Kolkata, Aug 12: Questioning West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s criticism of IT notices served to Durga Puja committees, the BJP on Monday accused a section of ruling TMC leaders of laundering money allegedly looted in chit fund scams through the puja committees. Banerjee had on Sunday criticised the […]
Wayanad (Ker), Aug 12: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday visited flood-hit areas in his Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency, including worst-hit Puthumala, and urged the Centre to “aggressively support” the people hit by floods and landslides in Southern states. “It is a tragedy not only for Wayanad, but for […]
Srinagar, Aug 12: Farooq Khan, an advisor to the governor of Jammu and Kashmir, on Monday offered Eid-al-Adha prayers at a mosque in the city where devotees apprised him about the problems being faced by them due to the restrictions imposed in the state, sources said. He offered prayers […]
Badaun (UP), Aug 12: At least 12 ‘kanwariya’ were on Monday injured, one of them seriously, when they were attacked by a group of people who objected to their playing loud music outside an Idgah here on Badaun-Bisauli road while Eid prayers were being offered, police said. The incident […]
Srinagar/Jammu, Aug 12: Barring stray protests, Eid-al-Adha prayers on Monday morning at various mosques in Jammu and Kashmir concluded peacefully, officials said, but the festive buzz was missing with curfew-like restrictions in place across the state According to the Union Home Ministry, people came out in good numbers to […]
NEW DELHI/MUMBAI – Opposition Congress party selected past president Sonia Gandhi as its interim leader on Saturday, while it searches for a successor to her son Rahul Gandhi, who quit following a crushing election defeat by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Congress Working Committee (CWC) unanimously decided to […]
NEW DELHI/BENGALURU – The death toll from floods in Karnataka, Kerala and Maharashtra rose to 147, state authorities said on Sunday, as rescue teams raced to evacuate people and waters submerged parts of a world heritage site. Heavy rain and landslides forced hundreds of thousands of people to […]
A gunman armed with multiple weapons opened fire in a mosque near Oslo on Saturday, injuring one person before being overpowered by an elderly worshipper and arrested, Norwegian police and witnesses said. Hours after the attack, the body of a young woman related to the suspect was found […]
China warned Britain to stop “meddling” in Hong Kong, after a top British official called the international financial hub’s leader to voice concern about protests that have rocked the city for two months. The pro-democracy protests, which are partly fuelled by widespread anger at an erosion of liberties […]
NEW DELHI — Authorities in Indian-administered Kashmir said they eased restrictions in the region’s main city for a third straight day on Sunday ahead of a major Islamic festival, following India’s move to strip the region of its constitutional autonomy and impose an indefinite curfew. More than 250 […]
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