The proscription of Palestine Action must be “withdrawn”, Green Party leader Zack Polanski has said. Addressing his party’s conference in Bournemouth, Mr Polanski said the Labour government had overseen a “draconian crackdown on the right to protest” by legally banning and labelling the group a terrorist organisation. Politics latest: PM welcomes first female Archbishop of…
Suspected miscreants from Nagaland allegedly set ablaze around 90 houses in Golaghat district of Assam on Friday, a senior official said.They also fired several rounds in the air, creating panic in the Muslim-dominated area, he said.The incident took place at Tengatal of Uriamghat in Sector B in Sarupathar along the interstate border during the early…
A former Tory cabinet minister has revealed that his father-in-law was present at the Manchester synagogue attack as he called on the public to “stand unshaken against hate”. Sir Grant Shapps, who is Jewish, said it was “chilling” to hear his father-in-law’s “first-hand account” of the attack at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation on Thursday, in…
NEW DELHI: Congress on Friday expressed doubt over Operation Sindoor, saying “something is fishy” and raised questions alleging conflicting statements from top defence officials. Talking to reporters, Congress leader Ajay Rai said, “The CDS says something, the Army Chief says something else, and different people give different statements in completely different ways. This clearly indicates…
Baroness Michelle Mone has broadened her attack on her political critics, accusing Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch of using “inflammatory” and “reckless” language that could prejudice a police investigation into her role in the awarding of PPE contracts. A day after she wrote to Sir Keir Starmer, accusing the government of pursuing a vendetta against her,…
NEW DELHI: Centre on Friday issued an advisory to all states and Union territories calling for a “rational use of cough syrups in the paediatric population” after nine deaths were reported in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara due to kidney-related complications.The ministry of health and family welfare informed that the tests on the cough syrup samples revealed…
Chaitanyananda Saraswati in police custody (ANI) NEW DELHI: Self-styled godman Swami Chaitanyananda Saraswati, also known as Parth Sarthy, was remanded to 14 days’ judicial custody by a Delhi court on Friday after the completion of his five-day police custody, reported news agency ANI.The 62-year-old, Chaitanyananda, was produced before a judicial magistrate Animesh Kumar at Patiala…
NEW DELHI: BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi on Friday launched an unusual jibe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, saying he is suffering from “Modi-a-bindu.”By ‘Modi-a-bindu’, Trivedi explained, he meant someone who is blind to or unwilling to see the development taking place under PM Modi‘s rule.Speaking at EIA University in Medellín, on Thursday in Colombia, Rahul…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Udit Raj on Friday stirred a row by calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi “symbol of modern Ravana.”“Sanjay Raut has said that the Ravana of Delhi must be burned, and the day to burn Delhi’s Ravana is near. PM Modi cannot continue for long, and soon there will be fire in his…
The Metropolitan Police has called for a planned protest in support of the banned Palestine Action group to be delayed or cancelled after Thursday’s synagogue attack in Manchester. In a statement, the force said it wanted to deploy every available officer to protect Jewish communities, but was instead having to prepare for Saturday’s planned gathering…
