Muslims protest against the WAQF 2025 amendment law, in Hyderabad on Sunday. | Photo credit: Ramakrishna G Thousands of people marched through the streets of Hyderabad on Sunday afternoon, expressing a strong opposition to the new WAQF legislation that say “threatens Muslim endowments and bodies that govern them.”The protest, which is located at the Lal Bahadur Shastri stadium in Basheerbagh and culminated in Ambedkar’s statue in Tank Bund, attracted a large crowd of the city.Holding banners said “manipula “Waqf Act Wapas Lo” (Recover the WAQF law). Several participants also greeted the Indian national flag while marching, underlining what they described…
Neha Malhotra
Last update:April 13, 2025, 20:49 ISTSexual aggression reports have not confirmed the leg by the police. They said the medical exam and investigations are underway.Representation image through UnspashSupposedly, a 5 -year -old girl was kidnapped and killed by a man here on Sunday, police said.The incident occurred in the limits of the Ashok Nagar police station here, and the body was found in an abandoned building, they said.He thought there are reports of sexual assault, the police have not confirmed it and has said that the medical examination and investigations are underway.Affirmed by the incident, a large number of local…
Transport Minister SS Sivar marked the bus services on Sunday. | Photo credit: special arrangement Transport Minister SS Sivar opened 12 new bus services of the Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) in Kumbakonam on Sunday. Five new buses under the free bus travel scheme for women called Vidiyyal Payanam, three buses without stopping between Kumbakonam and Thanjavur and four Mofussil Betleen Kumbakonam and Chennai buses were indicated. Mr. Sivaskar delivered work orders to 35 drivers and drivers for compassionate reasons.The members of Rajya Sabha S. Kalyanasundaram and M. Shanmugam, MLA G. ANBALAGAN and Mayor K. Saravan were present. Published…
The Minister of Transportation Mandipalli Ramprasad Reddy received requests from the public, at his residence at Bordigaripalle in the Annamayya district on Sunday. The Minister of Transportation, Youth Affairs and Sports Mandipalli Ramprasad Reddy said Sunday that the constitution of the Rayachoti Assembly in the Annamayya district would get a face washing in the coming months and that a series of development activities were in process.Speaking at the Praja Darbar event held at its residence in the Bordigigelle village of Chinnamandem Mandal, Mr. Ramprasad Reddy said the Constitution had witnessed visible changes and development within 10 months under the government…
Wisdom Islamic Youth Organization President K. Thajudheen Swalahi inaugurating a youth leadership camp in Tiraur on Sunday. | Photo credit: Sakeer Hussain The wisdom Islamic Youth Organization described the WAQF law as aggression in minority rights. “It is not simply a problem of the Muslim community. It is an aggression on the rights of all minorities,” said a youth camp of wisdom organized in Tiraur on Sunday (April 13, 2025).Inaugurating the camp, the youth president of wisdom, K. Thajudhen Swalahi, said the government of the Union was trying to destroy the concept of WAQF under the appearance of the amendment…
The City Police carried out surprise inspections in spas and massage halls throughout the state capital on Sunday, in the midst of Conerns increasing in illegal activities, including traffic or narcotics substances.The raids come following a large drug fall last week, in which the Atattingal police arrested three people, including an employee or a spa in Kazhauttom, for alleged possession or 52 grams of MDMA.The researchers suspect that the woman, a native of Palakkad, is a key figure in a larger drug network that operates through spa in the region. It was arrested with a racket known for the synthetic…
Digital literacy class in progress in a house in pullamara Panchayat in Thiruvananthapural (file) During the last months, C. Sarasu, 67, a Rural Employment Garnering worker from Mahatma Gandhi (MGNSGS) of pullampara in Thiruvananthapuram, has been using his free time videos. In Muvattupuzha, Krishnakumar, 75, who now uses WhatsApp to mobilize neighborhood people for an anti -drug campaign. Until recently, both were “digital illiterates”, for whom technology was a hard utility to break.The two are now part of the 21 Lakh people who have completed the digital literacy program of the local self -government departments (LSG) ‘Digi Kerala’, which makes…
There is hardly anyone on the Peepal tree site on the shores of the Niranjana river now dry, where Siddhartha Gautama became the Buddha, after it is believed to have reached Samma-Sambodhi (perfect lighting). The tree is located in the Mahabodhi temple complex in Bodh Gaya, about 115 km south of Patna, the capital of Bihar. Inside the temple too, visitors are scarce. The crowd is to a couple or mileage, seen from a distance as a ocher and garnet color palette. The details emerge closely: or about 300 male monks sitting in protest, intacted with some blank women, in…
Kannadippaya fabric training in Venmony in Idukki. | Photo credit: special arrangement Smooth like glass, thin enough to roll, and intricately hand-woven, kannadippaya-a craft-tagged craft-is now in the heart of a revival mission by Kerala Forest Research Institute (Kfri).The carpet named by its mirror -type brightness is made of njoonjileeta (Theinostachyum Wightii), A rapid -growing vine bamboo found in the districts rich in Kerala forests. The mat has been traditionally made by members of indigenous communities such as the Orali, Mannan, Muthuva, Malaya and Kadar tribes, partly in Idukki, Thrissur, Ernakulam and Palakkad. Communities such as Ulladan, Malayarayan and Hill…
The Permanent Parliamentary Committee on Rural Development has recommended an independent survey to evaluate the effectiveness of the National Employment Guarantee scheme of Mahatma Gandhi (MGNGS) and its deficiencies. | Photo credit: Ma Sriram The Permanent Parliamentary Committee on Rural Development has recommended an independent survey to evaluate the effectiveness of the National Employment Guarantee scheme of Mahatma Gandhi (MGNGS) and its deficiencies. This survey, the panel said, should focus on the satisfaction of workers, salary delays, participation and financial irregularities within the scheme. The panel report was presented on April 4, the last day of the recently completed budget…
The believers in the Hill of Idukki observed Ramos Sunday with religious fervor on Sunday. Bishop Idukki Mar John Nellikkunnel directed the special service in the Rajakumari Deivamatha church on Sunday morning. “The division is the cause of damage to families and society. A collective effort is needed to show unity and solidarity against this,” said Mar Nellikkunnel in his message duration, the Holy Mass. The special mass was sacrificed as part of Palm Sunday celebrations in several churches in various parts of the district. Hundreds of faithful from the various Catholic denominations participated in the procession and mass. As…
The Minister of Industries and Commerce, TG Bharath, Congratulations BT Naidu, who was nominated as MLC for the second time, in a hero of functions in Kurnool on Sunday. | Photo credit: U. Subramanyam The Minister of Industries and Commerce, TG Bharath, said that the Telugu Desam (TDP) party will recognize the services of those leaders who work hard for the party. The minister participated in an organized function in the Zilla Parishad office in Kurnol on Sunday to congratulate BT Naidu, who was nominated as TDP MLC for the second time. Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Bharth said that…