Thu, 17 Feb 2022 16:29:35
Several Muslim organisations and religious leaders on Wednesday condemned the forcible removal of hijab at educational institutions in the last few days.
They also expressed full support for the rights of women to wear the hijab and their right to education. Muslim leaders pointed to the high court order that the hijab is not allowed only in colleges that have uniforms prescribed by the Colleg
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Thu, 17 Feb 2022 16:13:16
Hubli: Police have clamped prohibitory orders in Hubballi-Dharwad under Section 144 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) within a 200-metre radius of all educational institutions with immediate effect till February 28.
Police commissioner Labhu Ram, in the order, stated, "In exercise of the powers conferred under section 144(1) CrPC of- 1973, I, Labhu Rum, IPS, Commissioner of Police and Ad
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Thu, 17 Feb 2022 16:11:52
Chitradurga (Karnataka): The High Power Committee set up by the Central government has approved the proposal to declare the Upper Bhadra Project as a National Project.
"This would enable the State to get Rs 12,500 crore grant from the Centre to implement the project," Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said.
Speaking at the valedictory of Taralabalu Hunnime Mahotsava, Bommai said, "Upper Bhadr
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Thu, 17 Feb 2022 16:08:46
Pandemonium prevailed in the Karnataka Assembly on Wednesday with Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat Raj K S Eshwarappa and State Congress president D K Shivakumar charging towards each other stopping short of coming to blows.
The tense situation came up when Leader of the Opposition Siddaramaiah was making preliminary submission seeking to move an adjournment motion demanding a dismi
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Thu, 17 Feb 2022 15:59:22
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday condemned the state government over grant of bail to Union minister Ajay Mishra's son in Lakhimpur case, saying he would ensure that the culprit and his protectors go to prison when he comes to power.
"The minister's son who trampled farmers has got bail from court. The government did not pursue the case as it should have been. SP assures yo
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Thu, 17 Feb 2022 15:57:20
Days after clusters of recombinant Delta and Omicron variants of coronavirus were reported from across the world, a leading virologist said there was no need to panic at the moment.
"Nothing to suggest at this moment that these recombinants have any additional advantage compared to Omicron," Vinod Scaria, a scientist at the CSIR Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, said on Twitter on
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Thu, 17 Feb 2022 15:55:55
Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan's bail plea in the case pertaining to the alleged misuse of government letterhead and stamp to malign the RSS was on Wednesday rejected by a special MP/MLA court here.
Khan is accused of misusing the government letterhead and stamp for allegedly defaming the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Shia religious leader Maulana Kalbe Jawad in 2014 when he was a min
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Thu, 17 Feb 2022 15:54:16
The BJP had been in power for more than seven years and was still blaming first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru for the problems of the people, former prime minister and Congress leader Manmohan Singh said on Thursday in a scathing attack against the Modi-led government.
Targeting the Central government on a host of issues, including the farmers' agitation, foreign policy, price rise and unemp
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Thu, 17 Feb 2022 15:47:19
Thirteen women and children, all girls, died after falling into a well while performing a marriage ritual in Uttar Pradesh's Kushinagar district, police said on Thursday.
The incident, in which at least 10 people were also injured, took place at Naurangiya Tola village when an iron grille, they were sitting on, broke, they said.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Prime Minister Narendra Mod
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