Controversial Mumbai-based televangelist and Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, who addresses audiences around the world, has finally found a venue for his media interaction here on Thursday, an aide said here on Wednesday....
Mumbai Mayor Snehal Ambekar dedicated a prominent square in Hiranandani Gardens, Powai, in memory of slain veteran journalist Jyotirmoy Dey on Wednesday....
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday attacked the Congress for appointing Imran Masood as a senior vice-president of the party in Uttar Pradesh, saying that a person who has used 'venomous language' doesn't deserve a mention....
In a major setback to the Centre, the Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the restoration of ousted Chief Minister Nabam Tuki in Arunachal Pradesh and quashed Governor J.P. Rajkhowa's decision to advance the assembly session by a month. The court said the Governor "cannot interfere in the activities of the Assembly...
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday deferred the hearing of a PIL challenging the Aam Aadmi Party government's decision to appoint 21 legislators as parliamentary secretaries. A division bench of Chief Justice G. Rohini and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal posted the matter for September 8, after the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government said a plea wil...
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday appealed for calm in the Kashmir Valley as she paid tributes to the martyrs of the 1931 struggle against the Dogra rule. "I appeal to everybody to restore calm and peace so that further loss of lives is avoided," the Chief Minister said. She said "the loss of precious lives" in firing by se...
The BJP said on Wednesday that the Supreme Court verdict restoring the Congress government in Arunachal Pradesh was not a setback to it. "This is not a setback for the BJP. The crisis (in Arunachal) was due to the internal differences within the Congress in the state," Bharatiya Janata Party leader Srikant Sharma said. "A group within the Congress...
The CPI-M on Wednesday hailed the Supreme Court ruling restoring the Congress government in Arunachal Pradesh and urged the Narendra Modi government to "stop its growing authoritarian tendency of invoking Central rule in states" ruled by non-BJP parties. A five-member Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court overturned the change of government in Aruna...
Defying curfew restrictions on Wednesday, local Muslims risked their lives to rescue the Amarnath Yatra pilgrims injured in a road accident on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway No.1A and carried them to hospitals. The driver of the mini-bus carrying the pilgrims died of injuries after the vehicle met an accident near Bijbehara town in Anantn...
Around 10 lakh bankers across the country are expected to go on a strike on July 29 to oppose the government policies related to the banking industry, a top leader of All India Bank Employees's Association (AIBEA) has said. At the call of United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) consisting of nine unions with an employee membership of around 10 lakh workers and off...
