DHAKA: Law enforcement agencies in Bangladesh arrested on Saturday four people for vandalising and damaging houses, shops and the local Loknath temple of the Hindu community in the Doarabazar area of Sunamganj district earlier this month.On Dec 3, a Facebook post by Akash Das, a resident of Sunamganj district, had sparked tension in the area….
GUWAHATI: Unidentified gunmen killed two migrant labourers from Bihar, while police shot an 18-year-old militant dead following a brief exchange of fire in violence-hit Manipur Saturday.Police said the labourers – identified as Sunalal Kumar, 18, and Dasharat Kumar, 17 – were travelling on bicycles when they were shot in the evening at Keirak in Kakching…
PATNA: A day before the launch of Bihar CM Nitish Kumar’s ‘Mahila Samvad Yatra’, former deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav on Saturday announced ‘Mai Bahan Maan Yojana‘ (MBMY), promising Rs 2,500 per month each to women from poor and deprived sections of society if RJD forms a govt. “This scheme will be launched and implemented within…
NEW DELHI: In a seamless coordinated effort, the fourth and last National Lok Adalat for this year, organised by National Legal Services Authority (NALSA), settled 1.45 crore cases, and importantly, prevented 1.22 crore fresh cases entering the system, which is already groaning under a monstrous pendency of 4.65 crore cases.Working with the motto ‘Resolving Disputes,…
Three and half months after the national medical register portal was launched, less than 6,500 doctors have registered and only 284 of these have been approved. At the current pace of registration, it would take 40 years to register the estimated 12 lakh doctors currently practicing in India to complete the approval process of those…
NEW DELHI: BJP MP Anurag Thakur on Saturday targeted leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, saying he lacks basic knowledge about the Constitution. “Some people carry the Constitution, but cannot tell how many pages it has because they have never opened it,” the Hamirpur MP said in the House.He also cited senior Supreme…
NEW DELHI: TDP MP Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu, during debate on the Constitution in Lok Sabha Saturday, expressed concerns about the next delimitation being done on population criteria, arguing that southern states stand to lose in the process while northern states would gain politically.The MP said if delimitation is done on the basis of population,…
NEW DELHI: IndiGo passenger woes at Istanbul continue unabated in peak travel season. A Turkish Airlines wide-body Boeing 777 wet-leased (hired with operating crew) by IndiGo to operate to Delhi on Friday at 8.15pm developed a snag and the flight was cancelled. That left about 400 passengers stranded at the airport, with many complaining of…
Railways halts razing of unauthorised temples MUMBAI: Central Railway (CR) on Saturday stayed demolition of five unauthorised temples outside Dadar station amid escalating opposition from Sena UBT, later leading to protests from BJP members as well.Sena UBT criticised the demolition notices soon after they were issued on December 4. On Friday, party chief Uddhav Thackeray…
NEW DELHI: Seeking to corner BJP during a discussion on Constitution in Parliament, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said the saffron party’s “supreme leader” – V D Savarkar – had called ‘Manusmriti‘ better than the Constitution and asked if BJP wasn’t mocking him by praising Ambedkar and the Constitution.Rahul invoked the legend of Eklavya…
