The police have also registered three additional First Information Reports (FIRs) related to the incidents. The turmoil began on March 17, when rumours spread that a sheet bearing a "verse from the Quran" had been burned during a demonstration led by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP).
The Congress, on Thursday, initiated efforts to bolster its organisational structure in Uttar Pradesh to prepare for the upcoming elections, party sources said. Congress General Secretary (Organisation), K.C. Venugopal, has declared names of district presidents across the state, including key regions such as Lucknow and Basti.
The gold smuggling case involving Kannada actress Ranya Rao, the stepdaughter of DGP K. Ramachandra Rao, was discussed in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly on Wednesday. The opposition BJP and the ruling Congress took confrontational positions over the alleged collusion between the jailed actress and authorities in the smuggling operation.
The process of transferring seven associates of radical Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh, who were arrested under the National Security Act (NSA) at Dibrugarh Central Jail, to Punjab, is approaching completion, officials said on Wednesday. The seven aides of Amritpal are set to be handed over to the Punjab Police team by the Dibrugarh jail authorities.
Punjab has become the first state to introduce sign language in its Legislative Assembly to facilitate persons with disabilities, Social Security, Women and Child Development Minister Baljit Kaur said. She said that the government, under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, has taken this unique initiative to address the concerns of persons with disabilities.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, on Wednesday, while giving her reactions on the successful return of Sunita Williams from space, claimed to have studied space science. She also said that Williams should be conferred the Bharat Ratna award by the Union government.
