Janagosthiya Samannay Parishad, Asom, chief convener Sayed Mominul Awal on Wednesday appealed to 42 lakh indigenous Muslim people of the state to add identical ethnic names after their surnames through affidavits. Awal, who is also chairman of the Assam State Minority Welfare Board, said, “I will add Goria after my surname on Thursday through an…

Coimbatore: A large number of conversions are coming to light in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. More than 400 Dalits who have converted have alleged that they have been facing caste-based partiality and injustice for years. People belonging to the Arundathiyar community claim that they are facing caste-based discrimination every day and are not even being given space…

Coimbatore: Hundreds of Dalits in Mettupalayam, Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu converted to Islam claiming that they faced casteist ‘discrimination’ by locals. The mass conversions took place in response to alleged discrimination against them, even to the extent that some were not allowed to carry their dead ones to a burial ground. The group claimed that they…

KOCHI: Former Environment minister Jairam Ramesh described the beef industry as a “huge culprit” in contributing to global warming while he batted for adopting a vegetarian lifestyle that would help fight the threat. He was participating in a discussion on the ecosystem of Western Ghats at the Krithi International book fair, organised by a state…

BJP suffered because of hate statements made by party leaders: Amit Shah after polls debacle After the humiliating defeat in the Delhi Assembly Election 2020, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said that the party may have suffered the loss because of the hate statements made by some of the party leaders. He said…

New Delhi: Allahabad Bank has cut the marginal cost of funds based lending rate (MCLR) by 0.05 percentage points across tenors, effective 14 February. The Asset Liability Management Committee of the bank has reviewed the existing MCLR and decided for a downward revision by 5 basis points (bps) across different MCLR tenors, the bank said in…

The deposit insurance limit increase is applicable to all insured banks, which would be placed under liquidation or amalgamation or a merger with effect from February 04, 2020. In the case of a bank failure, bank deposits are going to be insured up to Rs 5 lakh. Earlier, the limit was up to Rs 1…

Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy’s son-in-law Rishi Sunak is expected to become Britain’s Finance Minister, after the resignation of current Finance Minister Sajid Javid. Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy’s son-in-law Rishi Sunak is expected to become Britain’s Finance Minister, after the resignation of current Finance Minister Sajid Javid, global news agency Reuters reported. Rishi Sunak’s wife is…

New Delhi: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, on Wednesday, said citing a book that the first Prime Minister of India Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru did not want Sardar Patel in his Cabinet in 1947. He said he learnt about it from VP Menon’s autobiography. Jaishankar said in a series of tweets that Nehru omitted Patel from…

Janhvi Kapoor and Ishaan Khatter impressed everyone with their first on-screen performance in Dhadak. Their chemistry was something everyone fell in love with and it led to speculations that the two were dating. While they might have not admitted it in public, their offscreen chemistry, their dinners and hangout sessions proved that the two were…

Karan Kundrra and VJ Anusha Dandekar are one of the most popular TV celebrity couples and both of them are in a love relationship for a long time. The couple regularly makes public appearances together so as to display their love and affection for each other. The cute couple has been winning the love and…

Former Miss World and actress Aishwarya Rai is now leading a happy family with her husband, daughter and in-laws. She has always been a victim of gossips, which have linked her many times to Salman Khan. Aishwarya herself has spoken a lot about the reason for her breakup with Salman. There were also some reports…