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Jammu: Artists perform during dress rehearsal for ‘Ramlila’, in Jammu. (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday permitted a “Ram Leela” event to be held at a school in Uttar Pradesh, while emphasising that school grounds cannot generally be used for religious festivities. The court granted the permission noting that the event has…

Sonam Wangchuk (PTI file photo) NEW DELHI: The ministry of home affairs cancelled the FCRA- Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act certificate of Sonam Wangchuk-led Students’ Educational and Cultural Movement of Ladakh after the Central Bureau of Investigation had initiated an inquiry, as per PTI.According to official findings, SECMOL received and deposited foreign contributions in contravention of…

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday sought the government’s response to a public interest litigation (PIL) that has called for restrictions on the import of yellow peas, citing concerns that the cheap supply of the pulse substitute is affecting the livelihoods of Indian farmers.Yellow peas (Pisum sativum) belong to the legume family but are…

Aryan Khan, Aaditya Thackeray Former NCB officer Sameer Wankhede filed a defamation suit against Shah Rukh Khan’s Red Chillies Entertainment over Aryan Khan’s series The Ba**ds of Bollywood*. In Maharashtra, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray hinted at a major electoral expose, comparing it to a “surgical strike” on voter fraud. Defence news came with…

NEW DELHI: The Border Security Force (BSF) has focused on training and deploying Indian breed dogs along India’s borders, taking a cue from an episode of PM Modi’s ‘Mann Ki Baat’. ADG and director of the BSF Academy, Tekanpur, Shamsher Singh, told ANI, “In Mann Ki Baat, the Prime Minister urged people to consider Indian…

NEW DELHI: What began as a story of grief and loss with the sudden death of businessman Sanjay Kapur has quickly spiraled into one of India’s most high-profile inheritance battles. When Sanjay Kapur collapsed during a polo match in Windsor this June, condolences quickly gave way to courtroom drama. His sprawling empire, nearly Rs 30,000…

NEW DELHI: Wayanad District Congress Committee (DCC) president N D Appachan on Thursday resigned from his position amidst reported internal group conflicts in the party’s local leadership here, party sources told PTI. When the media asked about his resignation, Appachan said that he communicated his decision to the party, and it was for the Kerala…

NEW DELHI: The Karnataka high court on Thursday declined to stay the socio-educational survey, popularly known as a caste survey, in the state. The court, however, asked the authorities to issue a notification that participation is voluntary and not to disclose any data obtained from participants.The survey – which will record the social, economic, educational,…

Aaditya Thackeray (File photo) NEW DELHI: Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray on Thursday hinted at a major expose regarding alleged irregularities in the 2024 Maharashtra assembly election electoral rolls. Thackeray likened the upcoming revelations to the Indian Army’s 2016 surgical strikes in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, suggesting the expose would be equally explosive. However, he refused…