JK Govt Launches Novel Governance Initiative, Establishes ‘Excellence Groups’

[ad_1] SRINAGAR: In a novel governance initiative, the Jammu & Kashmir Government Tuesday decided to establish “excellence groups” in all the departments to facilitate di exchange of ideas among administrative secretaries and other senior officers with those who have held charge of the department in the past. The Union Territory’s administration today said that it … Read more

Proud Boys juror says group’s deleted messages weighed on jury

Proud Boys juror says group’s deleted messages weighed on jury

[ad_1] “The Proud Boys didn’t want everybody to know the plan, because then I guess it would have gotten out. And they didn’t want it to get out,” Mundell said in the interview, noting that the thousands of messages they reviewed — extracted from the phones of Tarrio and his co-defendants — were peppered with … Read more

Sudan fighting eclipses new truce as aid groups raise alarm

Sudan fighting eclipses new truce as aid groups raise alarm

[ad_1] Calls for negotiations to end the crisis in Africa’s third-largest nation have been ignored. For many Sudanese, the departure of diplomats, aid workers and other foreigners and the closure of embassies are terrifying signs that international powers expect the mayhem to only worsen. Thousands of Sudanese have been fleeing Khartoum and its neighboring city … Read more

Hyderabad: Mild tension prevails following fight between two groups

Hyderabad: Mild tension prevails following fight between two groups

[ad_1] Representative Image Hyderabad: Mild tension prevailed at Arundhathi colony Uppuguda of old city Hyderabad following a fight between two groups on Sunday night. Tension started around midnight after members of the same family were fighting on the road in front of their house at Arundhati colony. Annoyed by the noise another resident who belongs … Read more

Hyderabad: Temporary mosque removed after complaint from Hindutva groups

Hyderabad: Temporary mosque removed after complaint from Hindutva groups

[ad_1] Representational photo Hyderabad: Authorities here on Saturday removed a temporary mosque set up using a container truck cabin on the banks of River Musi at Amberpet. The structure was illegal and had no permission from the authorities concerned. Some local groups had objections to the mosque and lodged complaints with the district collector and … Read more

Biden wants to coax Americans into electric cars. These 3 groups have other ideas.

Biden wants to coax Americans into electric cars. These 3 groups have other ideas.

[ad_1] People in the oil industry were surprised at how ambitious EPA’s newest rule is, multiple oil industry lobbyists said, complaining that Biden’s regulators had skipped the Obama administration’s practice of meeting with outside groups while prepping a rule. “The administration on these things, they tend to go big,” said Bruce Thompson, CEO of oil … Read more

Hindu fundamental groups using Ram Navami, Hanuman Jayanthi to target minorities: Report

Hindu fundamental groups using Ram Navami, Hanuman Jayanthi to target minorities: Report

[ad_1] Hyderabad: Hindu fundamental organizations like Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal, along with their affiliates, are using the Sri Ram Navami Shobha Yatra and Hanuman Jayanthi procession on big scale to target minorities said a report by the Citizens and Lawyers Initiative. Titled ‘Routes of Wrath – Weaponizing Religious Processions’, it was released with … Read more

Two groups clash in Maharashtra’s Jalgaon after statue vandalised, 12 detained

Two groups clash in Maharashtra’s Jalgaon after statue vandalised, 12 detained

[ad_1] Representarive image (Photo: Unsplash) Jalgaon: At least 12 people have been detained in connection to a clash which broke out between two groups in Maharashtra’s Jalgaon district on Saturday, the police said. A clash broke out between two groups in Atarwal village of Jalgaon district after a statue was vandalised by unidentified people,” Jalgaon … Read more

Pro-Khalistan groups take protest to London’s Parliament Square

Pro-Khalistan groups take protest to London’s Parliament Square

[ad_1] London: A small group of protesters carrying pro-Khalistan flags and banners in support of Khalistani leader Amritpal Singh gathered at Parliament Square here on Saturday, as part of similar protests in Canada and the US. Banners for the so-called “Protest against the discriminatory actions by Indian police forces against Bhai Amritpal Singh and other innocent … Read more

Groups sue to stop Florida’s gender-affirming care ban for kids

Groups sue to stop Florida’s gender-affirming care ban for kids

[ad_1] The American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Medical Association support gender-affirming care for adults and adolescents. But medical experts said gender-affirming care for children rarely, if ever, includes surgery. Instead, doctors are more likely to recommend counseling, social transitioning and hormone replacement therapy. “The transgender medical bans also violate the guarantees of equal … Read more