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Don’t let the Amritpal saga damage the future of Punjab

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Unlike Bhindranwale, Amritpal cannot command any significant section of the street. There were only a handful of people who came out to protest in his support.
Published on Mar 31, 2023 09:45 pm IST

Ayodhya verdict: How RSS prepared for Supreme Court judgment

File photo of RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat.
Updated on Nov 09, 2019 02:22 pm IST

Transgender people hope for SC intervention

Transpersons faced three main hurdles in the NRC process, where one had to prove that they, or their ancestors, were present in Assam before the cut-off date of March 25, 1971, the day war for Bangladesh’s liberation began.
Updated on Sept 05, 2019 12:15 am IST

Thakor community bans cellphones for unmarried women in Gujarat villages

Congress MLA Ganiben Thakor said she saw nothing wrong in the move to ban mobile phones for girls.
Updated on Jul 17, 2019 10:23 am IST

Palestinians: 15 injured in clashes with Israeli police

Residents in several Palestinian neighborhoods clashed with police overnight. The Red Crescent medical service says 15 people were hurt by rubber bullets fired by police.
Updated on Jun 30, 2019 07:28 pm IST

Maratha reservation judgment may kindle fresh quota stirs by other communities

Maratha community members celebrate after the Bombay HC verdict on reservation for the community, Mumbai, Thursday, June 27, 2019.
Published on Jun 28, 2019 11:10 am IST

2019 Lok Sabha polls: In Mumbai’s BJP stronghold, Urmila Matondkar reaches out to Gujaratis

Urmila Matondkar and Congress leader Prithviraj Chavan, during a press conference at Worli on Thursday.
Updated on Apr 05, 2019 08:26 am IST

The decades-old dispute over Jain guru worship

Devotees of Digambar Jain community perform rituals on a statue of Lord Mahavira on the occasion of Mahavir Jayanti.
Updated on Dec 23, 2018 11:23 pm IST

Kerala ignored sentiments while implementing Sabarimala verdict, says RSS

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh appeared to criticise the Kerala government for rushing to implement the Supreme Court verdict on entry of women into Sabarimala temple, underscoring that the sentiments of devotees cannot be ignored while considering the verdict.
Updated on Oct 03, 2018 08:24 pm IST

Silent to violent: Have Maratha leaders lost control of protests?

The mob set vehicles on fire in Navi Mumbai on Wednesday.
Updated on Jul 26, 2018 12:17 pm IST

‘Unexplained’ killings of community leaders sow fear inside Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh

Since August, when a military crackdown in Myanmar forced many Rohingyas to cross the border into Bangladesh and seek shelter in the crowded camps, 19 people, some of them community leaders, have been killed.
Updated on Jul 05, 2018 01:29 pm IST

Ensure sex workers in India have access to sexual reproductive health services

Sex workers distribute red ribbons, symbol of the fight against AIDS, Mumbai (Representative Photo) (Vijayanand Gupta/HT)
Published on Jun 08, 2018 12:02 pm IST

Indian-origin girl killed in botched carjacking in South Africa

Sadia Sukhraj was rushed to a hospital but succumbed to her injuries. (Shutterstock representative photo)
Updated on May 29, 2018 03:19 pm IST

Rajputs warn of ‘remove BJP’ stir in Rajasthan

Chief minister Vasundhara Raje.
Published on May 08, 2018 10:27 pm IST

Pakistan’s Ahmadi community faces persecution, hate crime: Report

Pakistani civil rights activists protest the killings of Ahmadis outside the attacked community mosque in Lahore on May 30, 2010.
Updated on Apr 28, 2018 10:28 pm IST