Lucknow,  The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has questioned the Uttar Pradesh government's decision to survey unrecognised madrasas in the state.

The AIMPLB has termed it a part of the "targeting" of the institutions by the BJP-ruled states.

Qasim Rasool Ilyas,

New Delhi, The Delhi Police's Special Cell arrested two Afghan nationals in Noida and recovered 5 kg of heroin worth Rs 21 crore from their possession, sources said on Monday.

The Cell shared the information with Noida police and a joint team recovered the huge quantity of heroin.

"The

Thiruvananthapuram,  Eleven Sri Lankan nationals, who were planning to go to Australia by a boat from Kerala's Kollam, were taken into custody from a lodge.

It was the Q Branch police of Tamil Nadu which first got the information, as the group was staying there after fleeing from Sri Lanka. The group

Lucknow,  A major fire broke out in the Levana hotel in Hazratganj area of the state capital on Monday morning.

Several persons, including employees and guests received burn injuries, even as fire tenders were trying to douse the flames.

Fire personnel broke open the glass panes to rescue

Lucknow,  The Yogi Adityanath government is mulling a proposal to provide quota within quota to 18 OBC sub-castes whose proposed inclusion in the Scheduled Castes list has been struck down by the Allahabad High Court on the grounds of being unconstitutional.

The government is planning reservation within

Lucknow,  A girl complained that she experienced foul smell and fainted outside a coaching institute in Lucknow's Indira Nagar locality.

When the police went to inspect, they found a hookah bar operating in the institute's basement.

The owner-cum-operators, Romit Srivastava, Aviral

Srinagar, The Jammu-Srinagar national highway has been closed for vehicular traffic due to shooting stones and landslides in Ramban district, Police said on Monday.

"Jammu-Srinagar national highway (NH-44) blocked at Cafeteria Morh, Mehad, in Ramban district due to continuous shooting stones," Polic

Lucknow,  A 39-year-old gym owner in Lucknow has been arrested for marrying a woman by allegedly concealing his identity and posing as a Hindu man, Police said.

He has also been charged with allegedly raping and assaulting the woman.

Chinhat police station In-charge, Tej Bahadur Singh, sai

Gandhinagar, The members of the Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS) have given a call for a 'bandh' in Gujarat's state capital Gandhinagar on Monday.

Since the past week, the BKS members are protesting and demanding the state government to address the pending issues of farmers in Gujarat.

H

New Delhi,  A cab driver has been arrested here for allegedly making obscene gestures at a British woman passenger who was in the car, officials said on Sunday.

The 23-year-old woman is a resident of London. An advocate by profession, she came to India along with her friends around a week ago on the tour