13th Jaipur Literature Festival Inaugurated
Jaipur: Bringing literature lovers face to face with some of the best-known names in writing in 15 Indian and 35 international languages and public speaking, the 13th annual edition of…
India falls to 51st position in EIU’s Democracy Index
New Delhi: India slipped 10 places to 51st position in the 2019 Democracy Index’s global ranking, according to The Economist Intelligence Unit, which cited “erosion of civil liberties” in the…
BJP Activists Arrested for Inflammatory Posters Against Kanhaiya Kumar
Kolkata: Several BJP activists were arrested by the police from Titagarh area of North 24 Parganas district on Thursday for putting up inflammatory posters against CPI leader Kanhaiya Kumar, who…
Gujarat govt to bring resolution in Assembly in support of CAA
Ahmedabad: The BJP government in Gujarat will bring a resolution in the upcoming one-day Assembly session of the state legislature on January 10 to extend its support to the Citizenship…
1,000 medical college teachers quit to press demands
Bhopal: At least 1,000 teachers from six government medical colleges in Madhya Pradesh have resigned in the last 48 hours to press their demands including a “clear- cut promotion policy”,…
Seven killed, 24 injured as bus falls into gorge in Rajouri
Jammu: Seven people were killed and 24 injured, some of them critically, when a bus skidded off the road and rolled down into a deep gorge in Jammu and Kashmir’s…
AMUSU urges Kovind to meet students injured in ‘state sponsored’ violence
Aligarh: Calling the December 15 police crackdown on students protesting against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill as “state sponsored violence”, the Aligarh Muslim University Students’ Union (AMUSU) has urged President Ram…
SFI, DYFI activists try to block Karnataka CM’s car in Kerala
Kannur: Activists of the pro CPI(M) SFI and DYFI waved black flags, raised slogans and tried to stop the car of Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa at Pazhayangadi here,…
Maharashtra Muslims welcome Thackeray assurance on CAA-NRC
Mumbai: Prominent Muslim leaders have lauded Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray for his statements reiterating that his government would ensure no injustice is done to a single Muslim in the state…
Hemant Soren elected JMMLP leader
Ranchi: JMM working president Hemant Soren was on Tuesday formally elected the JMM legislature party leader, a party source said here. Soren, who was projected as the chief ministerial candidate…