Nashik: The controversy over the original birthplace of Lord Hanuman is likely to escalate with seer Govindanand Saraswati on Wednesday sticking to his claim that Kishkindha in Karnataka is the birthplace of Lord Hanuman, a day after two groups of sadhus virtually came to blows over the issue. On Tuesday, a ‘dharmsabha’ or a religious […]
Hyderabad: A case against BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma has been registered for allegedly making objectionable remarks against Prophet Muhammad during a television news debate, police said. The Cyber Crime Police booked the case under sections 153A (promoting enmity between groups), 505(2) (statements conducing to public mischief) and other relevant IPC sections based on a complaint […]
Buldhana (Maha): A mob set a truck carrying cows on fire in Nandura city in Maharashtra’s Buldhana district on suspicion that they were being transported for slaughter, police said on Wednesday. The incident occurred around 10:30 PM on Tuesday when some people noticed that at least 29 cattle, including cows and buffaloes, were tied in […]
Varanasi (UP): A Hindu right-wing group involved in litigation related to various high-profile matters like Gyanvapi mosque, Idgah mosque in Mathura and Taj Mahal has decided to remove lawyers Harishankar Jain and his son Vishnu Jain from its all cases, its president said. Jitendra Singh Visen, president of Vishwa Vaidik Sanatan Sangh (VVSS), however, refused […]
Gurugram: A court here ordered to carry out a lie-detector test on suspended IPS officer Dheeraj Setia, who has been booked in a case involving a multi-crore heist. The multi-crore heist had taken place on August 4 last year, when Vikas Lagarpuriya’s gang members broke into a flat from where the office of a private […]
Jaipur, May 31 (PTI) AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday said that his party will fight the Rajasthan assembly election due in December 2023 with all its strength and ruled out any alliance with the ruling Congress in the state. He said that the party will form a core committee in the state that will […]
Purulia (WB): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday called for defeating the saffron camp in the 2024 general election and said BJP’s politics of hate and violence will find “no entry” across the country. Dubbing the BJP-led government at the Centre as “adulterated”, she accused it of mismanaging the country’s economy through decisions […]
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday granted time to several political leaders and others to file their responses to pleas to make them parties to proceedings seeking FIR and investigation against them for allegedly delivering hate speeches leading to the February 2020 riots here. A bench headed by Justice Siddharth Mridul, while hearing […]
Varanasi: The district court here on Monday heard the arguments on the maintainability of a plea by five Hindu women seeking permission for daily worship of the Shringar Gauri Sthal in the Kashi Vishwanath-Gyanvapi complex District Judge AK Vishvesh posted the matter for further hearing on July 4. During the hearing on Monday, the Muslim […]
Guwahati: The prime accused in inciting mob violence leading to the torching of a police station in Assam’s Nagaon district, died in an accident while allegedly trying to escape from police custody on Monday morning, officials said. Ashikul Islam was hit by the escort vehicle of a police team he was accompanying, as the accused […]