The US Supreme Court passed up a chance to give politicians more power over how federal elections are conducted, declining on Friday to hear a Republican challenge to a Pennsylvania judicial decision requiring the counting of provisional ballots cast by voters who make mistakes on their mail-in ballots. The justices turned away an appeal by…
Bengal BJP chief writes to governor amid violence over Waqf law NEW DELHI: West Bengal BJP chief Sukanta Majumdar on Monday wrote to governor CV Ananda Bose amid the cases of violence being reported in parts of the state on the back of anti-Waqf law protests.Expressing deep concern over the tense atmosphere in riot-hit Murshidabad,…
HYDERABAD: BJP MPs from Telangana on Tuesday appealed to Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan to intervene and protect 400 acres of land in Kancha Gachibowli, located near the Hyderabad Central University campus. The MPs emphasized the need to preserve the land for educational and developmental purposes.A delegation of MPs led by Union Minister for Mines…
NEW DELHI: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has raised alarm over a surge in claims against mosques and dargahs being entertained in courts across India, urging Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna to take suo motu action.The board said that such cases undermine the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991, which…
NEW DELHI: An Indian-American body has urged US President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump for an independent inquiry into the rising incidences of attack on minorities in Bangladesh. Raising apprehensions that the Indian neighbour is turning into a “radicalised Islamic state”, the group has called upon the two leaders to address the “imprisonment of…
NEW DELHI: Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday wrote a letter to President Draupadi Murmu and called for her intervention over the ongoing crisis in Manipur.Kharge claimed that the Union government and the state government have completely failed in restoring peace and normalcy in Manipur during the last 18 months“The country has been inflicted with…