Makkah (AFP): Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims walked or rode buses Monday to a giant tented city near Makkah for the climax of the annual hajj that Saudi officials say could break attendance records. After performing the ritual circumambulation of the Kaaba, the giant black cube at Makkah’s Grand Mosque that Muslims pray towards […]
Srinagar: Ashiq Mohammad, a trader from Rajasthan, comes here every year with sacrificial animals ahead of Eid al-Adha and heads back home after selling his livestock within days. This year, however, what should have been the busiest time of the year for Mohammad has turned into a waiting game with high prices keeping buyers away. […]
Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s assertion in the US about the safety of minorities in India was followed by absurd statements by BJP ministers. The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister was responding to tweets by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman […]
Srinagar: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted a series of raids across four districts in Kashmir on Monday as part of its probe into an alleged conspiracy involving newly-floated offshoots of militant outfits to destabilise Jammu and Kashmir. “Twelve locations in the four districts of Kulgam, Bandipora, Shopian and Pulwama were raided as part of […]
Srinagar: In order to ensure hassle free movement of traffic in view of Amarnath Yatra on Highway, all the tankers and empty vehicles from Jammu will be allowed via Mughal road only. “In view of the forthcoming Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra 2023 and taking in to account the condition of National Highway-44, besides, the erratic […]
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday asserted that the Narendra Modi government will root out the menace of drugs from India and will not allow the smuggling of narcotics through the country. In a video message on the International Day Against Drug Abuse, Shah said the home ministry has adopted a zero-tolerance […]
Mumbai: A 32-year-old man was lynched allegedly a group of ‘cow vigilantes’ on suspicion of transporting beef in Maharashtra’s Nashik district, police said on Monday. This is the second incident in Nashik in nearly two weeks of killing of a person by ‘cow vigilantes’. The latest incident took place at around 5.30 pm on Saturday […]
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Monday took on Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman over her listing the Centre’s achievements, saying that if the Modi government stands tall in some areas, it is because it is standing on the shoulders of its predecessor UPA. Chidambaram countered Sitharaman’s comments made in an article about the […]
Mumbai: Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has said new vehicles will be introduced that run entirely on ethanol. Speaking at an event in Nagpur on Sunday, the minister recalled that he recently met the chairman of Mercedes Benz company which launched an electric vehicle. “He (the chairman) told me they would make […]
Hyderabad: UAE-based Lulu Group will be investing Rs 10,000 crore in India on various ongoing projects over the next three years and the UAE-based conglomerate has invested over Rs 20,000 crore in the country, Lulu Chairman Yusuff Ali MA said here on Monday. He also said his aim is to provide employment to 50,000 people […]