NEW DELHI: “Cow slaughter will also be done,” AJUP chief and West Bengal MLA Humayun Kabir said, triggering a fresh political controversy as he asserted that the Quran mandates qurbani and insisted that ritual sacrifice of animals would continue despite the state government’s recent restrictions on animal slaughter ahead of Eid.Stating that ritual sacrifice “will…
NEW DELHI: Asaduddin Owaisi, the president of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), is all set to do a Bihar in Uttar Pradesh.Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh are nearly 8-9 months away and all key stakeholders are busy firming up their strategies for the high-stakes contest. But the AIMIM president is already in action mode with…
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Friday issued notices to the Union government and social media platform X on a petition filed by Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke, challenging the blocking of the party’s X account.The petition was filed after the CJP’s X handle that had turned into a viral online phenomenon was…
Quote of the Day by Henry David Thoreau Every generation has its thinkers whose words seem to speak directly to the most serious concerns of that time. Henry David Thoreau is one example of such a figure. More than a hundred years after his death, his ideas continue to inspire those who seek a life…
NEW DELHI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari shared a cozy moment from the swearing-in ceremony of the Assam government. Along with the exchange the two leaders also possibly alluded towards a shared problem of the two states, that being of the infiltrators.Photos posted by Suvendu Adhikari on…
Suppose a scenario where your child is jumping on the sofa. You saw him and smiled. The next day the child repeated the same, but this time you scolded him. Your genuine concern may be about the sofa’s springs, but in your child’s eyes, it’s inconsistency. The same behavior, for which they once got a…
Every school in Delhi will conduct ‘good touch and bad touch’ awareness sessions this month as part of a city-wide campaign to strengthen child safety and awareness under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.Announcing the initiative on Thursday, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said the month-long POCSO Awareness Month is aimed at…
The accused in hospital after being shot by police NEW DELHI: A 10-year-old girl was allegedly snatched from her family that was sleeping on a pavement in south Delhi, sexually assaulted and murdered by a cab driver early Monday morning, reports Abhay.Police said the accused raped the minor inside his cab at Mandi road in…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is joining President Donald Trump on his China visit. According to reports, President Trump added Nvidia’s Jensen Huang to the list of CEOs accompanying him to China at the 11th hour on Tuesday, May 12. Trump is scheduled to arrive in Beijing late on Wednesday local time for two days of…
File photo: People cool off in a water spray at the Eiffel Tower in Paris (Picture credit – AP) France has recorded around 1,000 more deaths than expected since June 24 during the record-breaking heatwave that swept across much of western Europe, with the vast majority of victims aged 65 and above, French health authorities…