India

New Delhi, Feb 13 (PTI) Two more persons were arrested on Thursday in connection with the alleged molestation of students during a cultural festival at the all-women Gargi College here last week, officials said.

On Wednesday, 10 people, aged between 18 and 25 years, were arrested in the case.

Lucknow, Feb 14 (PTI) The Uttar Pradesh police has slapped the stringent National Security Act (NSA) against doctor Kafeel Khan, who is in jail for allegedly making a speech at the Aligarh Muslim University against the new citizenship law.

"NSA has been slapped on Dr Kafeel. He will remain in jail," Aligarh Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Akash Kulhari to PTI over phone.

Mumbai, Feb 14 (PTI) Second senior most judge of the Bombay High Court, Justice Satyaranjan Dharmadhikari, has tendered his resignation

Justice Dharmadhikari told a lawyer in his court on Friday that he has tendered his resignation. However, he did did not specify the reason

New Delhi, Feb 14 (PTI) The Supreme Court issued a notice to the Jammu and Kashmir administration on Friday on a plea filed by Sara Abdullah Pilot challenging the detention of her brother and National Conference leader Omar Abdullah under the Public Safety Act.

A bench, comprising Justices Arun Mishra and Indira Banerjee, said it would hear on March 2 Pilot's plea challenging Abdullah's detention.

Mumbai, Feb 14 ( PTI) Adani Group on Friday inked agreements with the Airports Authority of India (AAI) for the management, operations and development of Ahmedabad, Mangaluru and Lucknow airports.

"Today, as we sign the concession agreements for Mangaluru, Lucknow & A'bad with the AAI, its the beginning of another historic journey catering to India's exponential airport infra demands," Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani said in a tweet.

Kanpur: Strangely enough valentine's day got a mention in the lecture of a maulana delivered prior to the usual Arabic Khutba at a mosque on the congregational prayer of Friday. 

What he meant to emphasise at the old mosque here was that the faithful should instruct the girls to wear a proper dress and also to keep them distant from unethical recreations.

Dwelling upon the origin of this day he pointed out that it was in no way benefitting the society. There was no use in blindly following Western traditions.

NEW DELHI (AP) — Six months after India’s government stripped restive Kashmir of its semi-autonomy and enforced a total communications blackout, it is heralding the restoration of limited, slow-speed internet as a step toward normalcy.

But for the Himalayan region’s 7 million people, the reality is far different. They are only allowed to access government-approved websites. Popular social media platforms such as Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter remain blocked. And while users can access YouTube and Netflix, the internet service is too slow to stream video.

Muzaffarnagar (UP), Feb 13 (PTI) Union Minister Sanjeev Balyan on Thursday appeared in a local court here in connection with a case of violating prohibitory orders and inciting communal tension during the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots.

Special court judge Ram Sudh Singh fixed April 3 for appearance of the other accused in the case involving BJP leaders, including UP minister Suresh Rana.

Srinagar, Feb 13 (PTI) Mobile Internet services was restored in Kashmir on Thursday afternoon, hours after authorities had suspended the facility to prevent rumours about the health of separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani.

The services were snapped late Wednesday night after some social media posts claimed the health of the 90-year-old Geelani deteriorated, they said.

New Delhi, Feb 13 (PTI) All central and state government officers have been asked to follow norms in dealing with communications from MPs and MLAs or face action, according to an official order.

Chief secretaries of all states/union territories have been asked to sensitise officials with regard to their duties and obligations in so far as the movement of Members of Parliament (MPs) in general and more particularly during Parliament sessions, it said.