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Hyderabad, April 7 – Deputy leader of the Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) in the Telangana Legislative Assembly and former minister T. Harish Rao, along with several other party leaders, were placed under house arrest on Tuesday to prevent them from traveling to Parigi in the Vikarabad district...

Srinagar, March 20 Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, the chief priest of Kashmir, claimed on Friday that he was placed under house arrest and prevented from offering congregational prayers at the Jamia Masjid here."For the third consecutive Friday during Ramadan, I have been arbitrarily placed under house...

Srinagar, March 16 Authorities in Kashmir closed the historic Jamia Masjid here on Monday for congregational prayers on the occasion of Shab-e-Qadr, officials said.The grand mosque in the Nowhatta locality of the city was closed for the night-long Shab-e-Qadr (night of forgiveness) prayers...

Srinagar, March 13 – The management of the Jama Masjid in J&K’s Srinagar stated that authorities had disallowed Friday congregational prayers at the mosque and placed Mirwaiz Umar Farooq under house arrest.Traditionally, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq delivers the sermon on the last Friday of the holy...

Srinagar, March 13 The Anjuman Auqaf Jama Masjid on Friday condemned the frequent closure of the historic mosque in Srinagar's old city on Juma'atul Vida over the past seven years."The authorities once again locked the gates of the historic mosque from all sides and placed Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir...

Srinagar/Jammu, March 9 The Jammu and Kashmir unit of the Congress staged protests against the BJP-led central government on Monday, demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the trade deal with the US.The party also demanded the restoration of statehood to Jammu and...

Jammu, March 9 The Jammu and Kashmir unit of the Congress staged a protest outside its party headquarters here on Monday against the BJP-led central government, demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his "unconditional surrender" to the US.The protesters, led by Pradesh...

Srinagar, March 6 – Senior religious leader and chief cleric of Kashmir, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, said on Friday that authorities have placed him under house arrest as restrictions continued across the Valley.Mirwaiz Umar, in a post on X, stated, "Restrictions in the Valley continue and have been...

Srinagar, March 6 Kashmir's chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said on Friday that he was placed under house arrest, and the Jamia Masjid here was closed for congregational prayers, amid heightened restrictions in the Valley in view of protests over the killing of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah...

Panaji, March 6 Four people were detained on Friday after they staged a protest from the visitors' gallery in the Goa assembly on the opening day of the budget session, over the proposed dam on the Zuari River.The protest drew criticism from Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, who called the...

Thane, March 4 Police in Thane, Maharashtra, have invoked the Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act (MCOCA) in a case against four individuals accused of attacking a man and injuring a police officer, an official said on Wednesday.The case was registered on Monday in connection with an...

Chandigarh, February 25 The opposition Congress on Wednesday claimed in the Haryana Assembly that many of its workers and several district unit chiefs from across the state had been placed under house arrest to prevent them from participating in the party's Vidhan Sabha gherao ( घेराव) programme...

Meerut, February 21 RSS chief Dr Mohan Bhagwat said on Saturday that the responsibility for choosing what to watch on OTT platforms lies with the individual, as there is a wide range of content available, including religious content."What one chooses to watch depends on one's own judgment, and...