NEW YORK: Zakir Hussain was laid to rest on Thursday at a San Francisco cemetery as renowned percussionist A Sivamani and other artistes performed on their drums at a little distance away in a tribute to the tabla maestro. Hussain, one of the world's most accomplished percussionists, died at a San Francisco hospital on Monday due to complications arising from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a lung disease. He was 73. He was laid to rest at the Fernwood cemetery in San Francisco on Thursday. Hundr

NEW DELHI: Amid uproar over Home Minister Amit Shah's remarks related to B R Ambedkar , the Lok Sabha on Friday referred the two bills on simultaneous polls to a joint committee of Parliament. Opposition members were raising slogan haling Ambedkar and slamming Shah when the House met for the day. Instead of taking up the Question Hour, Speaker Om Birla asked Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal to move the resolution to refer the Constitution (129th Amendment) Bill, 2024 and the Union Territories Laws

IMPHAL: Security forces busted camps of two banned militant organisations while conducting search operations in Manipur's Imphal East district, police said on Thursday. A hideout of the banned Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL) at Makou Pourabi in Imphal East district was busted on Wednesday during which one air gun, one mobile handset and one bulletproof helmet were seized, they said. Another training camp of the proscribed PREPAK also at Makou Pourabi was destroyed on Wednesday during which one IN

NEW DELHI: Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha and BJP President J P Nadda criticised the Congress for its amendments to the Preamble, the imposition of Emergency, and its role in the inclusion of Article 370. He remarked that even a good constitution can fail if those implementing it are not competent, asserting that a ad lot has interfered with the Indian Constitution multiple times. Participating in a discussion on the Glorious Journey of 75 Years of the Constitution of India, Nadda said

BHOPAL: A purported suicide note recovered after the deaths of a businessman and his wife who hanged themselves in Madhya Pradesh's Sehore district has led to a slugfest between the Congress and the ruling BJP. In the purported suicide note that surfaced on social media, businessman Manoj Parmar urged Rahul Gandhi and other Congress leaders not to leave his children alone and accused the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and BJP leaders of harassment. The Congress has claimed that Parmar and his wife

IMPHAL: Security forces have recovered arms and ammunition during search operations in Manipur's Kakching and Thoubal districts, the police said on Thursday. The seized arms included hand grenades, rifles and handguns. The security forces found one INSAS rifle without a magazine, one 9mm pistol, three hand grenades, three carbine magazines, four 9mm ammunition from Wabagai buffalo farm areas in Kakching, the police said in a statement. In another operation at Kwarok Maring in Thoubal district, a

IMPHAL: Arms and ammunition were seized in Manipur's Kangpokpi district, police said on Tuesday. The seizures were made during an area domination exercise in Aigejang in the hill district, they said. One each of .303 rifle, 9mm CMG with magazine, 9 mm pistol, SBBL along with two 51mm mortars, two hand grenades, five live ammunition, and two smoke grenades were seized, they added.