NOIDA: Hired killer, drug smuggler, gambler, bootlegger, nomad, beggar – these are among ‘professions’ listed in the tenant verification section of UP police’s UPCOP mobile app. The app’s rather wide definition of professions drew amusement on social media on Monday as users shared screenshots and possibly brought the issue to police’s notice for the first…
NEW DELHI: Using its omnibus powers under Article 142 of the Constitution, the Supreme Court on Monday allowed termination of a 14-year-old girl’s 30-week-old pregnancy, allegedly caused by sexual assault, following a medical board’s opinion that though MTP at this stage is risky, threat to the minor’s life is more if pregnancy continued to its…
NEW DELHI: Accusing PM Modi of trying to create enmity between religious communities and lying to defame the rival party, Congress on Monday petitioned Election Commission and demanded that the PM be “disqualified” for egregious violations of election laws in his speech in Rajasthan on Sunday.Congress said the PM is a serial offender who has…
ALIGARH:PM Modi on Monday accused Congress and Samajwadi Party of engaging in “appeasement” politics and failing to support the minority community.Speaking at a rally in support of BJP Lok Sabha candidates Satish Gautam (Aligarh) and Anoop Valmiki (Hathras) at the Numaish Ground in Aligarh, Modi said, “When I talk of Pasmanda Muslims (backward sections within…
AMRAVATI: Twenty-four hours after Election Commission slapped a notice on Uddhav Thackeray for use of ‘Jai Bhavani‘ in its anthem, the Shiv Sena (UBT) president defied the poll panel by vigorously chanting the slogan at a packed Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) meeting at Amravati — the first mammoth show of strength on one platform by…
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Monday denied chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s request for consultation with a private doctor through video conferencing, agreeing with the Tihar Jail authorities that he cannot be treated differently from other inmates and that the laws and jail manual must apply equally to all. “The request for private treatment can…
RAIPUR: Six days after the most successful operation by security forces in Chhattisgarh in which 29 Maoists were killed in Kanker district, Union home minister Amit Shah warned Naxals to “give up arms or face severe consequences for spreading violence”.“There can be no roads, education, electricity, ration shops, gas cylinders, employment, healthcare or homes until…
NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah on Monday attacked Congress leader P Chidambaram’s statement that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 (CAA) and the three new criminal laws will be revoked if Congress comes to office, calling it as a brazen act of appeasement and the former finance minister’s party has lost nerve after seeing the…
NEW DELHI: Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Monday reviewed the operational situation and military preparedness in the Siachen Glacier-Saltoro Ridge region, dubbing it “India’s capital of courage, grit and determination” just as Delhi was the national capital and Mumbai the financial one.“We are leading a peaceful life as we have an assurance that our brave…
SHIVAMOGGA/HUBBALLI: Facing tough questions over handling of MCA student Neha Hiremath’s murder on BVB College campus in Hubballi, Karnataka govt Monday decided to hand over the probe to CID and set up a special court to fast-track the trial.Neha (24), daughter of Hubballi-Dharwad Congress corporator Niranjan Hiremath, was stabbed to death on Thursday by Fayaz…
