T. Arif Ali, General Secretary of the Human Welfare Foundation (HWF), said in a press statement that more than 15 sleuths of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted raids at the offices of the HWF, in Abul Fazal Enclave, New Delhi, at around 7.30 am on Thursday. Giving details about seizures, he said that the...
By Shams Tabrez Qasmi Today, world is grappling with a pandemic situation due to covid 19 which is effecting the economic growth of every country and governments are doing everything so that people are provided for and do not lose their jobs and livelihood. In this background, a very strange shocking decision has been undertaken...
By Shams Tabrez Qasmi Here is full text of MP Kunwar Danish Ali’s letter to Prime Minister Respected Prime Minister Sahab, I wish to draw your attention to a serious matter that concerns the future of our country. Jamia Millia Islamia, a central university whose idea emerged during freedom struggle and was crystallised by the...
Md Irshad Ayub The Delhi Police Special Cell has arrested the former JNU student leader Umar Khalid on the charges of stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) in connection with his alleged role in northeast Delhi riots case after interrogation that lasted for several hours. The violence that carried on for four days claimed 53...
*This many numbers i.e. 24000 of lawyers under the Bar Council of Assam, Nagaland, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim, out of which 5000 newcomers, have succumbed for Covid-19 Pandemic in the northeastern states of India alone.* *By Shahnaz Islam* [The author is Gauhati High Court advocate, freelance writer and a poet.] Lawyer’s dilemma in India...
New Delhi , August 4 : Pradeep Singh topped the civil services examination 2019, results of which were announced on Tuesday by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC), according to an official statement. A total of 829 candidates have been recommended for Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service (IFS) and Indian Police Service (IPS),...
The United Nations chief criticised the total lack of international coordination in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic and warned that the go-it-alone policy of many countries will not defeat the coronavirus. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in an interview with The Associated Press that what needs to be done is to make countries understand that by acting...
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday allowed bail to Safoora Zargar, 27-year-old student of Jamia Milia Islamia University, under custody for alleged conspiracy behind Delhi riots, after the Central government stated that it had no objection to her release on humanitarian grounds, LiveLaw.in has reported. There were widespread concerns raised about the incarceration of Zargar,...
Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband has issued a fatwa asking Muslims to offer their Eid prayers this time at home, instead of congregating at mosques. The directive comes amid a nationwide lockdown to slow down the spread of coronavirus. Despite the relaxations announced in the lockdown, religious and other large gatherings are still banned. The...
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced on Tuesday that his administration considers all agreements signed with Israel and the United States null and void, as a protest against the Israeli plan to annex parts of the occupied West Bank, according to local media reports. Palestinian news agency Wafa reported that Abbas made the announcement during an...