PRAYAGRAJ: Rejecting an Uttar Pradesh govt order restricting the number of people offering prayers at a mosque in Sambhal district due to law and order issues, the Allahabad high court has said the SP and collector should either resign or seek transfers if they feel they are not competent enough to enforce the rule of…
CHENNAI: Tamil poet and lyricist Vairamuthu has been chosen for the country’s highest literary award, Jnanpith, for the year 2025. He is only the third Tamil litterateur to be chosen for this award. after Akilan (1975) and Jayakanthan (2002). However, he is the first to receive the award for Tamil poetry; the other two got…
JAMMU: A Pakistani drone was spotted over three villages in Ramgarh sector near international border in Jammu and Kashmir‘s Samba district late on Friday, triggering a cordon and search operation in the area early on Saturday amid the possibility that weapons or narcotics had been airdropped again.On Thursday and Friday, security forces recovered over 3.5…
The Indian National Congress on Saturday released its second list of 23 candidates for the upcoming Assam Legislative Assembly election 2026, fielding leaders such as Abdul Khaleque, Rakibuddin Ahmed and Bipul Gogoi.The party left 15 constituencies for its alliance partners as part of its seat-sharing arrangement for the polls.List on candidates in 2nd listHere is…
NEW DELHI: Kerala minister VN Vasavan on Saturday said the CPM-led LDF government continues to stand by the affidavit it filed in the Supreme Court in 2007 on the Sabarimala women’s entry issue, while accusing the BJP of being responsible for the 2018 verdict allowing women of menstruating age into the shrine.Responding to queries on…
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president Sukhbir Singh Badal on Saturday said every political party has the right to take its own decision on alliances, reacting to the Bharatiya Janata Party announcement that it will contest the 2027 Punjab Assembly elections on its own.Speaking in Ludhiana, Badal said his party had also fought the 2024 parliamentary…
NEW DELHI: A 24-year-old man allegedly injected HIV-infected blood into a 22-year-old woman in Hyderabad after her family cancelled their planned wedding when he tested positive for the virus, police said on Saturday.The incident took place on March 11 at the woman’s house. Police said the accused forcibly administered HIV-infected blood to the victim.According to…
NEW DELHI: Nearly 100 stray dogs were allegedly poisoned to death in Telangana’s Mancherial district, police said on Friday, in the latest incident of mass killings of canines in the state. According to police, the incident occurred in Kishtapur village on the intervening night of March 7 and 8, news agency PTI reported.Animal welfare activist…
NEW DELHI: India on Saturday strongly condemned recent airstrikes by Pakistan in Afghanistan, which reportedly caused civilian casualties and damage to infrastructure. Ministry of external affairs official spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that the strikes constitute “yet another act of aggression by a Pakistani establishment that remains hostile to the idea of a sovereign Afghanistan” and…
NEW DELHI: The Delhi University (DU) has dismissed Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s allegation that it uses interviews to eliminate students.In a post on X late on Friday, it said: “The University of Delhi admits students primarily based on the CUET scores, and the standard admission process does not mandate interviews for most undergraduate and postgraduate…
