New Delhi: A mask is compulsory even if a person is driving alone in a car, the Delhi High Court said April 7, terming the car a “public place.” The mask is a “suraksha kavach (safety armor)” for the person wearing it as well as those around, the court said.Continue Reading
New Delhi: Indian President Ram Nath Kovind on April 6 appointed Justice NV Ramana as the next Chief Justice. He will take oath on April 24. Ramana will serve as the 48th Chief Justice of India until August 26, 2022 — a term of over sixteen months. Last month, ChiefContinue Reading
Jamshedpur: Dolma Buru Sendra Samity, a frontal outfit of tribals, has started preparations for Bishu Shikar, an annual hunting festival, at the Dalma wildlife sanctuary. The samity convened a meeting at Gadra on the outskirts of Jamshedpur on April 4 to discuss the festival, called Sendra, celebrated every year betweenContinue Reading
New York: A parolee convicted of killing his mother nearly two decades ago has been arrested on hate crime charges over an attack on an Asian American woman in New York City, police said. New York Police Department said Brandon Elliot, 38, is the man seen on surveillance video (picturedContinue Reading
By Ravi Kaushal New Delhi: Intensifying their protest against the farm laws, farmers’ organizations on April 5 gheraoed (encircled) the offices of the Food Corporation of India in a series of protests. The protests to last during the first fortnight of April were called by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (unitedContinue Reading
Lucknow: The railway police in Uttar Pradesh’s Jhansi town has arrested two people in a case related to the harassment of Catholic nuns during a recent train journey. “In the case of forceful deboarding of nuns and teenagers from coach B-2 of Utkal Express at Jhansi railway station on 19Continue Reading
Panaji: One of the most iconic religious structures at Old Goa, The Basilica of Bom Jesus, which is home to the sacred relics of Saint Francis Xavier, may soon have to shed its old look to prevent further deterioration of the red church, made up of laterite stones, due toContinue Reading
By Matters India Report Indore: A book written by Father Varghese Alengaden on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of his priestly ordination was released at a function March 31 at Indore. Renowned journalist Shravan Garg, who released “Ho Jayega” (It will be done), described the book as “an attitudeContinue Reading
By Ralph Alex Arakal Bengaluru: Most cab drivers decided to stay off roads on March 31 after a driver set himself ablaze at Bengaluru International Airport the previous evening. The Bengaluru International Airport Limited issued a passenger advisory informing that cab services have been impacted. “Passengers are requested to useContinue Reading
By Rachel John New Delhi: Clothes are deeply embedded in the regional and cultural framework of India. But today, they are being used for something far more sinister — religious profiling. Certain clothing items are categorically unsafe to wear in this country because they make you easy targets, as theContinue Reading
