Mon, 20 Jan 2020 18:11:41
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to the Centre regarding schemes for minorities.
The petitioner has claimed that the government is spending Rs 4,800 crore towards teaching skills to minorities and promoting culture and alleged that this is a violation of the right to equality.
The apex court will hear the matter in March.
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Mon, 20 Jan 2020 18:09:03
New Delhi: All India Students' Association (AISA) and other organisations on Monday held a protest march against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), National Register of Citizen (NRC) and National Population Register (NPR) here on Monday. Former JNU student and activist Umar Khalid was also present during the protest.
Demonstrators were seen carrying anti-CAA posters and chanted slogans against th
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Mon, 20 Jan 2020 18:04:24
NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will file his nomination on Tuesday instead of Monday due to a delay caused by his roadshow.
Kejriwal had to postpone the filing to tomorrow as his roadshow ran longer than expected and he could not reach the nomination office in time. Tomorrow also marks the last day of filing for nominations.
"I was supposed to file my nomination today but it
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Mon, 20 Jan 2020 18:01:29
New Delhi: Hundreds of people, including women and children, on Sunday evening took out a massive anti-CAA march from Jamia university gate to Shaheen Bagh as the chorus to demand repealing of the amended Citizenship Act grew louder in Delhi.
The march was high on symbolism as some locals dressed up as Mahatma Gandhi and B R Ambedkar, while three men assumed the identity of martyred revolution
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Mon, 20 Jan 2020 17:58:57
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday rejected the plea of a death row convict in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case challenging the Delhi High Court order, which had dismissed his claim of being a juvenile at the time of the offence.
A bench comprising Justices R Banumathi, Ashok Bushan and A S Bopanna dismissed the plea of convict Pawan Kumar Gupta and upheld the Delhi High Court verdict.
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Mon, 20 Jan 2020 17:49:12
Thiruvananthapuram: The Left front government in Kerala on Monday decided to inform the Centre it would not cooperate with the updation of the NPR, saying there were fears among the public about the process and it has the "Constitutional responsibility" to alleviate them and ensure law and order.
A special cabinet meeting, chaired by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan here, decided to inform the
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Mon, 20 Jan 2020 17:47:06
Mangaluru: An unattended bag containing a suspicious IED-like object was recovered at the Mangaluru airport on Monday triggering alarm ahead of the Republic Day, officials said.
They said a bag was found near a ticket counter at the departure terminal of the facility at about 8:45 AM after which Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) and police personnel cordoned off the area.
CISF DIG (o
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Mon, 20 Jan 2020 17:45:00
New Delhi, Jan 20 (PTI) Jagat Prakash Nadda was elected unopposed as the BJP's national president on Monday, taking over the reins from Amit Shah whose tenure of five-and-a-half years saw the party turning into a formidable election-winning machinery despite occasional setbacks.
The 59-year-old leader from Himachal Pradesh is seen as an affable and low-key politician who enjoys the trust of Pri
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Mon, 20 Jan 2020 17:43:30
Kolkata Jan 20 (PTI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday appealed to her counterparts in the northeast and non-BJP states to take a note of the "clauses" mentioned in the NPR form, before participating in the exercise to update the register.
Dubbing the NPR exercise as "a dangerous game", Banerjee said the form, which seeks birth details of parents, could be nothing but a precu
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