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The Supreme Court today commenced its historic hearing on a clutch of petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the practice of triple talaq and nikah halala among Muslims, saying it would first determine whether the practice is fundamental to Islam. A five-judge constitution bench, headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar, however, made it clear that the issue of polygamy ...

Signalling a growing congruence in ties, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will leave for Sri Lanka today on a two-day visit to further deepen ties with the island nation where China has been trying to expand its influence. Modi is visiting the country primarily to attend the biggest Buddhist festival ‘Vesak Day’ as its chief guest, but his schedule includes a ...

As many as 30 people were arrested in connection with the incidents of stone pelting and torching of vehicles and a police post in Saharanpur, which has been witnessing caste-based violence since May 5. District Magistrate N P Singh said the situation is now under control. A fragile calm lay in the area a day after Tuesday’s violence, which was ...

Militants kidnapped a lieutenant in the army, who was on leave and was unarmed, from his uncle’s house in Shopian district on Tuesday night and later killed him, the Army said on Wednesday. Lt Umar Fayaz Parray, 23, of Sursuna-Yaripora village in Kulgam was kidnapped around 10 pm by militants, believed to be five in number, from the house of ...

Convocation of 2015-17 IFS (Probationer) Course at IGNFA, Dehradun was held in presence of chief guest President of India Pranab Mukherjee while Governor Dr. KK Paul and Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat were also present as special guest there today.   President  Mukherjee extended congratulations to the trainees. He said that training imparted to young probationers will help to prepare ...

Chakrata MLA Preetam Singh, who had managed to regain his seat amid PM Narendra Modi magic  and lone congresss MLA out of 10 seat of dehradun dstirct, has been appointed as Uttarakhand PCC president on Thursday. With this appointment one thing is clear that party high command has accepted that party poor performance happened due to outgoing PCC president Kishore ...

Amid tight security Kedarnath shrine portal open for the public on Wednesday and Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid obesience at temple.  As we know that portal opens as per the schedule but this year Prime Minister is one of the dignitaries who spared time to visit kedarnath on the occasion of opening ceremony. This is Narendra Modi’s first visit to ...

The State Goods and Services Tax (SGST) bill was passed unanimously on the last day of the two-day special session of the Vidhan Sabha on Tuesday with both the ruling party and the Opposition MLAs urging the state government to see to it that the common people are not inconvenienced in any way. With the passage of the bill in ...

Reopening of the portals of Gangotri and Yamunotri shrines marked the start of the Char Dham Yatra period in Uttarakhand on Friday. The shrines to the river goddesses Ganga and Yamuna were reopened to the public amidst Vedic chanting and traditional rituals on the occasion of Akshay Tritiya. Thousands of devotees were present at the shrines in Uttarkashi district on ...

Acting on the state education minister Dr Dhan Singh Rawat’s ‘nationalist’ diktat to the vice- chancellors of the universities  and principals of the colleges based in the state during a meeting in Nainital earlier this month, DAV College principal Dr Devendra Bhasin has made mandatory for the students to sing the national anthem and the national song ‘Vande Matram’ twice ...