Far-right group targets pro-migrant priest
Rome, Aug 25 (IANS/AKI) A priest in Tuscany in Italy who voiced solidarity with migrants and wrote that “racists and fascists are my enemies” will not celebrate mass on Sunday at his church after an…
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Kerala set to have 250 more bars soon
Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 25 (IANS) Thanks to the July 11 apex court order allowing bars along national and state highways passing through cities, another 250 bars in Kerala are set to open soon, said an official…
30 die in violence after Dera chief is held guilty of rape
Chandigarh, Aug 25 (IANS) At least 30 people were killed on Friday as security forces fired at rampaging mobs in Panchkula town in Haryana after a court held self-styled godman Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh guilty…
Beijing warns Japan of consequences for sanctions on its companies
Beijing, Aug 25 (IANS) China on Friday criticised the economic sanctions imposed by Japan on some Chinese companies for their links with North Korea and warned of consequences if the decision was not withdrawn, media…
More tainted egg products found in Italy
Rome, Aug 25 (IANS/AKI) Samples from a fresh egg pasta shop in eastern Italy have tested positive for the pesticide Fipronil, the Veterinary Epidemiology Centre for the Marche and Umbria regions said on Friday. The…
Why pellet guns only for Kashmir, asks Omar Abdullah
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah questioned why pellet guns and human shields were not used to control mob violence in Haryana, wondering whether the forces kept them…
Dera violence: Section 144 in Noida, Ghaziabad, security beefed up
Lucknow, Aug 25 (IANS) Following violence in many parts of Haryana and Punjab by Dera Sacha Sauda sect members, police has been put on high alert in the districts of western Uttar Pradesh, officials said…
Curfew in towns in 10 Punjab districts, three towns in Haryana
Chandigarh, Aug 25 (IANS) Curfew was imposed in towns in 10 Punjab districts and in three Haryana towns, including Panchkula and Sirsa, after supporters of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim went on a…
Swine flu death toll reaches 24 in Odisha
Bhubaneswar, Aug 25 (IANS) The death toll due to swine flu has reached 24 in Odisha while 281 people have tested positive so far, a health official said on Friday. Of the 31 swab samples,…
Drizzle in Delhi, mercury to drop on Saturday
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) Despite drizzling in the national capital, it remained a warm and humid day on Friday here, with the maximum temperature rising slightly to 35.3 degrees Celsius, two notches above the…
Telangana to gift free sarees to one crore women
Hyderabad, Aug 25 (IANS) Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Friday announced that the state will distribute free sarees to over one crore women on the occasion of Bathukamma, a regional festival. “Bathukamma festival…
Modi condemns violence, appeals to maintain peace
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday condemned the violence that broke out in Haryana following the conviction of controversial godman Gurmeet Ram Rahim in a rape case and urged everyone…
Sonia, Rahul appeal for peace in Haryana
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) Condemning the violence in Haryana, Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Friday expressed “concern and shock”, and appealed to maintain peace and harmony. Sonia Gandhi spoke…
CBI raids Satyendar Jain’s residence, AAP cries foul
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) A CBI team on Friday raided Delhi Home Minister Satyendar Jain’s residence in connection with a money laundering case but his AAP rejected the charges and called the move an…
Dera sect will have to compensate for violence: High Court
Chandigarh, Aug 25 (IANS) The Punjab and Haryana High Court on Friday said that Dera Sacha Sauda sect properties could be attached “if it is found that sect followers were responsible” for the large-scale violence…
Prohibitory orders imposed in Delhi
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) Authorities on Friday imposed prohibitory orders in the national capital barring the assembly of more than four people in the wake of large-scale violence in neighbouring Haryana and Punjab. Deputy…
Nepal PM visits Infosys, T-Hub in Hyderabad
Hyderabad, Aug 25 (IANS) Nepal Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on Friday visited the Infosys campus and T-Hub in Hyderabad. Deuba, who arrived here on a two-day visit, went around the Infosys campus at Gachibowli…
‘Pakistan’s population surges to 207.8 mn’
Islamabad, Aug 25 (IANS) Pakistan’s population has surged to 207.77 million, having experienced a 57 per cent increase since the last census in 1998, according to the provisional census data presented to the Council of…
Babylonians beat Greeks by 1,000 years in trigonometry: Study
Sydney, Aug 25 (IANS) Babylonians were the pioneers of trigonometry — the study of triangles — and they trumped the Greeks by 1,000 years, revealed an analysis of a 3,700-year-old mathematical clay tablet, whose purpose…
SC to hear challenge to Constitution’s Article 35A after Diwali
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear challenge to the Constitution’s Article 35A and the Jammu and Kashmir Constitution’s Section 6 granting special rights and privileges to natives of…