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A sharp sob broke the silence at the mass gravesite. A woman collapsed beside the twin graves of Panakkadan Shajahan and his daughter Faiza as the cleric ended their death anniversary prayers. “Poovi has fainted… It was too much for her,” said an elderly relative as others rushed to help.Nearby lies the scattered grave of…

KULLU: Three members of a family died, and dozens of houses and vehicles were damaged in a flash flood that hit Jail Road area of Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi town early Tuesday. The death toll in the state this monsoon has risen to 170, with 45 of them in Mandi district alone. This is the first…

BENGALURU: Karnataka chief ministerSiddaramaiah‘s attempt to ease internal unrest in Congress by holding a series of meetings with party MLAs has instead intensified the ongoing power tussle within the governing party, particularly between him and his deputy, DK Shivakumar.The meetings, which started Tuesday, were intended to address legislators’ grievances and distribute sanction letters for special…

BJP MP Nishikant Dubey was speaking in Hindi in Lok Sabha on Tuesday when there was a technical glitch in the translator system. Following this, DMK MPs requested him to speak in English. Dubey refused to do so, saying English is a foreign language.“…It would have been better if you had asked me to speak…

NEW DELHI: Home ministry Tuesday told Lok Sabha that the govt has not taken any decision on updating the National Population Register (NPR).As per the original Census 2021 plan, NPR updation was to be conducted alongside the first or house-listing phase of the census. Replying to a question, junior home minister Nityanand Rai said, “No…

SRINAGAR: A CBI team reached Srinagar on Monday and began its investigation into the alleged custodial torture of J&K Police constable Khursheed Ahmad Chohan in Kupwara in 2023.Officials said, following Supreme Court directive, CBI registered a case on July 26 against six J&K Police personnel, including DSP Aijaz Ahmad Naiko and SI Riyaz Ahmad, posted…

NEW DELHI: The home ministry on Tuesday told the Lok Sabha that the government has not taken any decision on updating the National Population Register (NPR).As per the original Census 2021 plan, NPR updation was to be conducted alongside the first or houselisting phase of the census.Replying to a question, junior home minister Nityanand Rai…

Prithviraj Chavan (File photo/ANI) NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan on Tuesday criticized the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government for giving “Hindu names” to military and security operations.The former Maharashtra chief minister asserted that the saffron party “wants to mix Hindutva in whatever it does.”“They (BJP) want to mix Hindutva in whatever they do….

PM Modi while addressing the Lok Sabha (Sansad TV) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday while addressing Lok Sabha on the Operation Sindoor said that “when Pakistan came out in support of terrorists, India’s missiles, drones caused unimaginable loss and forced Pakistan to its knees.”He said that after striking terrorist bases in Pakistan…