BREAKING: CCEA cabinet meeting likely to be held today, say sources

BREAKING: CCEA cabinet meeting likely to be held today, say sources

Al-Qaeda won’t but Indian Muslims will…: Himanta Biswa on hijab row

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the significance of uniform is there is no difference between Hindu, Muslim; rich and poor in schools, which al Qaeda will not understand. 

Laws should not be reduced to ‘lip service’, top court tells govt

The remarks were made by a bench headed by justice Uday U Lalit that was taking stock of the efficacy of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005, in terms of the number of competent protection officers as well as the number of shelter homes.

Covid-19: India reports first case of highly transmissible XE variant

The hybrid of two omicron strains BA.1 and BA.2 was detected in a 50-year-old woman who had traveled to the city from South Africa in February, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation said in a statement.

Tribunal finds discrepancies in Assam woman’s claims, declares her foreigner

There are mismatches in the name and age of the woman’s father, grandfather, brothers and also dissimilarities in her own name and age.

Mumbai civic body says first case of Sars-Cov-2 variant XE found; Centre denies

An infection of the XE sub-variant of the Sars-CoV-2 Omicron variant was reported in Mumbai, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said in a statement on Wednesday.

Baghel to inaugurate renovated Shivrinarayan temple on April 10

Under the state government’s Ram Van Gaman Tourism Circuit project, Chhattisgarh chief minister (CM) Bhupesh Baghel will inaugurate the renovated Shivrinarayan temple on April 10, an official privy to the development said on Wednesday

Lakshadweep makes Wednesday a ‘cycle day’ for govt employees

Employees with physical disabilities and serious medical history are exempted from the cycle day observation, the order from the secretariat of the island administration said.

Karnataka CM meets ministers, party leaders in Delhi

Karnataka chief minister (CM) Basavaraj Bommai — who is on a two-day visit to the national capital — on Wednesday talked about the multiple tasks assigned to the state government by Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi

TRS blocks NHs over paddy purchase

Traffic on the national highways connecting Bengaluru, Mumbai, Nagpur and Vijayawada came to a halt between 9 am and 12 noon, as the TRS party leaders and cadre staged a rasta roko protests at several places over paddy procurement.

Karnataka home minister’s statements latest in list of controversies

In August last year, a day after the gang-rape of a college student near Chamundi foothills shocked Mysuru, home minister Jnanendra caused outrage by ‘joking’ about the incident.