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Amid row, Aurangzeb's tomb in Maharashtra closed for 5 days

Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has closed Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb's tomb in Maharashtra state's Aurangabad for five days after a mosque committee in the area tried to lock the place, an official said today.
19 May 2022

Indian cricketer-turned-politician Sidhu sentenced to 1 year in jail

Indian cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu was sentenced on Thursday to one year in jail, nearly 35 years after he was accused of killing a man in a fit of rage.
19 May 2022

After Gyanvapi Mosque, Mathura’s Shahi Idgah Masjid faces legal battle

A court in India’s Uttar Pradesh state today allowed a lawsuit by Shri Krishna Janambhoomi Trust and other private parties seeking ownership of the land on which the Shahi Idgah Masjid stands in the pilgrim town of Mathura.
19 May 2022

Rajiv Gandhi assassination: Indian top court frees convict

India’s top court yesterday ordered the release of a man jailed over the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, more than 30 years after he was
18 May 2022

Explained: The Gyanvapi Mosque case

Master director Satyajit Ray loved Varanasi. He shot two of his films “Aparajito” and “Joi Baba Felunath” in the city – bringing to the audience the old world charm of the ghats of the Ganges and its blind alleys. The same city is now in the news for an entirely different reason.
18 May 2022

Rajiv Gandhi assassination: India’s SC orders release of life term convict

India’s Supreme Court today ordered the release of AG Perarivalan, who has served over 30 years of life term in former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.
18 May 2022

India plans rolling out 6G by end of 2030: Modi

India plans the rollout of 6G telecom network, which will provide ultra high-speed internet connectivity, by the end of the decade, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today.
17 May 2022

What's inside? Photos of closed Taj Mahal rooms released

As debate over the 22 closed rooms in Taj Mahal reverberated in and out of the court last week, the Archaeological Survey of India has released pictures of some of the said underground rooms of the 17th century monument of love. The rooms were opened in January this year for conservation work.
17 May 2022

Delhi reports record 49C

The maximum temperature recorded in the national capital reached 49 degree Celsius, the India Meteorological Department said yesterday, as intense heatwave is sweeping through northern part of the country.
16 May 2022

Wheat export ban not to affect neighbours: Indian High Commission

India's ban on wheat export will not prevent export to neighbouring countries and countries that might wish to procure the current produce to supplement their domestic food security policies, at the request of their governments, said a statement of the Indian High Commission in Dhaka.
16 May 2022

India criticises OIC for ‘unwarranted’ comments on Jammu and Kashmir

India today (May 16, 2022) criticised the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for its "unwarranted" comments on the delimitation exercise in Jammu and Kashmir.
16 May 2022

PK Halder likely to be produced before Kolkata court tomorrow

Prashanto Kumar Halder, former MD of NRB Global Bank who is accused of laundering huge sums of money, is likely to be produced before a court in Kolkata tomorrow (May 17, 2022) when India’s Enforcement Directorate is expected to seek extension of his remand in its custody.
16 May 2022

Manik Saha takes oath as chief minister of Tripura

Doctor-turned-politician Manik Saha was today sworn in as the chief minister of north eastern Indian state of Tripura, a day after Biplab Deb stepped down amid feud in the party.
15 May 2022

Tripura CM Bilab Dev resigns amid party infighting

Chief Minister of India’s BJP-ruled Tripura state Biplab Kumar Deb yesterday resigned from the post amidst serious infighting in the party’s state unit one year ahead of fresh assembly elections there.
14 May 2022

Wheat export ban won’t affect South Asian neighbours: India

India today indicated that it would not allow the food security of its South Asian neighbours to be hit by the ban imposed on exports of wheat and that the measure was a temporary one.
14 May 2022

Manik Saha replaces Biplab Kumar Deb as Tripura CM

India’s ruling BJP today effected a change of top leadership in the north eastern state of Tripura as Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb today resigned and replaced by Manik Saha amidst serious infighting in the party’s state unit one year ahead of fresh assembly elections there.
14 May 2022

Tripura chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb resigns amid state BJP infighting

Chief Minister of India’s BJP-ruled Tripura state Biplab Kumar Deb today resigned from the post amidst serious infighting in the party’s state unit one year ahead of fresh assembly elections.
14 May 2022

27 dead in Delhi fire

Twenty-seven people died and dozens more were injured in a massive fire in a building in the Indian capital New Delhi yesterday, emergency services said.
13 May 2022

26 dead, 60 wounded at metro rail station fire in India's Delhi

At least 26 people were dead and more than 60 received burn injuries in a fire near a metro rail station in Delhi on Friday (May 13, 2022), Delhi Fire Services chief Atul Garg said.
13 May 2022

Taj Mahal cells don't contain idols: Archaeological Survey of India

Top officials of Archaeological Survey of India have said that the contention in the petition filed with Allahabad High Court’s Lucknow bench seeking opening of the 22 locked rooms of Taj Mahal is “factually incorrect,” reports Times of India.
13 May 2022