Abdul Haq

A devastating thunderstorm in Bengaluru led to the collapse of a compound wall at Bowring Hospital, killing seven people, including a child. Intense rainfall, strong winds, and hailstorms caused widespread disruption, flooding, and damage across the city, with several other rain-related fatalities reported.

In a major faux pas, the Andhra Pradesh assembly on Wednesday passed a bill for a proposed Urdu university in Kurnool, naming it after famous Pakistani scholar Moulvi Abdul Haq when it was supposed to be after noted educationist and philanthropist from Andhra, Dr Abdul Haq.

Controversial police officers CI U Bangar Raju and SI Abdul Haq of the G Konduru police station in Krishna district were suspended on Monday for opening fire on a mob following an attack on the police station.

The Jammu & Kashmir police on Saturday arrested another alleged conspirator in the staged encounter of a mentally challenged man branded a top Lashkar terrorist for rewards in Poonch sector last week.

HYDERABAD: The counselling for the filling up of 10 vacant seats in BUMS course in Dr Abdul Haq Unani Medical College, Kurnool will be held on September 6, at Government Nizamia Tibbi College, Charminar here.

LOLAB: Barring stray incidents of violence and booth capturing, polling in the Lolab constituency of Kupwara district in the fourth phase of the J&K elections was, by and large, peaceful on Tuesday, with about 44 per cent turnout.

The Nanded unit of the anti-terrorism squad (ATS) interrogated two persons in Udgir on Saturday evening for their alleged links with Himayat Baig.

Three pre-teen brothers — two twins and one of another pair of twins — drowned on Tuesday afternoon in a deep ditch dug along the Mithi river at Kapadia Nagar in Kurla (W) while trying to retrieve a cricket ball.

The Lucknow University announced the winners of their annual awards for 2019 and 2021 on Wednesday. There are 189 awards given out in 14 categories, with the highest award being the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Award given to Prof Abdul Haq from Delhi and Prof Ateequallah from Delhi for 2019 and 2021, respectively. Winners will also receive a prize of Rs. 5 lakhs.

"We are actively considering the plan to grant amnesty to those youths who are not involved in heinous offences. We will not destroy their future and have to take care of them," minister for law, Abdul Haq Khan, said in Legislative Council.

Eminent environmentalist Madhav Gadgil said on Saturday that geoinformatic communication must be used for letting farmers access land records.

HYDERABAD: Reacting strongly to anti-conversion laws enacted by a few states, chief of Jamat-e-Islami Hind Abdul Haq Ansari on Saturday asserted that the Jamat would continue to attract oppressed sections of other religions towards Islam.

Professor P Fazul Rahman, director, UGC-Human Resource Development Centre (UGC-HRDC) at Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) has been appointed as the vice-chancellor of Dr Abdul Haq Urdu University (DAHUU), Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, a note issued by MANUU said today.