Yielding to pressure from the Sikh community and hardliners, the Akal Takht; supreme temporal seat of the Sikhs, has annulled its edict pardoning Dera Sacha Sauda sect chief Gurmit Ram Rahim Singh in a 2007 blasphemy case
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2nd May 2026 | Updated at 07:03am 2nd May 2026
CM Sharma visits UK to usher investments into ‘Rising Rajasthan’
The Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma, Deputy CM Diya Kumari with delegates visited London last week, to host an investor meet. The afternoon was organised by FICCI and High Commission of India at Taj 51 Buckingham Gate, and was attended...
Punjab govt to move SC against governor
Chandigarh: The two-day Punjab assembly session was cut short by a day after chief minister Bhagwant Mann informed the House that since governor Banwarilal Purohit had not given assent to the three money Bills, his government would resume the...
Gaganyaan test flight's crew module successfully recovered by Navy
Hours after the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) scientists successfully conducted the Gaganyaan failure test, the Navy’s Eastern Naval Command recovered the Crew Module (CM) from the Bay of Bengal. Isro chief S Somanath said the crew...
KCR unveils poll promises to counter Congress' guarantees
Hyderabad: Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) unveiled its own set of promises ahead of the November 30 assembly polls to counter Congress’s “six guarantees”, setting the stage for a competitive electoral race as the party led by CM K Chandrasekhar...
TMC stands for 'terror, mafia, corruption': Nadda
Kolkata: Launching a frontal attack on the Mamata Banerjee-led regime in Bengal, BJP national president J P Nadda said that the time has come to bid farewell to the jungle raj of the TMC, which stands for ’Terror, Mafia, Corruption’.
Encroachment row: Didi gives Amartya Sen land deed
Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Monday handed over land record documents of Nobel laureate Amartya Sen’s residence in Santiniketan to the celebrated economist, dismissing the claims of the current Visva-Bharati dispensation that he was illegally...
West Midlands delegation visits Ahmedabad to boost ties
A 37-member West Midlands delegation, led by Mayor Richard Parker and officials including Manoj Ladwa and Neil Rami, visited Ahmedabad to strengthen economic, cultural, and educational ties, coinciding with the inaugural Commonwealth Connect...
Somnath Swabhiman Parv honours India’s spiritual resilience
The Somnath Swabhiman Parv, held at the first Jyotirlinga in Gujarat, marks one thousand years since the first attack on the Somnath Temple in 1026. This national event, instead of focusing on destruction, celebrates India’s resilience, faith,...
With protesting writers and authors returning their awards in protest against the growing intolerance in the country, Punjabi author Dalip Kaur Tiwana has announced that she would return her Padma Shri, the country's fourth highest civilian...
Jats in Haryana have decided to relaunch their agitation for reservation under the OBC category from December 23.
Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has provoked a fresh row over a statement he gave in an interview where he said the Muslim community can live in India but must give up eating beef as it doesn't violate their faith but that the cow is an “article...
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa has arrived at Kodanad Estate in the Niligiris
Three men found guilty of gangraping a student at Manipal university in Karnataka in 2013 have finally been sentenced to life imprisonment, along with a fine of £1,100 each
DMK Treasurer M K Stalin has assured farmers that they would get a better deal under the party's regime as the DMK has special considerations of protecting their interests.
Former Indian President APJ Abdul Kalam was fondly remembered on his 84th birthday, through a host of programmes held by the Tamil Nadu government, schools...
The Andhra Pradesh government is making elaborate arrangements for the foundation stone laying ceremony of the state's new capital city at Amaravati.
An 8-year-old boy from Bengaluru has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi about an incomplete flyover that was causing traffic pileups on...
