The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday rejected the plea seeking exemption from singing national anthem in the madrasas. The petition challenged the order issued by the state government in Uttar Pradesh, which instructed madrasas across the state to sing national anthem on Independence day. The madrasas were asked to videograph[Read More…]
BJP MP from Chhattisgarh, Bansilal Mahto, was caught on camera making controverisal comments on women that the state’s girls are becoming ‘Tana-Tan’. The 77-year-old BJP MP was addressing a crowd at a wrestling competition function as part of the Gandhi Jayanti (October 2) celebration when he was caught making remarks[Read More…]
In another incident of rail mishap, three coaches of a goods train derailed on Achhnera-Mathura rail route on Wednesday, affecting the Kasganj-Achhnera rail route. However, no casualties have been reported in the incident. Just a week ago, 16 coaches of a goods train derailed near Nergundi station in Cuttack, affecting[Read More…]
Satya Pal Malik on Wednesday took oath as the Governor of Bihar in Patna. A former MP and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s national vice president, Malik took the charge of the post that had been vacant since Ram Nath Kovind was nominated as the BJP’s presidential candidate. Malik has already[Read More…]
The Uttar Pradesh Police on Wednesday arrested a man for allegedly making a hoax call about a bomb being placed in the state assembly. The man has been identified as Narsinh and is a resident of Babra village of Shahjahanpur district. On Sunday, Police had received an anonymous call informing[Read More…]
Just ahead of the Assembly polls in Gujarat, a video of BJP President Amit Shah along with chief minister, Vijay Rupani, BJP Gujarat President Jeetu Bhai Vaghani and Deputy CM and only Patel leader in the cabinet, Nitin Patel from Gujarat has surfaced and making noises. In the video, the[Read More…]
Humiliated by the absence of toilet in her home, a woman from Patna dragged her father-in-law to the police station and allegedly forced him to sign a bond that he would get one constructed soon. The incident happened in Cheggan Neura village in Minapur block of Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district. Jyoti,[Read More…]
The Patidar community leaders seem to have rejected the olive branch extended by the state govt on Wednesday. “The decision by the state govt to withdraw political cases against us is a clear admission that these cases were fake and hurled at us just to weaken the movement. Withdrawing these[Read More…]
Gujarat chief minister, Vijay Rupani, said that the Congress party has no “credible” local leaders so it is relying on party vice-president, Rahul Gandhi, for campaigning for the upcoming assembly elections. He also posed a series of questions to the Congress scion, who is currently touring the state, where assembly[Read More…]
Gujarat deputy chief minister, Nitin Patel, on Wednesday said that the cabinet has decided that the police cases filed against youths during Patidar agitation will be withdrawn. The cabinet held a meeting today to make concrete announcements about the Patidars. “The two announcements likely to be made are the constitution[Read More…]
To put an end to copying in board exams in Uttar Pradesh next year, the Yogi Adityanath-led state government has decided to allow only CCTV-equipped schools to become examination centres. The state government also has decided to ask schools that school bus drivers and other staff should be hired only[Read More…]
The overwhelming response received by Rahul Gandhi among the Patidars in Gujarat has got the state government re-think its strategy. Sources say that the Patidar movement leader Hardik Patel could meet Congress Vice President at Rajkot on Wednesday. Possibilities of an open alignment of Patidars with Congress has sent the[Read More…]
A woman professor, who heads the journalism department at a top university in Madurai in Tamil Nadu, was stabbed on campus on Tuesday. The woman, Professor E Jenefa, is recovering in the hospital. According to the police, she was attacked at the state-run Madurai Kamaraj University by a former guest[Read More…]
The Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted bail to 2008 Malegaon blast case accused, Major Ramesh Upadhyay, on grounds of parity. In August, the Supreme Court had granted bail to Lt Col Prasad Shrikant Purohit. While granting bail to Upadhyay, the Bombay High Court asked him to furnish a surety[Read More…]
In another case of violence against journalists, Sajeev Gopalan, a senior journalist of a regional Malayalam daily, was allegedly beaten and stripped in front of his family members by the police at Varkala in Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala on Sunday. The 49-year-old journalist was rushed to a nearby hospital with[Read More…]
During a public address in Dwarka in Gujarat, Congress vice-president, Rahul Gandhi, on Monday slammed the BJP and said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had attacked the economy by imposing the GST and the demonetisation on the country. The Congress scion said that the youth of the nation is willing[Read More…]
Former Samajwadi Party chief, Mulayam Singh Yadav, on Monday dismissed reports of forming a new party as of now. Prior to his press conference, there was speculation that he may float a new party. However, no such announcement was made by him. Addressing the media in Lucknow, “I am not[Read More…]
What looked like a BJP walkthrough three months ago, has taken the shape of an interesting contest now. Inputs from NewsCode team of local news partners in Gujarat say that the Congress Party has returned to reckoning in the state because of two reasons, the election of Ahmed Patel to[Read More…]
A day after clashes broke out at the Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Vice-Chancellor, Girish Chandra Tripathi, on Sunday said that the administration had information that some “anti-social” elements may try to spoil the atmosphere of the university. “We had information that some anti-social elements will try to disturb the environment[Read More…]
BJP MLA, Mejor Sunil Dutt Dwivedi, of Sadar assembly constituency of Farrukhabad in Uttar Pradesh carried an accident victim on his back inside the emergency ward of Lohia hospital. The incident happened on Friday after three men on two bikes rammed into a bicycle near Bhimsen market on Farrukhabad-Fatehgarh road[Read More…]
Violent clashes erupted in Banaras Hindu University (BHU) on Saturday night between a group of students and police when the former were protesting against the alleged shaming of a molestation victim by the university administration. The students, including a large number of girls, allegedly used arson pelted stones while the[Read More…]
In a shocking revelation, a Tamil Nadu minister has confessed that he lied to the people about the health condition of former Tamil Nadu chief minister, Jayalalithaa, almost a year after she was admitted to the Apollo hospital. Tamil Nadu Forest Minister, C Sreenivasan, during a public address in Madurai[Read More…]
Samajwadi Party chief, Akhilesh Yadav, on Saturday cautioned his party members against fake samajwadis. He was addressing the state convention, which unanimously re-elected Naresh Uttam as SP president in the state. Akhilesh called on his party members at the meet, and asked them to realise their responsibilities ahead of Lok[Read More…]
In a bid to instil patriotism among students, Madhya Pradesh education minister, Vijay Shah, on Friday requested the madrasas to unfurl the Tricolour and make students sing the national anthem daily. Speaking at the occasion of 20th foundation day of the State Madarsa Board, Shah said that madrasas follow all[Read More…]
The CBI on Thursday arrested retired Orissa High Court judge, Ishrat Masroor Quddusi, and four others in connection with a corruption case. The arrests were made late Wednesday night, following a detailed search operation at eight locations, including the residence of the retired Judge Quddusi’s residence in Greater Kailash in[Read More…]