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The Board’s spokesperson, Dr SQR Ilyas, said that making Vande Mataram legally mandatory for all communities was incompatible with both constitutional principles and Islamic belief. NEW DELHI: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Friday strongly criticised Parliament’s passage of a Bill that makes alleged disrespect to Vande Mataram a punishable offence, calling … Read more

The conversation came as tensions between Iran and the United States intensified, with Tehran claiming fresh strikes on American military facilities in Kuwait (File photo) NEW DELHI: India on Friday expressed deep concern over the escalating conflict in West Asia, with external affairs minister S Jaishankar speaking to his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi and urging … Read more

The MEA criticized Pakistan’s harsh crackdown on protesters in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir. (PTI images) NEW DELHI: India on Friday slammed Pakistan of making an open admission of state-sponsored terrorism after a senior aide to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif acknowledged that Islamabad had trained and armed Mujahideen who have now turned against the Pakistani state. … Read more

Two more deaths in Sivasagar pushed Assam’s flood toll to 80 on Friday, even as more than 2.12 lakh people across eight districts continued to grapple with the deluge.The latest figures mark an improvement from the previous day’s situation, when the flood toll stood at 78, over 3 lakh people across seven districts were affected, … Read more

IMD predicts 94% rainfall across India for August NEW DELHI: The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Friday forecast below-normal rainfall in August across India, at 94 per cent of the long-period average. It also issued weather alerts across several parts of the country, including Kerala, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and other northeastern states, warning of heavy … Read more

CM Dhami inaugurates Kalash Bandhan Maha rally in Bhagwanpur on 650th birth anniversary of Sant Guru Ravidas Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami inaugurated the Kalash Bandhan Maha Rally organised at Chudiyala, Bhagwanpur, on the occasion of the 650th birth anniversary of Sant ShiromGuru Ravidas Ji.The Chief Minister offered prayers at the Sant Shiromani Guru … Read more

Tahir Hussain’s political fall in IB officer Ankit Sharma murder case NEW DELHI: Former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain on Friday said he would challenge his conviction and life sentence in the Delhi High Court after a Delhi court sentenced him and four others to life imprisonment for the murder of Intelligence Bureau (IB) officer Ankit … Read more

NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Friday sentenced former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain and four others to life imprisonment for the murder of Intelligence Bureau (IB) officer Ankit Sharma during the 2020 northeast Delhi riots, rejecting the prosecution’s plea for the death penalty after holding that it had failed to prove the convicts were beyond … Read more

As rescue operations continued at the site of the Bhiwandi building collapse, Thane Collector Shrikrishna Panchal on Friday said the structure was undergoing unauthorised repair work without the municipal corporation’s permission and that those responsible would face legal action.At least nine people were killed and three others injured after the ground-plus-four building in the Kohinoor … Read more

NEW DELHI: Petrol was projected to cost around Rs 125 per litre in Delhi when global crude prices touched $135 a barrel if India had not blended ethanol with petrol, the petroleum ministry said on Friday, defending the ethanol-blending programme against what it described as “misleading” claims about its costs, impact on food security and … Read more