Saints want more names of UP districts to be changed

Prayagraj (IANS) Saints and seers at the ongoing Magh Mela in Prayagraj now want the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh to change all the names of cities that have a Muslim-sounding name.

Welcoming the proposal to change the name…

Veteran Kerala RSS ideologue Parameswaran dies at 93

Thiruvananthapuram (IANS) One of the country's tallest Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)leaders, ideologue, author and founder of Bharatheeya Vichara Kendram (BVK) P. Parameswaran breathed his last at his friend's residence in Kerala's…

Bareilly finally gets its "jhumka"

Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh) (IANS) Bareilly has finally got its much-awaited "jhumka" when Union Minister and local MP Santosh Gangwar unveiled a 14-feet high replica at the zero point on national highway 24.

The jhumka that weighs over 200…

BJP claims to win in over 50 seats in Delhi

New Delhi (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday appeared confident of winning a majority and returning to power in the national capital after a gap of 20-long years.

BJP General Secretary B.L. Santosh said that he was sure the…

Centre to SC: Frame law to plug loopholes in death sentence

New Delhi (IANS) The Solicitor General Tushar Mehta on Friday urged the Supreme Court to lay down a law in the execution of death sentence, as the convicts in the Nirbhaya case were making a mockery of the process.

The Supreme Court posted…

Nirbhaya case: Court dismisses Tihar's plea seeking fresh warrant for execution

New Delhi (IANS) A Delhi court on Friday dismissed a petition filed by Tihar jail authorities seeking issuance of fresh death warrants against the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case, observing that it was "bereft of…

Scuffle between BJP-Cong MPs in LS over Rahul's 'danda' remarks

New Delhi (IANS) The Lok Sabha on Friday witnessed high drama as BJP and Congress MPs engaged in a scuffle with Manickam Tagore trying to snatch a paper from Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan as the Minister was reading a note condemning Congress…

SC will hear PIL against Shaheen Bagh protesters after Delhi polls

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday said it understands the nature of the problem of the road blockade caused by the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protesters in Shaheen Bagh here, and adjourned a plea seeking removal of the anti-CAA demonstrators…

Vijayvargiya, Mukul Roy detained in Kolkata

Kolkata (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party leaders Kailash Vijayvargiya and Mukul Roy were detained on Friday when they tried to take out a pro-Citizenship (Amendment) Act rally in south Kolkata.

The route of the proposed rally was from Tollygunge…

Magic remedies for sexual disorders, premature ageing to invite jail term

New Delhi (IANS) Anybody selling magic potions and drugs for fair skin, enhancing sexual performance, stammering, infertility in women, premature ageing and greying of hair, increasing brain capacity are in for trouble.

The Health and Family…