Sirmaur (Himachal Pradesh), Jan 31 (IANS) Tabish, a 17-year-old boy on Saturday recalled the horror of the assault he endured in Uttarakhand, when a shopkeeper attacked him late at night after he and his brother were speaking in Kashmiri, leaving him with serious head injuries and fractures.Tabish told IANS about the attack: “My father had gone to Haryana that day. I was at home with my mother. Later, I went out and while returning at night, around 3:00–3:30 AM, I told my brother, ‘Let’s…
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Rohtak, Jan 30 (IANS) Pacer Akash Deep and left-arm spin bowling all-rounder Shahbaz Ahmed picked five wickets each to bowl out Haryana for 100 and put Bengal firmly in control of their Ranji Trophy Elite Group C match at the Chaudhary Bansi Lal Stadium in Lahli on Friday.Akash returned with figures of 5-40 off 15 uninterrupted overs, his seventh five-wicket haul in first-class cricket, while Shahbaz picked 5-42, also his seventh five-wicket haul in the format, as Haryana folded inside 32 overs….
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir leaders on Friday condemned the alleged mob attack on a young Kashmiri shawl seller in Uttarakhand, in which the victim suffered multiple fractures and serious injuries, with several of them alleging that such incidents are increasingly being reported in states ruled by the BJP, and called for strict action against those responsible. According to reports, the victim, a minor from Kashmir who had travelled to Uttarakhand to sell shawls, was allegedly ass…
Jaipur, Jan 30 (IANS) The All India Congress Committee (AICC) on Thursday announced the appointment of new District Congress Committee (DCC) presidents in Rajasthan and Punjab with immediate effect. The appointments have been approved by Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge under the party’s ongoing organisational strengthening initiative, Sangathan Srijan Abhiyan.According to an official press release issued by AICC General Secretary K.C. Venugopal, four districts in Rajasthan and two distri…
Rohtak, Jan 29 (IANS) Veteran batter Sudip Chatterjee held firm with an unbeaten 77 as Bengal reached 168/5 in 58 overs against Haryana on a truncated opening day of their Elite Group C match in Ranji Trophy 2025-26 in Lahli in Haryana on Thursday.Fog and poor light wiped out the first session before Chatterjee struck a patient half-century off 120 balls, guiding Bengal through difficult conditions. He struck the first two boundaries of the contest in the afternoon but otherwise relied on defenc…
Srinagar, Jan 29 (IANS) A young Kashmiri shawl seller has suffered multiple fractures and injuries in an alleged mob attack in Uttarakhand.Jammu Kashmir Students Association (JKSA) on Thursday expressed deep shock and anguish over the brutal assault on an 18-year-old Kashmiri selling shawls along with his family in the Vikas Nagar area of Uttarakhand.In a statement, JKSA said the teenager was attacked by a group of fringe elements, beaten mercilessly and left with multiple bruises across his bod…
Hyderabad, Jan 28 (IANS) The 72nd Women’s Senior National Kabaddi Championship kicked off at the Balayogi Stadium on Tuesday, featuring a series of decisive wins on the opening day. This four-day event began on January 27 and will conclude on January 30. Soon after India’s Women’s Kabaddi World Cup victory, the championship features many members of the world champion team competing against each other while representing their states and institutional teams.On Day 1, eight matches took place…
Dehradun, Jan 27 (IANS) One year has passed since the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in Uttarakhand. On this special occasion, Manu Gaur, a member of the draft committee formed to implement the UCC in the state, said that it is the result of Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami’s efforts that the UCC has now completed one year in Uttarakhand. In an interview with IANS, Manu Gaur said that Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami personally took on the responsibility to make Uttarakhand…
New Delhi, Jan 27 (IANS) After the Badrinath-Kedarnath Temple Committee (BKTC) announced that they are planning to ban non-Hindus from entering the Badrinath–Kedarnath Dham and other temples under its control, the Congress on Tuesday termed the decision ‘completely wrong.’ Speaking to IANS, Congress leader Husain Dalwai said, “It is completely wrong. Muslims were allowed earlier, and stopping them now raises serious questions. In my view, this move is about creating a mini-Hindu nation, whic…
Dehradun, Jan 26 (IANS) The Uttarakhand government has implemented the Uniform Civil Code (Amendment) Ordinance, 2026, with immediate effect following the approval of the Governor. The ordinance was promulgated under Article 213 of the Constitution by the Governor of Uttarakhand, Lieutenant General (Retd.) Gurmit Singh, after which it came into force immediately.Through this ordinance, several procedural, administrative, and penal reforms have been introduced in various provisions of the code to…