Engineer Rashid (File photo) NEW DELHI: A Delhi court rejected Monday J&K MP Engineer Rashid’s plea for custody parole to attend Parliament’s ongoing budget session. Judge Chander Jit Singh said the order on the Baramulla MP’s regular bail plea would be passed on March 19.Rashid has been in Delhi’s Tihar jail since 2019 after his…
Union minister Kiren Rijiju NEW DELHI: Government on Monday told Parliament that the literacy rate among Muslims as well as the share of women from the community in the labour force had increased in recent years.In a written reply in Rajya Sabha, minority affairs minister Kiren Rijiju said that Periodic Labour Force Survey data for…
AIZAWAL: Foreigners, including those from the US and the UK, are crossing into Myanmar via Mizoram to impart arms training to insurgents there, CM Lalduhoma informed Mizoram assembly on Monday.The CM said while nearly 2,000 foreigners visited Aizawl between June and Dec last year, they were never seen in the streets, alluding to the fears…
<p>Bhupesh Baghel (PTI photo)<br></p> RAIPUR: ED on Monday searched the premises of former Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel as an extension of the probe against his son Chaitanya in an alleged liquor scam and money laundering case of Rs 2,161 crore.ED teams arrived at 14 locations in Durg district, including Baghel’s house in Padumnagar, early morning….
JAMMU: The recent killing of three civilians in Billawar tehsil of Kathua district reverberated in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly on Monday, with chief minister Omar Abdullah condemning the incident and calling for a thorough probe. Omar and PDP’s Iltija Mufti also raised questions as to how only BJP politicians were allowed to meet the…
J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah (File photo) SRINAGAR: Videos of fashion models strutting on snow in the ski resort of Gulmarg were pulled down from social media after a backlash led by J&K’s chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq over what he termed an “outrageous” and “obscene” display that had hurt the “sensitivities of the local…
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday conducted raids at 14 locations linked to the son of former CM Bhupesh Baghel and others in Chhattisgarh’s Durg district under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The action is part of the ongoing investigation into the alleged Rs 2,161 crore liquor scam in the state. A stone…
NEW DELHI: Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Tejashwi Yadav rebuked a BJP MLA‘s appeal to Muslims to “stay indoors” on Holi and said that Bihar was a state where “designs of RSS-BJP and Sangh Parivar have often been foiled.” Demanding an FIR against Haribhushan Thakur Bachaul, Yadav said, “It is not his father’s rule (baap ka…
NEW DELHI: “Urge passengers to use lavatories only for the purposes that they are meant for.” Air India on Monday issued this unusual appeal after yet another instance of clogged lavoratories affected yet another long haul flight. Flushing the lavs led to AI finding passengers had flushed polythene bags, rags, and clothes that led to…
Designers Shivan & Narresh apologise for Gulmarg fashion show row NEW DELHI: A fashion show held in Gulmarg during the holy month of Ramzan has sparked outrage in Jammu and Kashmir, with designers Shivan & Narresh facing criticism for displaying “obscene” garments. As the controversy grew, the designer duo issued an apology, saying they deeply…
