Varanasi: A Varanasi court on Friday ordered a scientific survey of the Gyanvapi mosque located next to the Kashi Vishwanath temple here, according to government counsel Rajesh Mishra. The barricaded ‘wazukhana’, where a structure claimed by Hindu litigants to be a ‘shivling’ exists, will not be part of the survey. The court of AK Vishvesh […]
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the alleged incident of women being paraded naked in Manipur has shamed 140 crore Indians, asserting that law will act with its full might and no guilty will be spared. “My heart is full of pain and anger,” he told reporters in his remarks ahead of […]
New Delhi: The government has asked Twitter and other social media platforms to take down a video of two Manipur women paraded naked, since the matter is being probed. Sources said the videos were inflammatory, and as the matter is under investigation, Twitter and other social media companies have been asked to remove the video. […]
Imphal: Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh Thursday said a thorough investigation is underway into the incident of two women being paraded naked in the state over two months ago and strict action, including possible capital punishment, will follow. He also said there is absolutely no place for such heinous acts in society. “My hearts […]
New Delhi: Union Minister Anurag Thakur on Thursday claimed that the opposition was “running away from a discussion” in Parliament on the Manipur situation, accusing them of using incidents of crime against women to further political gains. Speaking to reporters outside Parliament, he said the government was ready for a debate on the Manipur situation […]
Bengaluru: The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on Thursday successfully performed the fourth orbit-raising manoeuvre (Earth-bound perigee firing) of the Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft from the ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) here. The next firing is planned for July 25 between 2 pm and 3 pm, the national space agency headquartered here said. India celebrates […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that a three-judge bench will hear a batch of petitions pertaining to criminalisation of marital rape after constitution benches conclude hearing some listed pleas. “We have to resolve the matters concerning marital rape,” a bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and justices P S Narasimha and […]
Mumbai: Taking a dig at the BJP, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Wednesday said the ruling party remembered the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) only after 26 opposition parties came together to form the grouping ‘INDIA’. Talking to reporters, he said the next meeting of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA), the coalition […]
Bengaluru: The Department of Pre-University Education in Karnataka has initiated an inquiry into a social media post made by a Kannada lecturer at a PU college in Malleswaram. The lecturer in question, Hulikunte Murthy, who is also a Dalit activist, allegedly posted a tweet in Kannada that ridiculed the Chandrayaan-3 mission. In his tweet, Murthy […]
New Delhi: Ashameful act of a group of youth who urinated on the face of a tribal youth after assaulting him has come to light in Andhra Pradesh. Shocking visuals of the incident that occurred in Ongole town of Prakasam district about a month ago surfaced on Wednesday. The incident was the fallout of a […]