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Chennai: TNCC president K Selvaperunthagai on Tuesday said he was treated with disrespect at the Vallakottai Murugan temple consecration in Kancheepuram despite arriving on time. The DMK allies called for action against HR&CE officials while minister P K Sekarbabu visited the Congress leader and assured action. "The minister expressed regret for the incident," Selvaperunthagai said.The controversy related to the consecration ceremony of the temple, which took place after 17 years. Former Telanga ...Read More >
CHENNAI: CPI state secretary R Mutharasan has strongly condemned the reported act of discrimination against Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) president K Selvaperunthagai during the kumbabishekam held at the Vallakottai Murugan Temple near Sriperumbudur on Sunday. In a statement, he alleged that officials of the Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments (HR & CE) Department deliberately denied Selvaperunthagai access to the sanctified inner premises of the temple, citing Agama rules. Selvap ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 7 (ANI): A plea has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking to halt the release of the Bollywood film Udaipur Files, which is reportedly inspired by the 2022 murder of tailor Kanhaiya Lal in Rajasthan's Udaipur. Filed by Maulana Arshad Madani, President of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind and Principal of Darul Uloom Deoband, the petition alleges that the film may incite communal discord and threaten social harmony. The petition cites the film's trailer, released on June 26, 2025 ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 7 (ANI): A plea has been filed in the Delhi High Court seeking to halt the release of the Bollywood film Udaipur Files, which is reportedly inspired by the 2022 murder of tailor Kanhaiya Lal in Rajasthan's Udaipur. Filed by Maulana Arshad Madani, President of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind and Principal of Darul Uloom Deoband, the petition alleges that the film may incite communal discord and threaten social harmony. The petition cites the film's trailer, released on June 26, 2025 ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 7 (PTI) A petition has been filed before the Delhi High Court seeking to stay the release of 'Udaipur Files', claiming that the movie based on tailor Kanhaiya Lal murder case has potential to inflame communal tensions and disrupt public order in the country. The petition has been filed by Maulana Arshad Madani, Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind president and principal of Darul Uloom Deoband, and is likely to come up for hearing on Wednesday. Also Read | Silver Lion for Argentine's Javier Mile ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jul 7 (PTI) A petition has been filed before the Delhi High Court seeking to stay the release of 'Udaipur Files', claiming that the movie based on tailor Kanhaiya Lal murder case has potential to inflame communal tensions and disrupt public order in the country. The petition has been filed by Maulana Arshad Madani, Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind president and principal of Darul Uloom Deoband, and is likely to come up for hearing on Wednesday. Madani has claimed in the petition that a trailer o ...Read More >
Patna: The six-party Grand Alliance (GA), led by RJD leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, on Monday urged the Election Commission (EC) to either withdraw the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) of the state's electoral roll, which began on June 25, or defer the exercise until after the assembly elections scheduled this year."The EC is a constitutional body, but its credibility and impartiality are at stake in the backdrop of the present form of the SIR exercise. Our demand is to honour the aspirat ...Read More >
JAMMU: Senior BJP leader and former minister Priya Sethi on Sunday led a plantation drive at the historic Mubarak Mandi complex in connection with the 125th Birth Anniversary of Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee. The initiative, organised by Distt President Jammu Rajesh Gupta, Vice president Distt Ramesh Gupta and convenor Arun Sethi as a tribute to the visionary leader who laid the foundation for "One Nation, One Constitution," witnessed enthusiastic participation from pa ...Read More >
Vijayawada, July 6 (UNI) Dr. Ambati Naga Radhakrishna Yadav, Chairman, YSRCP NTR District Doctors Wing, extended solidarity to the protesting Foreign Medical Graduates (FMGs) at Dharna Chowk. The FMGs are demanding permanent registration and adherence to the latest National Medical Commission (NMC) guidelines. Dr. Radhakrishna stated that the issue should be resolved within a week and demanded compensation for graduates who were unable to continue their education due to the COVID-19 pandemic a ...Read More >
Bhubaneswar: The BJD chief, Naveen Patnaik, on Saturday sought the personal intervention of External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar for the early and safe release of an Odisha resident allegedly abducted by militants in the West African country of Mali. Twenty-eight-year-old P Venkataramana is a resident of Patnaik's Assembly constituency Hinjili from where he has been elected for six consecutive terms since 2000. Taking to X, Patnaik said: "Concerned to know that P Venkataramana of Hinjilicut b ...Read More >
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 6 (ANI): Launching a scathing attack on the Centre, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin said the "storm of protest" against "Hindi imposition" has transcended state boundaries as he hailed Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray for their "victory rally" after the Maharashtra government's rollback of the three-language policy in the state. In a harsh post on social media platform X on Saturday, Stalin said the language rights struggle, waged by the Dravida Munnetra ...Read More >
Kochi: Edison Babu's neighbours in Muvattupuzha knew him as the quiet engineer who had returned home during the pandemic. The 35-year-old former auto industry professional seemed to lead an unremarkable life in this sleepy Kerala suburb, occasionally visiting the local post office with packages: nothing unusual for someone running what appeared to be a small online business. What they didn't know was that their mild-mannered neighbour had built India's most sophisticated darknet drug empire, o ...Read More >
Chennai: Chief minister M K Stalin on Saturday said DMK and Tamil Nadu's long-standing language rights movement against Hindi imposition has now expanded beyond state borders, sparking waves of protest in Maharashtra. He warned the BJP of repercussions for its policies towards Tamil language and culture.Addressing Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray as his brother, Stalin said in a post on X that "the spirited victory rally held in Mumbai (on Saturday) under Thackeray's leadership and the res ...Read More >
Mumbai: Chief Justice of India (CJI) Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai on Saturday assured that efforts are underway to increase the strength of judges in the Bombay High Court, which is currently functioning with less than 70% of its sanctioned strength. Speaking at a felicitation function organised by the Bombay High Court, CJI Gavai said, "As on July 1, the High Court is functioning with 65 judges as against its sanctioned strength of 94." He added that the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court has ...Read More >
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 6 (ANI): Launching a scathing attack on the Centre, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin said the 'storm of protest' against 'Hindi imposition' has transcended state boundaries as he hailed Uddhav Thackeray and Raj Thackeray for their 'victory rally' after the Maharashtra government's rollback of the three-language policy in the state. In a harsh post on social media platform X on Saturday, Stalin said the language rights struggle, waged by the Dravida Munnetra ...Read More >
Patna (Bihar) [India], July 5 (ANI): Following Shiv Sena (UBT) Chief Uddhav Thackeray and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray addressing a joint rally at Worli Dome in Mumbai on Saturday, Union Minister Chirag Paswan said that they were not coming together for language, but for their selfish motives and to recover their lost base. Chirag Paswan said, "They are not coming together for language, but for their selfish motives. They are coming together to recover their lost base. B ...Read More >
Patna, July 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) In the wake of the murder of prominent businessman Gopal Khemka in Patna on Friday night, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar swung into action on Saturday and held a high-level law and order review meeting with top police officials and directed strict measures for crime control in the state. On Saturday, Nitish Kumar convened a meeting at the Sankalp office, 01 Anne Marg, summoning the DGP and ADG Headquarters along with senior police officers. He issued clear dir ...Read More >
New Delhi- With an audacious bid to host Olympic Games at stake, the Indian government could not have blocked Pakistan from multi-lateral sporting events here despite the prevailing public anger against the arch-rivals as it could have resulted in the nation being barred from hosting future big events. The government on Thursday gave its approval for Pakistani participation in hockey's Asia Cup (August) and the Junior World Cup (November-December), the junior shooting World Cup (September) and ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday challenged the BJP and its top leaders, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah, stating that neither they nor their successors can remove the words Secular and Socialist from the Preamble of the Constitution of India. He asserted that the Congress would form the government at the Centre as it did in Telangana. The AICC chief was addressing a public meeting, Samajika Nyaya Samara Bheri, at the LB Stadium here to engag ...Read More >
Mumbai, July 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Indian government has come under pressure over its decision to allow the men's hockey team of Pakistan to participate in the upcoming Asia Cup in Rajgir in Bihar. Many people, including some current and former sports administrators, have urged the government to rescind its decision and to deny the Pakistan team visas to visit India. It is apparent that they have tried to ignore the impact denial of participation of a team due to political reasons, which goes ...Read More >
U.S. and India trade negotiators were pushing on Wednesday to finalise a tariff-reducing deal ahead of President Donald Trump's July 9 negotiating deadline, but disagreements over U.S. dairy and agriculture remained unresolved. WHY ARE FARM GOODS IMPORTS SENSITIVE IN INDIA? Agriculture and its allied areas contribute just 16% to India's $3.9 trillion economy, but sustain nearly half of the country's 1.4 billion population. As farmers remain the most powerful voting bloc, Prime Minister Narendr ...Read More >
Lucknow: Amidst rising tensions and factionalism in Apna Dal, Union Minister and party president Anupriya Patel sent a strong message to dissenters, asserting that the party remains united and committed to its core ideals. Speaking at the 76th birth anniversary celebration of party founder Dr. Sonelal Patel at Ravindralaya Auditorium in Lucknow, Anupriya appealed to workers to stay alert and uphold the party's values. Out of the party's 13 MLAs, 12 were present at the event, debunking rebel clai ...Read More >
Hyderabad, July 3, 2025: The Telangana government is set to begin the much-anticipated distribution of new ration cards on July 14, 2025. Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy will formally inaugurate the program in Tirumalagiri, located in the Tungaturthi constituency. This initiative marks a significant step towards bolstering food security for thousands of families across the state. Also Read: Telangana Ration Card Status 2025: Track Your Application Online The announcement was made by the Minist ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: India faces a high burn burden with an estimated 2.1 million people suffering from injuries, 25,000 deaths, and 1.4 million disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) annually. What is worrying is that the burn survivors not only face increased societal stigma in the form of bullying, staring, teasing, mocking, degradation, and labelling, but also witness daily discrimination at Indian healthcare institutions and from healthcare providers (HCPs), a latest study has said. This lack of em ...Read More >
New Delhi: The ongoing demolition of slum clusters by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) has sparked political outrage across the capital, with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) staging a fierce protest outside the office of Union Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa in Rajouri Garden on Monday. The protest, led by senior AAP leader Sanjeev Jha, accused the government of targeting poor and working-class communities under the guise of development. AAP demanded Sirsa's removal from the Cabinet over alleged ...Read More >
"Any state sponsorship must be exposed," he said. United Nations: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Monday said it is imperative to call out terrorism publicly when it is supported by a state against a neighbour and is fuelled by the bigotry of extremism, a strong reference to Pakistan. Mr Jaishankar, who is on a three-day visit to the US, made the remarks while inaugurating an exhibition titled 'The Human Cost of Terrorism' at the UN headquarters. The exhibition, which will be on di ...Read More >
Bhopal: A search by the Meghalaya police in a flat of father-in-law of Shalom James, an Indore-based property dealer arrested on charges of destroying evidence in the killing of Raja Raghuvamsi allegedly by his wife Sonam during their honeymoon in Shillong last month, in Ratlam in Madhya Pradesh, has yielded a laptop, a pen drive, jewelry and incriminating documents, believed to be belonging to the couple, sources said on Monday. The search was conducted in the flat of Manoj Gupta, father-in-la ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Monday called on the international community to stand united against terrorism, stressing that there must be "no impunity to terrorists", "no treating them as proxies", and "no yielding to nuclear blackmail". His comments came while inaugurating a digital exhibition titled "The Human Cost of Terrorism" at the United Nations headquarters.Addressing diplomats, senior UN officials and envoys gathered at the venue, Jaishankar highlighted India's f ...Read More >
New Delhi: With the completion of eight years, implementing the goods and services tax (GST) -- one of the country's biggest tax reforms, India has broken all the stereotypes by showcasing a perfect balance between Centre and state administrations and coming together to make decisions and resolve issues as well. Back on July 1, 2017, the GST was rolled out with a promise that the country will bring 'one nation, one tax' by merging various indirect taxes under one umbrella. As of today, it is pa ...Read More >
Bihar unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday (June 30, 2025) organised a joining ceremony of Pasmanda community, a day after Muslims organisation led by Imarat-e-Shariah held a rally at Patna's Gandhi Maidan to protest against Waqf Act. Attacking the Opposition party, BJP state president Dilip Jaiswal said that in Bihar, politics has always been done in the name of Muslims, but no real efforts were ever made to uplift the Pasmanda Muslims. Bihar begins Special Intensive Revision of ele ...Read More >
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