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Mumbai | BJP Minority Morcha national president Jamal Siddiqui has filed a police complaint in Delhi against Islamic religious leader Maulana Sajjad Nomani, who issued a controversial fatwa ahead of the Maharashtra Assembly elections. A video featuring Maulana Sajjad Nomani urging the Muslim community in Maharashtra to vote for the Congress-Sena-NCP alliance had gone viral. Nomani said he believed that a BJP loss in Maharashtra could destabilise the central government. Reacting to the video, the Maharashtra government claimed that the Congress and its allies were trying to divide society out of fear of defeat. The complaint also alleged that Nomani, through a…

Gaya | The Railway Protection Force has arrested two people for allegedly throwing stones at Vande Bharat Express trains in Manpur railway division area in Bihar's Gaya, officials said. The arrested accused, identified as Manpur residents Vikas Kumar and Manish Kumar, admitted during interrogation that they were going to target more trains as well. However, vigilant RPF personnel averted further stone attacks on the trains by capturing the duo. As per the information, someone posted a complaint on X that train number 20894 (Patna Tata Vande Bharat Express) and train number 22304 (Gaya Howrah Vande Bharat Express) were stoned by…

Assam | Personnel of the Assam forest department and Sashastra Seema Bal arrested three poachers from the Rai Mona National Park in Kokrajhar, officials said. The three poachers, involved in the illegal practice of smuggling animal body parts, were caught while in possession of five kilograms of leopard flesh and its skin. The forest department interrogated the arrested poachers and found out that they had been smuggling to neighbouring countries the body parts of animals like elephants, deer and leopards for a long time. Meanwhile, police have registered a case against the accused poachers and are interrogating them for further…

Panipat | The tall claims of the state government of providing quality health services to residents notwithstanding, there is an acute shortage of doctors and paramedics in the district. The 200-bed Bhimsen Sachar Civil Hospital, which caters to a population of 14 lakh at the district headquarters, has 24 doctors against the sanctioned strength of 55. Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar had inaugurated the new building of the hospital on Haryana Day in 2019, and it was upgraded to 200 beds from 100 beds. However, patients have to face a lot of problems in the absence of doctors and technical…

Ambala | Haryana’s Energy, Transport, and Labour Minister Anil Vij said that the BJP's policies and efforts have led to the formation of their government for the third consecutive time in Haryana, which he referred to as swimming against the tide. He also stated that he has devoted his life and energy to developing Ambala Cantonment, adding that the development here has been noticed even by outsiders. Speaking at Grace Palace in Ambala Cantonment during the BJP Membership Drive 2024, Sh. Vij said he had previously committed to contesting the Assembly elections solely on development issues, avoiding other topics in…

Chandigarh | Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini emphasized the need for collective dedication to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of transforming India into a developed nation by 2047.He called on the youth to strive towards achieving both a developed Haryana and a developed India. The Chief Minister made these remarks as the chief guest at the closing ceremony of the district-level youth festival held at the Multi Art Cultural Center in Kurukshetra. Prior to the ceremony, he visited the Science Fair at the center, where he recognized and awarded certificates of appreciation to the winning participants. While appreciating the…

Washington | The US Transportation Department has approved New York's plan to impose a USD 9 (Rs 760) congestion charge for driving in Manhattan starting on January 5, a move aimed at raising billions for mass transit and cutting traffic. The congestion charge, the first of its kind in the US, was revived last week by Governor Kathy Hochul after she had put it on indefinite hold in June. New York plans to charge a USD 9 toll during daytime hours for passenger vehicles driving in Manhattan south of 60th Street. It scrapped an earlier plan to charge USD 15…

Moscow | Vladimir Putin has vowed to launch more strikes using an experimental intermediate-range ballistic missile as Ukraine decried the testing of the nuclear-capable weapon on its territory as an international crime. Speaking at a defence conference, Putin contested US claims that Russia possessed only a handful of the high-speed ballistic missiles, saying that the military had enough to continue to test them in combat conditions and would put them into serial production. Russia testfires an ICBM in October 2024. The tests  have passed successfully, and I congratulate you all on that, Putin said, according to the private news agency.…

Islamabad | Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi has issued 87 visas to Indian pilgrims for participatting in the 316th Birth Anniversary Celebrations of Shiv Avtari Stguru Sant Shadaram Sahib, at Shadani Darbar Hayat Pitafi, Sindh. The celebrations will take place from November 24 to December 4. In a post on X, the Pakistan's High Commission to India said, Pakistan High Commission in India has issued 87 visas to Indian Hindu pilgrims for their visit to Pakistan to participate in the 316th Birth Anniversary Celebrations of Shiv Avtari Satguru Sant Shadaram Sahib, at Shadani Darbar Hayat Pitafi, Sindh from 24…

New Delhi | Having perfectly mastered the art of blending diplomacy with culture over the past one decade, Prime Minister Narendra Modi carried with him several unique gifts that reflected India's rich cultural heritage during his just-concluded visit to Nigeria, Brazil and Guyana.According to sources, as he strengthened India's diplomatic ties with countries from Africa to Latin America, Prime Minister Modi carried with him several specially-curated handcrafted artefacts and products for the foreign leaders. It included eight items from Maharashtra, five from Jammu and Kashmir, three each from Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan, two from Jharkhand and one each from Karnataka,…