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British Conservative MP Bob Blackman has said that those behind the disruption of a Holi celebration in north-west London earlier this month are “still largely at large”, even as he flagged fresh incidents of violence targeting Hindu and Sikh communities in nearby areas.In a post on X, Blackman said that despite raising the March 3…
NEW DELHI: Kerosene oil, which has made a comeback for household use across several states and UTs, will be primarily made available through ration shops and, in some cases, from retail outlets of public sector oil marketing companies for cooking and lighting purposes. The Centre on Thursday allocated 48,000 kilolitres (kl) of additional kerosene to…
LONDON: Gangs of suspected Somalian men have allegedly been terrorising Indian-origin shopkeepers and restaurant owners in Wembley and trashing their shops in targeted attacks of late. This follows the attack in Harlow last week, wherein a gang attacked Holi revellers. Wembley shopkeepers felt it could be the same group.Bob Blackman MP raised the Harrow attack…
LUCKNOW: The body of a 35-year-old man was found inside a freezer at a veg biryani shop in Bakshi Ka Talab (BKT) area on Sunday morning. The deceased was identified as Vijay Pal, a resident of Kishanpur Majra under the BKT police station limits.According to police, the shop had remained closed for the past four…
Gaya: Demolition threat looms over more than 250 shops and houses in the Rajauli block area of Nawada district, with the administration giving occupants time till Feb 17 to voluntarily remove encroachments from public land. Officials have warned that structures failing to comply will be bulldozed, and the cost of demolition will be recovered from…
Representative file photo An explosion struck a building in the southern Iranian port city of Bandar Abbas on Saturday, damaging an eight-storey structure on Moallem Boulevard, state media reported. The blast destroyed “two floors, several vehicles, and shops”, though the cause remains unclear.The semi-official Tasnim news agency dismissed social media claims that a Revolutionary Guard…
INDORE: Tension continued in Tarana town of Madhya Pradesh’s Ujjain district on Friday following clashes between two groups that erupted a day earlier, leading to incidents of arson, stone pelting and damage to public and private property.The situation escalated on Friday when unknown elements allegedly pelted stones at houses, breaking window panes. Miscreants also targeted…
UJJAIN: A clash broke out between two groups in Tarana town, around 35 km from district headquarter Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh late on Thursday, leaving around six persons injured. Eyewitnesses claimed that an angry crowd vandalised around 11 parked buses and damaged shops in the vicinity of the Tarana bus stand, after a group of…
AGARTALA: Five persons suffered minor injuries and at least four shops were set ablaze after an unruly mob turned violent in the Shimultala area of Fatikroy in Tripura’s Unakoti district on Saturday, following an alleged attempt to extort money from a truck driver carrying timber.A large contingent of police, TSR, Assam Rifles and CRPF personnel…
A large number of people took to the streets as protests erupted in Iran after the country’s currency registered a historic low against the US dollar.Rallies were held in other major cities, including Isfahan in central Iran, Shiraz in the south and Mashhad in the northeast. In some parts of Tehran, police fired tear gas…
