Lucknow, Aug 22 (IANS) Flood situation in several districts of Uttar Pradesh remained grim on Monday as the raging Ganga continues its devastation in Ballia while affecting more than a lakh of people in Varanasi….
New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) A court here on Monday awarded the death penalty to two convicts for kidnapping and killing IT executive Jigisha Ghosh in 2009. Additional Sessional Judge Sandeep Yadav awarded the death…
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New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) As curfew continued for the 46th day in Srinagar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday met a delegation of opposition parties from Kashmir who warned that a continuing law and…
New York, Aug 22 (IANS) The killing of a nine-year-old Indian girl from Punjab by her stepmother took a sordid turn on Sunday when authorities arrested her ex-husband and accused him of helping her hide….
Hyderabad, Aug 22 (IANS) At least ten persons were killed and 18 injured when a bus fell into a canal in Telangana’s Khammam district early on Monday, police said. The accident occurred near Nayakangudem when…
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) A 28-year-old PhD student on Sunday filed a complaint of rape against a Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student, police said. The complaint was made at Vasant Kunj North police station…
Chandigarh, Aug 21 (IANS) The Shiromani Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee (SGPC) on Sunday ordered a probe into the suicide of a national-level handball player after she was allegedly denied hostel facility by authorities of a SGPC-run…
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) Five gangsters wanted in several criminal cases were arrested on Sunday morning following a shootout with the police in west Delhi that left a constable and two persons injured, an…
Bhubaneswar, Aug 21 (IANS) After government doctors threatened mass resignations, the Odisha government on Sunday said it was taking strong action against those involved in attacks on doctors in the state. “We are taking strong…
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) Gujarat Congress leaders on Sunday submitted a memorandum to President Pranab Mukherjee highlighting “atrocities” against Dalits in the state, and criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for “having the time to…
Kolkata, Aug 21 (IANS) Five policemen sustained serious injuries on Sunday when a mob attacked them in West Bengal’s Malda district. The incident happened in Kumarganj village when a 15-member police team was returning after…
New York, Aug 21 (IANS) A woman of Indian origin was charged on Saturday with killing her nine-year-old step daughter whose lifeless body was found in a bathtub in their home, according to media reports….
Kolkata, Aug 21 (IANS) The body of a 12-year-old girl suspected to have been raped before being murdered was found on Sunday in West Bengal’s West Midnapore district, police said. The body of the Class…
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) A 54-year-old Delhi Police head constable was killed when a speeding car driven by an 18-year-old rammed into his motorcycle while he was on way to work on Sunday, police…
Patna, Aug 21 (IANS) Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday demanded removal of the Farakka barrage on the Ganga river and formulation of a national silt management policy to protect the state from devastating…
Bhopal, Aug 21 (IANS) The widespread devastation in Madhya Pradesh following heavy rains can be traced to the loot of natural resources and ecocidal model of development, ‘Waterman’ Rajendra Singh said on Sunday. “The loot…
Chandigarh, Aug 21 (IANS) The Border Security Force has recovered four kg heroin along the India-Pakistan border in Punjab’s Amritsar sector, an official said on Sunday. The heroin, which is valued at Rs 20 crore…
Kolkata, Aug 21 (IANS) Three city youths were killed when their speeding car collided with another vehicle on Sunday in West Bengal’s East Midnapore district, police said. The accident occurred near Mandarmani, a beach resort….
Dhaka, Aug 21 (IANS) Five people were killed and more than 50 others injured when the roof of a jute factory collapsed in Bangladesh’s central Faridpur district on Sunday afternoon, police said. “The roof of…