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Urdu Media Awards announced, nominations open nationwide
Hyderabad: The CETI Foundation has invited nominations for the second edition of the Naseem Arifi ‘Urdu Media Awards.’ A total of five awards will be presented this year to Urdu journalists across…
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SC refuses to entertain plea of Army veterans against current pay-fixation rules
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to entertain a plea filed by a group of ex-servicemen challenging the validity of the current pay-fixation rules, alleging that the existing framework unfairly…
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Ulema disappointed over Davanagere bypoll, minority representation
Bengaluru: A representative body of Ulema (Islamic religious scholars) in Karnataka on Thursday, April 16, expressed dissatisfaction over recent political developments surrounding the Davanagere Assembly by-election and raised concerns about the representation…
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Very scared of Muslims: Woman passenger shares ‘bad’ cab experiences
A woman riding in a cab shared that she is generally scared of Muslim drivers and purposefully cancels rides, instead opting for those with non-Muslim drivers. A video circulating online shows a…
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UP: Imambara, Eidgah removed in Sambhal demolition drive
Sambhal: A demolition drive was carried out by the district administration in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal district to remove an Imambara and an Eidgah allegedly built on government land in Bichhauli village on…
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Lok Sabha strength to rise to 815, 272 seats for women: Meghwal
New Delhi: The strength of the Lok Sabha will increase to 815, of which 272 seats will be reserved for women and neither men nor any state will suffer any loss due…
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Union govt spent Rs 76.13 lakh on print media ads for 100 years of RSS
New Delhi: The Union Ministry of Culture spent a staggering Rs 76.13 lakh on advertisements for the 100-year celebration of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a right to information (RTI) reply has shown.…
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NDA, Opposition leaders spar over women’s reservation, delimitation bills
New Delhi: Leaders on Thursday, April 16, defended bills to amend the women’s quota law and set up a delimitation commission, saying women have waited for years for reservation, while opposition leaders…
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Govt ‘bulldozing’ delimitation via women’s quota, says Gogoi
New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday, April 16, alleged that the government wants to “bulldoze” delimitation in the name of women’s reservation, and asserted that if it is really committed to implementing…
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Police misusing anti-conversion law: Allahabad HC flags ‘fake FIRs’
Prayagarj: The Allahabad High Court has flagged several “false, fake, and frivolous FIRs” filed under the Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021, in Uttar Pradesh, and said there was a…
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Self-styled godman Shastri’s group gets approval for foreign funds under FCRA
New Delhi: Religious group Baba Bageshwar Dham, led by self-styled godman Dhirendra Krishna Shastri, who intends to establish a “Hindu Rashtra,” can now collect foreign donations after the Union Home Ministry granted…
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Modi is biggest feminist, best time to be a woman: Kangana
Live Updates Ended Oppn will weaken: Asaddudin Owaisi 16 Apr 2026 · 22:45 IST BJP MP Kangana Ranaut hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi India’s biggest feminist that no one has seen. “He…
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Country set to take historic step on women’s empowerment: PM Modi
New Delhi: As the Special Session of Parliament for amendments to Nari Shakti Vandam Adhiniyam is set to begin on Thursday, April 16, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called it a “historic step”…
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Tamil Nadu CM burns copy of delimitation bill, terms it ‘black law’
Chennai/Namakkal: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Thursday, April 16, burnt a copy of the delimitation Bill and dubbed it a “black law” and alleged it seeks to make the Tamil…
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Telangana caste census: SCs, STs three times more backward than general castes
Hyderabad: Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) in Telangana are three times more backward than general caste communities, Backward Classes (BC) are 2.7 times more backward, and 30 per cent of the…
