Can Muslims join RSS? Mohan Bhagwat answers; explains who is ‘not allowed’ in Sangh | India News

[ad_1] RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat (File photo) NEW DELHI: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday said the Sangh welcomes people from all faiths, including Muslims and Christians, as long as they see themselves as sons of Bharat Mata and part of the broader Hindu society. Speaking at a two-day lecture series titled “100 Years of […]

Prof Rajaraman, ‘Pitamah’ of India’s computer science education, dies at 92 | India News

[ad_1] Prof Vaidyeswaran Rajaraman BENGALURU: Prof Vaidyeswaran Rajaraman, widely regarded as the “Pitamah” of computer science education in India, passed away due to age-related ailments at his Tatanagar residence here on Saturday aged 92. The students he taught included Faqir Chand Kohli, the first CEO of TCS, and Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy. Instrumental in […]

Drunk cop rams SUV into bikes, kills 1, injures 4 | India News

[ad_1] INDORE: An assistant sub-inspector (ASI) in MP’s Neemuch district allegedly rammed his SUV into multiple bikes on Friday night, killing a 42-year-old teacher and causing serious injuries to four others, including his wife and two children.The teacher’s 10-year-old son had to undergo amputation of both legs following the crash, reports Karishma Kotwal. Another biker […]

‘Dangerous move’: Kerala CM on RSS song at Vande Bharat launch; takes shot at Railways | India News

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan strongly condemned the Southern Railway for allegedly making school students sing an RSS song onboard the newly inaugurated Vande Bharat Express from Ernakulam to Bengaluru on Saturday.“The @GMSRailway making students sing the RSS anthem at the flag-off of the Ernakulam–Bengaluru Vande Bharat Express is highly condemnable. Including […]

Parliament winter session: Rijiju announces schedule; proceedings to begin from Dec 1 | India News

[ad_1] Parliament of India (Image credit: DD news) NEW DELHI: The winter session of Parliament is scheduled to commence on December 1 and will continue until December 19, parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju announced on Saturday.Rijiju in a post on X said, “The President of India, Droupadi Murmu ji, has approved the proposal of the […]

Remove strays from hospitals, schools, bus & train stns: Supreme Court | India News

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Noting that India continues to report one of the world’s highest rabies-related mortality rates and there has been an alarming increase in dog-bite incidents, making public places unsafe, Supreme Court Friday directed that stray dogs be removed from premises of educational institutions, hospitals, sports complexes, bus stands and depots, and railway stations. […]

Bike stunt by 4 youths kills Kanpur woman | India News

[ad_1] KANPUR: A bike stunt by four youths on Thursday claimed the life of a 23-year-old woman on the Ganga Barrage in Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh. Bhavika Gupta, the victim, had gone to the barrage with her friend on a two-wheeler on Thursday evening. Her family said she was just a few metres away from […]

J&K HC upholds detention of a woman accused of having contact with Lakhvi’s nephew | India News

[ad_1] SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir high court upheld on Thursday the detention of a woman under the Public Safety Act. The woman is accused by government of being an “overground worker (OGW) who had close contact with Musaib Lakhvi, the nephew of Zaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi”, the 26/11 Mumbai attacks mastermind and LeT co-founder.Appellant Shaista […]

‘Sin’: BJP accuses Nehru of dropping Maa Durga stanzas from Vande Mataram in 1937; takes ‘pungent echo’ dig at Rahul | India News

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday accused India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru of committing a “historic sin” by truncating certain parts of Vande Matram which hailed Goddess Durga.In a social media post on X, BJP spokesperson CR Kesavan said that Congress, under Nehru’s presidentship, adopted only a truncated Vande Mataram as the […]

Maharashtra orders probe into land sale to Ajit son’s company | India News

[ad_1] PUNE: A major political row erupted in Maharashtra on Thursday over alleged transfer of a 40-acre ‘Mahar Watan’ land belonging to the state in Pune’s Mundhwa area for Rs 300 crore in favour of Amadea Enterprises LLP, a company in which deputy CM Ajit Pawar’s son Parth is one of two partners, prompting Mahayuti […]