- Sunday, April 20, 2025
EXUDING confidence that the Supreme Court verdict in the Ayodhya case will be based on "evidence and not faith", prominent Muslim body Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind on Wednesday said it will respect the top court's ruling in the matter, and also appealed to Muslims to abide by it. Jamiat chief Syed Arshad…
This month’s Davis Cup tie between Pakistan and India, scheduled to take place in Islamabad, must now be played at a “neutral venue” due to security concerns, the International Tennis Federation (ITF) said Monday. The Asia/Oceania Group I match had initially been planned for September, but was pushed back to…
TWO parliamentary panels headed by Congress leaders have decided to examine the WhatsApp snooping case and will seek details from top government officials including the Home Secretary. Facebook-owned WhatsApp on Thursday said Indian journalists and human rights activists were among those globally spied upon by unnamed entities using an Israeli…
DESPITE the ban on stubble-burning that is choking Delhi and other areas in northern India, farm fires continue around this Punjab village, just 20 km from the state capital Chandigarh. "We are helpless," says a farmer, citing the cost of equipment meant to tackle crop residue without burning it. The…
INDIA'S largest airline, IndiGo, and Qatar Airways will make a strategic business announcement on Thursday (7), which media reports said would involve a codeshare agreement. IndiGo shares, which rose as much as five per cent early in the day, pared those gains to trade up one per cent in the…
INDIA'S gold demand slumped 32 per cent to 123.9 tonnes in the September quarter as higher prices and economic slowdown reduced the appetite for the yellow metal, according to a report. The country, which is the second-largest consumer of the yellow metal after China, recorded a 66 per cent fall in…
INDIAN farmers and businesses Tuesday (5) hailed prime minister Narendra Modi's decision to opt-out of a sprawling Asian trade pact, with the country's largest dairy producer Amul thanking the premier for "supporting livelihoods". New Delhi's 11th-hour rejection of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) which was meant to account for…
DEEPAK Kumar secured India's 10th Tokyo Olympic quota in shooting after winning the men's 10m air rifle bronze medal at the 14th Asian Championships here on Tuesday. Deepak shot 227.8 in the final of the event on the tournament's opening day. Deepak, who won a bronze medal at the 2018…
PRESIDENT Ram Nath Kovind has given his assent to the Gujarat Control of Terrorism and Organised Crime (GCTOC) Bill, a controversial anti-terror legislation passed by the BJP-ruled state in March 2015. One of the key features of the new Act is intercepted telephonic conversations would now be considered as a…
THOUSANDS of police personnel protested outside the Police Headquarters on Tuesday to demand action against those involved in an attack on their colleague outside the Saket court, the unprecedented scenes of police protest leading their chief Amulya Patnaik urging them to resume duty. The tension between police personnel and lawyers…
