Delhi Police go for AAP leader ahead of Kejriwal rally

Delhi Police go for AAP leader ahead of Kejriwal rally

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday accused Delhi Police of attempting to detain the AAP in-charge in Gujarat ahead of his (Kejriwal’s) Sunday rally in Surat. “Just two days before Surat rally, Delhi Police obtain non bailable warrant against our Gujarat Prabhari, Gulab Singh, in a completely false case,” the Aam Aadmi Party leader tweeted. […]

Telangana, Johnson & Johnson sign MoU to make state TB free

Telangana, Johnson & Johnson sign MoU to make state TB free

The Telangana government has entered into an MoU with pharma, life sciences and healthcare multinational company Johnson & Johnson to work together for making the state tuberculosis free, it was announced here on Friday. The New Jersey-based Johnson & Johnson will play an active role in the project by assisting the state government in achieving […]

Won’t screen films with Pakistani artistes, say cinema owners

Won’t screen films with Pakistani artistes, say cinema owners

The Cinema Owners and Exhibitors Association of India (COEAI) on Friday announced that movies featuring Pakistani actors won’t be screened in single screen theatres in Maharashtra, Goa and Gujarat. The decision comes ahead of the scheduled release of Karan Johar’s “Ae Dil Hai Mushkil”, which stars Pakistani actor Fawad Khan. While it was slated to […]

NSUI threatens country-wide protests

NSUI threatens country-wide protests

The student wing of the Congress party, NSUI, on Thursday warned of country-wide protests if any action was taken against it for burning an effigy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 11. “We will launch country-wide protests if any action is taken against us after the probe. We have done nothing wrong,” NSUI leader […]

AIMPLB, Muslim bodies reject move on Uniform Civil Code

AIMPLB, Muslim bodies reject move on Uniform Civil Code

The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) and a number of other prominent Muslim organisations on Thursday rejected the Law Commission’s questionnaire on the Uniform Civil Code, calling it “misleading”. Calling the questionnaire “misleading and divisive”, AIMPLB General Secretary Maulana Wali Rahmani said Muslims will not respond to it. “We will boycott this questionnaire. […]

Soldiers help deliver baby in Rome square

Soldiers help deliver baby in Rome square

Two soldiers on duty in a central Rome square helped a woman give birth when she went into labour while trying to reach a nearby hospital on foot, reports said. The soldiers were guarding a Jewish synagogue in Piazza San Bartolomeo on Rome’s Tiberine Island when they heard cries from the woman at around 10.45 […]

Modi’s Dussehra arrow: Will decimate terror, its backers

Modi’s Dussehra arrow: Will decimate terror, its backers

In an obvious reference to Pakistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the time had come to uproot terror and those who patronise terrorists. Addressing a massive Dussehra gathering at the Aishbagh Ram Leela ground here, Modi said terrorism in all forms was anti-humanity and Hindu Lord Rama represented all that was human. It […]

Panneerselvam given Jayalalithaa’s portfolios, Opposition welcomes move

Panneerselvam given Jayalalithaa’s portfolios, Opposition welcomes move

Ending suspense and speculations over Tamil Nadu’s governance, the portfolios held by Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa, who is currently in hospital, have been allocated to state Finance Minister O.Panneerselvam, a Raj Bhavan statement said on Tuesday. According to the statement, Governor Ch.Vidyasagar Rao has, under Clause (3) of the Constitution’s Article 166, allocated the subjects hitherto […]

Restrictions in Srinagar to prevent Muharram procession

Restrictions in Srinagar to prevent Muharram procession

Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir imposed restrictions in parts of Srinagar on Wednesday to prevent a Muharram procession here. Fearing violence, authorities in the valley have not allowed the main Muharram — Islamic mourning — procession ever since the separatist armed struggle started here in the 1990s. “Restrictions under section 144 of CrPc (Code of […]