The scheme, a flagship welfare programme of the Central government, provides cooked meals to children enrolled in government and government-aided schools. The number of schools covered under India’s central mid-day meal programme has fallen by more than 84,000 over the past five years, government data presented to Parliament showed on Wednesday. Coverage under the Pradhan...
While a Hindutva group claims that mosques have been built on state land, Local Muslim residents rejected the allegations, saying the claims had created fear and uncertainty in the area. A Hindu group has alleged that three mosques in Himachal Pradesh’s Nerwa tehsil were constructed on government land, intensifying communal tensions and prompting concerns among...
The court allowed the move with safeguards, barring Navlakha from leaving Delhi without trial court permission, ordering him to surrender his passport, and directing him to report weekly at the Kalkaji police station. The Bombay High Court on Wednesday allowed human rights activist Gautam Navlakha, who is on bail in the Bhima Koregaon case, to...
The controversy started after Bihar CM Nitish Kumar was seen on video attempting to remove Muslim woman doctor’s veil while handing over appointment letter. A remark by Uttar Pradesh cabinet minister Sanjay Nishad about a viral video showing Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar removing a Muslim woman’s hijab has triggered political outrage and a police...
Sajid Akram, 50, hailed from Hyderabad’s Tolichowki and moved to Australia on a student visa in 1998, visiting India only six times thereafter, police said. Telangana Police on Tuesday said that one of the two alleged attackers involved in the deadly Bondi Beach shooting in Australia was an Indian national from Hyderabad who last visited...
The deletions were made after voters were found to have died, moved out of the state or failed to submit enumeration forms The Election Commission of India on Tuesday released draft electoral rolls for West Bengal following a special intensive revision (SIR), removing more than 5.8 million names, the Press Trust of India reported. The...
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is facing criticism from opposition parties after an incident at an official event in which he allegedly removed the hijab of a Muslim woman doctor, prompting demands for his resignation. The incident took place on Monday during a ceremony at the Chief Minister’s Office in Patna, where appointment letters were...
The shooting on Sunday during Hanukkah kills 16, including a gunman; 42 injured, five critical Muslim organisations and leaders around the world strongly condemned the mass shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, on Sunday, in which at least 16 people were killed during a Hanukkah celebration. The Australian National Imams Council called the attack...
The weakening of the rupee is being attributed to uncertainty over a potential trade deal between New Delhi and Washington. The Indian rupee slid to a record low of 90.64 per US dollar on Monday, pressured by uncertainty over a potential trade deal between New Delhi and Washington, according to market data cited by Reuters....
Pisharoty’s panel swept all office-bearer and managing committee posts, winning by a 21–0 margin in elections held on Saturday Senior journalist Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty was elected the first woman president of the Press Club of India (PCI) on Sunday, a landmark moment for the organisation, the club said. Pisharoty’s panel swept all office-bearer and managing...