The Opposition Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Friday questioned the circumstances under which Lord Jagannath's traditional tahia (floral headgear) allegedly came off during the Pahandi procession of the Rath Yatra, describing the incident as an unprecedented ritual lapse that hurt the sentiments of millions of devotees.
Leader of the Opposition in the Kerala Assembly, Pinarayi Vijayan, on Friday accused the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) government of completely surrendering to the BJP and Sangh Parivar agenda.
Education reform activist Sonam Wangchuk entered the 20th day of his indefinite hunger strike at Jantar Mantar on Friday.
Student registrations for the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi's "Chhatron Ki Goonj" program in Dehradun crossed the 2.5 lakh mark, far exceeding the 50,000 expected by the Congress party leaders in Dehradun.
After several Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) activists laid seige of a dairy in Bhopal on Friday, The police detained two men in connection with alleged cow slaughter as a large quantity of meat, suspected to be of cow, was seized from an autorickshaw at the dairy.
The apex court also observed that the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar is 'voter friendly' as documents required from electors in SIR are 11 compared to seven considered in summary revision of electoral roll.
Congress MP and leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, continued his attack on the Centre on Wednesday, saying that with the theft of one's vote also is a theft of one's rights and the theft of one's identity.
On August 11, a bench of Justices JB Pardiwala and R Mahadevan directed civic authorities in Delhi-NCR to remove stray dogs from all localities within eight weeks.
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi criticised GHMC’s Independence Day meat shop ban as “callous” and “unconstitutional” and accused the BJP government of “hating Muslims” over the alleged attack on Fatehpur Mausoleum, as similar meat sale restrictions are enforced in Maharashtra during upcoming festivals.
Mahendra Prasad, a contractual manager of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Guest House near Chandan Field Firing Range in Jaisalmer, was arrested on Tuesday by Rajasthan's CID Intelligence on charges of spying for the Pakistani intelligence agency ISI and sending confidential and strategic information of the country across the border to Pakistan.
