NEW DELHI: BMC officials on Monday were seen arriving at the Unicontinental hotel in Mumbai with hammers hours after Shiv Sena workers vandalised Habitat Studio, situated inside it, following comedian Kunal Kamra‘s joke about Maharashtra deputy chief minister Eknath Shinde.In a video shared by the news agency PTI, an official was seen entering the the…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Maharashtra government to file a response regarding the demolition of an illegal portion of Nagpur riot accused Fahim Khan’s house.The directive came in response to a contempt plea challenging the demolition. The petitioner alleged that the action was linked to an ‘anti-India slogan’ raised during a…
NEW DELHI: Kunal Kamra‘s comedy special ‘Naya Bharat’ triggered political slugfest between the ruling party and the opposition leaders after Shiv Sena took offence to a joke on deputy CM Eknath Shinde. Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis demanded an apology from the comedian and said that even though there was “freedom to do stand-up”, “he cannot…
NEW DELHI: Union minister Ramdas Athawale in a demands to remove Mughal emperor Aurangzeb’s tomb in Maharashtra’s Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, instead advocating for a grand memorial to Chhatrapati Sambhaji at the site.Speaking to reporters in Dehradun on Sunday, the Republican Party of India (Athawale) leader said that removing the tomb would not serve any purpose. “Don’t…
DALTONGANJ: In an assault underscoring the growing menace of illegal stone mining in Palamu district of Jharkhand, a mob brutally attacked five forest personnel who were conducting a night patrol here, reports MF Ahmad. The attack occurred when the foresters attempted to seize two boulder-laden tractors. This is the third such attack in just over…
JAMMU: A 7-year-old girl received a gunshot wound during an intense gunfight between 4-5 Jaish-e-Muhammad terrorists and security forces during a combing operation in Sanyal area of Hiranagar in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district on Sunday.“Anchal Kumari, daughter of Nago from Bihar, suffered a minor bullet injury and was rushed to a nearby hospital,” a…
NEW DELHI: India may soon rank flying training organisations (FTOs) here on various parameters like the average time taken by students there to get a commercial pilot licence (CPL) — which requires flying training aircraft for 200 hours and clearing several subject exams that are conducted by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). As…
File Photo: An anti-Naxal operation in progress NEW DELHI: Two Special Task Force (STF) personnel were injured after Naxalites triggered an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district, police said. The explosion occurred amid ongoing anti-Naxal operations in the region.Bijapur SP Jitendra Yadav said that the explosion occurred in the Madded police station…
An encounter between security forces and suspected terrorists erupted in Jammu & Kashmir’s Kathua district on Sunday evening during a search operation launched by security personnel in Sanyal village, located near the International Border in the Hiranagar sector. The operation was initiated following credible intelligence regarding the presence of armed militants in the area.Officials reported…
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav (File photo) NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday defended his party leader’s “Rana Sanga a traitor” remark, saying that referring to a page in “history should not be an issue”.A massive controversy erupted after SP Rajya Sabha MP Ramjilal Suman on March 21 called Rajput warrior…
