NEW DELHI: Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind chief Mahmood Madani on Saturday urged the Muslim community not to be a “murda qaum” (lifeless community) but to remain “zinda” (active) and confront challenges head-on.Speaking at a public rally in Bhopal, Madani said, “We are facing challenges and difficulties… a ‘murda qaum’ surrenders when confronted with hardships. If you are…
NEW DELHI: The all-party meeting ahead of the winter session of Parliament will be held at 11 am on Sunday, a day before the session opens. It will be followed by the Business Advisory Council meetings of both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha at 4 pm.A meeting of the Floor Leaders of the opposition…
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has set up a national coordination team to monitor the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and flag any “discrepancies,” along with issues faced by Booth Level Officers (BLOs) across the country.The seven-member committee will be headed by BJP national general secretary Tarun Chugh. Its other…
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Saturday extended the NIA custody of gangster Lawrence Bishnoi’s brother, Anmol Bishnoi. Just days earlier, Anmol, wanted in the NCP leader Baba Siddique murder case, was extradited from the United States to India. The NIA took him into custody immediately after he landed in Delhi.He was arrested in connection…
NEW DELHI: The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday urged countries — including India — to make fertility care safer, fairer and affordable, releasing its first-ever global guideline on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of infertility.Infertility affects 1 in 6 adults of reproductive age, yet access to fertility services remains limited and costly. In many…
NEW DELHI: India is set to deploy artificial intelligence (AI) to predict outbreaks of everyday illnesses — dengue, chikungunya, influenza, diarrhoea and other public health threats— well before they begin spreading in neighbourhoods. Officials say this marks a major shift from the current system, which often picks up outbreaks only after hospitals start seeing a…
Chief election commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar (ANI) NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Friday wrote to the West Bengal DGP and Kolkata police commissioner directing them to protect the booth level officers (BLOs) engaged in special intensive revision in the state, “from unruly political party workers” who may be pressurising and threatening them to add…
Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah meets his deputy DKS amid crisis rumours. NEW DELHI: Karnataka deputy CM DK Shivakumar on Saturday met chief minister Siddaramaiah at the latter’s residence in Bengaluru. With the leadership tussle in Karnataka seeing dramatic twists and turns by the hour, chief minister Siddaramaiah, following a nudge from the Congress high command, had…
India flies C-130 J plane carrying approx 12 tons of humanitarian aid to cylcone-hit Sri Lanka External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Saturday announced that a C-130J aircraft carrying around 12 tonnes of humanitarian aid has landed in Colombo. The delivery is part of India’s Operation Sagar Bandhu, launched on Friday to assist Sri Lanka…
Airbus A320 (Picture from Airbus official website) NEW DELHI: Air travel in India and around the world is expected to face major disruptions after Europe-based Airbus issued a technical directive ordering a software upgrade for its A320 family aircraft. In India, more than 350 IndiGo and Air India A320 planes will remain grounded for the…
