Calling Islamic preacher Zakir Naik's speeches "highly objectionable", the government on Thursday said the home ministry will take appropriate action after studying them.
Petroleum Minister Ram Naik said on Thursday that Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd will not merge with Oil and Natural Gas Corporation.
Islamic Research Foundation Educational Trust, promoted by controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, has been put under prior permission category, thus preventing it from receiving foreign funds without getting nod from the central government.
Television visuals showed BJP workers mobbing the car at Khandoji Baba Chowk and vandalising it, resulting in the vehicle's windscreen and side panes getting damaged.
The Army on Friday said the search operation in the forest area of Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri to flush out any hiding terrorists was still underway, a day after two foreign terrorists of proscribed Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) outfit including the mastermind behind various attacks were eliminated.
Wankhede, a 2008-batch Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of the Customs and Indirect Taxes cadre, has moved the Bombay High Court seeking protection from any coercive action by the anti-money laundering agency.
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Dempo edged past a JCT by a solitary goal in Margao on Friday and moved to the top of the standings in the 7th edition of the National Football League.\n\n
From installing water-saving aerators on taps to using cans for washing hands and dishes, Bengaluru is adopting diverse strategies to tide over the water crisis. While several citizens have taken to social media to urge Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to make work from home mandatory for IT companies, it appears that hybrid mode will continue to be the norm for most - although with new water conservation measures in place. Co-working space provider Urban Vault has, for instance, installed smart water meters to detect leakage.
Groups of youth took to the streets at Press Colony and Khanyar in support of Naik.
In a disciplined force like the Indian Army seniority has all the importance, the Supreme Court said while commuting the life sentence of a non-commissioned officer held guilty for killing his colleague during an altercation over seniority.
Police have been deployed outside the Mumbai office of a foundation run by controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, whose 'hate speech' is reported to have inspired one of the five Bangladeshi militants involved in the recent Dhaka carnage.
Several members of Parliament have opposed privatisation of public sector oil firms like IOC and have asked the government not to seek a review of the Supreme Court verdict halting privatisation of HPCL and BPCL, Petroleum Minister Ram Naik said.
Army chief General Bikram Singh will pay a visit to the family members of martyr Lance Naik Sudhakar Singh at his native Dadhiya village in Sidhi district of Madhya Pradesh on January 18.
Petroleum Minister Ram Naik on Tuesday ruled out any increase in petrol and diesel prices in the run-up to the General Elections saying international crude oil prices have eased.
Safety will be the top priority for India while deciding the medium of transportation of gas now being negotiated with Iran, Petroleum Minister Ram Naik said in Teheran on Monday.
Large quantities of liquefied natural gas will start flowing into the country from the Dahej Terminal in Gujarat when it becomes operational from January next year, Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Ram Naik said on Thursday.
The government on Tuesday remained non-committal on taking action against a controversial Indian Islamic preacher, who was followed by one of the five Bangladeshi militants, who killed 22 people at a restaurant in Dhaka.
President Murmu set aside the protocol of her high office to hug mothers and wives as they mourned their loss and also acknowledged a grateful nation's eternal debt to their kin.
'In a tragic road accident, involving an Army truck on December 23 at Zema in North Sikkim, 16 bravehearts of the Indian Army have lost their lives,' the Army said in the statement.
"I have not asked for it. Also, Manohar Parrikar has not asked for it," the AYUSH minister said when asked about Gadkari's remarks.
Had the government intervened at the right time, the controversy over an MoU that provides for dividing a national resource, would not have arisen, he said.
The end for the doughty soldier came a little before noon, three days after he was miraculously pulled out alive from under 30 feet of ice-and-snow debris where he lay buried for six days on the unforgiving Siachen glacier.
Majid's family lives in the Ajot hamlet located between zero-line and border fencing along the LoC.
'I wasn't motivated to begin with because how do you outdo the biggest encounter?' 'Then, we came across this story about the first-ever encounter.'
IT major HCL Technologies' Shiv Nadar has retained his position as the 'most generous Indian' in 2023 as well, with a 76 per cent jump in his donations at Rs 2,042 crore. Wipro's Azim Premji's donations zoomed by 267 per cent to Rs 1,774 crore during the same year, according to the Edelgive Hurun India Philanthropy List 2023 released on Thursday. Richest Indian Mukesh Ambani donated Rs 376 crore in the year, which is an 8 per cent decline.
The Border Security Force bid farewell to one of its bravest heroes, Naik Bhairon Singh Rathore, at Solankiya Tala in Jodhpur on Tuesday, December 20, 2022.
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Uppal, Kotwal, Venkataramanan shortlisted for managing director's post; outsider not ruled out.
Two empty bottles of a cough syrup were found in a Goa apartment, where a start-up CEO allegedly killed her minor son, indicating she may have given a heavy dose of the medicine to him in signs of a premeditated murder, even as she was subjected to psychological test to assess her mental state and help find the motive for the gruesome crime, the police said on Wednesday.
IRF spokesperson said Qureshi is a "Guest Relations Officer" with the organisation, but denied any "encouragement" on part of their staff to make anyone join terrorist organisation, ISIS
The mortal remains of Lance Naik Sudhakar Singh Baghel, who was one of the soldiers killed in an attack by the Pakistan army across the LoC, were on Thursday consigned to flames at his village Darhia near here with full military honours.
Oil Minister Ram Naik will discuss liquefied natural gas imports from Iran and seek opportunities for Indian firms in Iran's upstream sector when he visits Teheran this month, officials said on Thursday.
Goswami not only killed two terrorists, but also assisted in neutralising the other two and save the lives of three of his wounded colleagues.
Two terrorists, including a top Lashkar-e-Tayiba (LeT) commander trained in Afghanistan, were killed in a gunfight with security forces on Thursday in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district, officials said.
'That's the beauty of Mumbai cricket. Nobody interferes with the running of the cricket, only the cricketers are allowed to run the cricket.'
Woman cadet Rekha Singh, wife of late Naik Deepak Singh who made the supreme sacrifice during the Galwan clashes and was awarded Vir Chakra posthumously, was commissioned into the Indian Army on Saturday following completion of her training from the Officers Training Academy (OTA) in Chennai.
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