Srinagar, Feb 23 (IANS) In a tough move authorities have detained dozens of Jamaat-e-Islami cadres in the Kashmir Valley, including its top leadership during a mass crackdown, police sources said. The nocturnal raids were conducted…
Prayagraj, Feb 22 (IANS) Advocating peace in the aftermath of the Pulwama terror attack, a Hindu MP from Pakistan on Friday expressed hope that India and Pakistan would move forward in the direction of friendship….
Dehradun, Feb 22 (IANS) Congress General Secretary Harish Rawat on Friday said the party will launch sincere efforts to build a grand Ram Temple at Ayodhya if it comes to power after the Lok Sabha…
Dehradun, Feb 22 (PTI) Congress General Secretary Harish Rawat on Friday said the party will launch sincere efforts to build a grand Ram Temple at Ayodhya if it comes to power after the Lok Sabha…
Prayagraj, Feb 22 (IANS) Two hundred and twenty delegates from 185 countries across the world landed in Prayagraj on Friday to take part in the ongoing Kumbh mela, an official said. These visitors are part…
By Saket Suman New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) A timely book tries to point to how much India and Pakistan have in common. “The Begum: A Portrait of Ra’ana Liaquat Ali Khan, Pakistan’s Pioneering First…
Varanasi, Feb 21 (IANS) Jyotish and Dwarka Sharda Peeth Shankracharya Swamy Swaroopanand Saraswati on Thursday performed a symbolic ‘shilanyaas’ in Varanasi of the proposed Ram temple at Ayodhya. The seer, who called off his proposed…
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) Ending all speculation, President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday repromulgated the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Ordinance, commonly known as the triple talaq ordinance, for the third time….
Chandigarh, Feb 21 (IANS) Former Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Sumedh Singh Saini has been summoned by the Punjab Police Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the cases of sacrilege and firing incidents in Punjab…
Chandigarh, Feb 21 (IANS) With the top leaders of the Congress government in Punjab, including Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, saying recently that “bigger names” could emerge in the investigation being conducted into the sacrilege cases…
Ghaziabad, Feb 21 (IANS) The Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) is set to build a ‘gaushala’ spread over 18,000 square metres here. “We have initiated the process and have invited tenders for the same,” GDA spokesman…
Vatican City, Feb 21 (IANS) Pope Francis said here on Thursday the world was waiting not only for the Catholic Church to condemn child sexual abuse by members of clergy but also for “concrete measures”…
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi left for Seoul on Wednesday on a two-day visit to South Korea during which he will be conferred upon the 2018 Seoul Peace Prize. During the…
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) The Supreme Court will hold a hearing on February 26 on a batch of petitions challenging the 2010 Allahabad High Court verdict trifurcating the disputed site in Ayodhya and giving…
Srinagar, Feb 20 (IANS) Ever since the ongoing armed violence started in the Kashmir Valley, Indian intelligence agencies have been worried about the growing influence of the strait-laced interpretation of Islam propagated through ‘Wahhabism’. The…
Panaji, Feb 20 (IANS) Crores of Indians believe the judiciary should appreciate their urgency for a quicker verdict on the Ayodhya dispute, Bharatiya Janata Party national Vice President Vinay Sahasrabuddhe said on Wednesday. “About Ayodhya,…
Lucknow, Feb 20 (IANS) Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday slammed the Modi government for approving an ordinance for a third time to make triple talaq a law. The Modi cabinet on Tuesday evening…
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 20 (IANS) A record number of four million women are taking part in the famed Attukal Pongala festival here in Kerala on Wednesday. All state, central banks and private offices in the capital…
London, Feb 20 (IANS) Two prominent Roman Catholic Church cardinals have called for an end to the “plague of the homosexual agenda”, urging bishops to end their complicity and silence over cases of sexual abuse….
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the SGPC and a petitioner Jagdeep Singh Puri to make a representation to the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports for the framing of…