India

Kanpur: Given the forthcoming Eid ul Azha prayer the religious heads have appealed to the Muslims to offer special prayer as per guidelines of the state government.

However, Sahar Qazi Mushtaq Ahmad Mushahidi said the Muslims should offer Eid prayers by the numbers fixed by the district administration.

In the meantime, it has come to the notice that members of Eidgah Management Committee and Qazi Abdul Quddoos Hadi had met the police commissioner lately.

Preparations for the special Eid prayers have been going on, it is also learnt. 

New Delhi, Jul 15 (PTI) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Thursday ruled out the reopening of schools in the national capital in the near future in view of the coronavirus pandemic.

"Like we are seeing trends internationally that there will be a third wave of COVID-19. So, until the vaccination process is complete we would not like to take risk with children. So, there aren't any plans to reopen schools as of now," Kejriwal told reporters.

He was responding to a question about whether schools in Delhi will begin to reopen like in other states.

Guwahati, Jul 15 (PTI) The Congress in Assam on Thursday urged Governor Jagadish Mukhi to institute a judicial inquiry into the series of encounters that have taken place in the states for the last two months since Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma assumed office.

In a party memorandum submitted to the Governor, state Congress chief Ripun Bora alleged that human rights in Assam have been constantly violated during these two months since the BJP government came to power for the second consecutive term.

New Delhi, Jul 15 (PTI) A lawyer has moved the Delhi High Court challenging the new Information Technology (IT) Rules for allegedly being in gross disregard of the fundamental rights of free speech and privacy of users of social media intermediaries such as WhatsApp, Instagram and Twitter.

In his petition that is likely to be listed on July 21, advocate Uday Bedi has contended that the new IT rules are unconstitutional and antithetical to the fundamental principles of democracy.

Jammu, Jul 15 (PTI) Lashing out at the Centre for the "unprecedented" price hike of essential commodities, the Congress on Thursday said BJP leaders who used to protest on every fraction of price rise while in opposition are mute spectators in the government now as ministers.

Amethi (UP) Jul 16 (PTI) A 16-year-old girl was allegedly abducted and raped for five days by a youth here, police said on Friday.

According to the family of the girl, she had gone to fill water from a hand pump near her house on July 9 when the youth abducted her and raped her, they said.

The girl managed to escape from the clutches of the youth after five days and informed her family about the matter, he said.

A case has been registered under the POCSO Act and the girl has been sent for medical examination.

Mumbai, Jul 16 (PTI) Mumbai police have registered a case against T-Series company's managing director Bhushan Kumar, son of music baron late Gulshan Kumar, for allegedly raping a woman on the promise of providing a job to her, an official said on Friday.

The offence was registered on Thursday at D N Nagar police station in Andheri (West) on the basis of the complaint lodged by the 30-year-old woman, who is an actor, he said.

Mumbai, Jul 16 (PTI) The country's economy will start witnessing a growth of 6.5 to 7 per cent from fiscal 2023 onwards, helped by various reforms undertaken by the government so far and also as COVID-19 vaccination drive progresses, Chief Economic Advisor Krishnamurthy Subramanian said.

He said the second wave of COVID-19 is unlikely to have a very significant on the economy.

The country's economy contracted by 7.3 per cent in fiscal 2020-21.

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Authorities in Indian-controlled Kashmir have banned the sacrifice of animals during the upcoming Islamic Eid al-Adha holiday, in a ruling that is likely to further stoke anti-India anger in the disputed Muslim-majority region.

An order issued on Thursday said the “illegal killing/sacrifices of cows/calves, camels & other animals” must be stopped, citing animal welfare laws.

Kanpur: How can the rate of medicines remain untouched before the increase in petrol, diesel and LPG?

All those medicines that were much in demand during the high wave of coronavirus have got new rates under the fresh batch number.

According to the traders, the rate pattern shows an increase from ten to thirty per cent. Medicines are also dearer due to their separate batch and division.