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Police and security personnel interact with members of the Shahi Jama Masjid. (PTI) PRAYAGRAJ: The Allahabad high court on Tuesday accepted a verbal plea of the Hindu side lawyer to refer to the Sambhal Jama Masjid as a ‘disputed structure‘. However, the written order passed by Justice Rohit Ranjan Agarwal called it a ‘disputed mosque’….
In the last two years, 286 Asiatic lions, including 143 cubs, died in Gujarat, according to data tabled in the state assembly. Of these, 58 were unnatural deaths. During the same period, deaths of 456 leopards and leopard cubs were reported. In 2023, 58 adult lions and 63 cubs died while, in 2024, the mortality…
Students from different organisations staging a protest at Jantar Mantar against suspension of Jamia Millia Islamia students. | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO The Delhi High Court on Tuesday stayed the suspension of 17 Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) students. The university suspended them last month for holding a “non-approved protest” and “vandalising public property”. While hearing…
Public Works Department (PWD) Minister Parvesh Sahib Singh on Tuesday approved the proposal to transfer the 13.23-km stretch between Peeragarhi Chowk and the Tikri border to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI). The Minister said that after the transfer, the stretch will be developed and maintained according to the NHAI standards, helping to improve…
Delhi University (DU) is set to withdraw the proposal to include Hindu religious text Manusmriti and Baburnama, the memoirs of Mughal emperor Babur, in the university’s History curriculum. DU Vice-Chancellor Yogesh Singh on Tuesday clarified that there was no plan to teach either of the subjects. The proposal was initiated by the History department’s Joint Committee of Courses…
A mass Iftar at Madin Academy in Malappuram. Hundreds of people are breaking their Ramzan fasting every day at the mass Iftars organised by Madin Academy here. Among them are professionals like doctors and lawyers, teachers, office staff, and even bystanders of patients in various hospitals. Although almost all mosques offer Iftar facilities, the mass…
The sale follows rising tensions over China’s role in the Panama Canal. A Hong Kong-based conglomerate has agreed to sell its stakes in Panama’s key ports to a consortium led by BlackRock Inc., following US concerns over Chinese influence in the critical shipping route.CK Hutchison Holdings announced on Tuesday that it would divest all shares…
An unemployed engineering graduate fatally stabbed his father after an argument at their house in Thillai Ganga Nagar, Nanganallur. Fleeing in an auto-rickshaw, he confessed the crime to his brother over the phone. The auto driver, overhearing this, took him straight to the police station. Meanwhile, the victim was rushed by his elder son to the…
The Vadapalani police have arrested a trio for assaulting three persons at a cinema theatre. The police arrested M. Dhanush, 23, of Ambattur, J. Eswaran, 27, of Kodambakkam, D. Rakesh Kumar, 27, of Nungambakkam. They allegedly picked a brawl with a group of three youth outside the theatre. The trio attacked them with beer bottles…
The reactor blast in SB Organics chemical factory located in Chandapur village, Hathnoora mandal, of Sangareddy district, on April 3, 2024. | Photo Credit: File photo The National Green Tribunal (NGT), which had taken suo motu cognisance of a blast in a chemical factory last year, has delivered its judgment recently without any recommendations for…