked out by Alexander Donchenko and eighth-seed Nodirbek AbduSattorov was also sent packing by Jose Martinez. This was one of the most…
Ranchi, 3/11: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday announced that the BJP will implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in Jharkhand if voted to power in the state, but would keep tribals out of its ambit. Shah, while releasing the saffron party’s manifesto ‘Sankalp Patra’ for the upcoming assembly elections in Jharkhand, announced that…
Davos, 25/1: As the five-day World Economic Forum Annual Meeting ended on Friday, Indian leaders said they could see trust for India in eyes of all global leaders and that was reflected in investment commitments totalling over Rs 20 lakh crore with Maharashtra grabs the biggest pie worth 80 percent. Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, who…
UP, 4/8: Seven people were killed and 25 injured early Sunday when the bus they were on overturned on the Lucknow-Agra Expressway in the Usrahar area here, police said. Superintendent of Police Sanjay Kumar told reporters that a bus with Nagaland number plate was on its way to Delhi from Raebareli, when at around 12:45…
Moscow, 13/4: A Russian fighter jet fired a missile at a manned British surveillance aircraft flying over the Black Sea in September but the munition malfunctioned, according to US defense officials and a recently leaked classified US intelligence report. The incident was far more serious than originally portrayed and could have amounted to an act…
Allahabad, 24/10: In a contentious observation, the Allahabad High Court has termed live-in relationships as ‘timepass’ and ‘temporary’ as it declined to provide protection to an inter-faith couple, who had approached the court seeking police protection and quashing of the FIR lodged against the male partner charging him with kidnapping. The bench, comprising Justices Rahul…
