Woman stripped, assaulted in public goes missing
Patna, July 21 (IANS) The middle-aged woman, who was stripped and assaulted in public for allegedly kidnapping two men, went missing Monday from a Patna hospital where she undergoing treatment,...
View ArticleWhither women's security in Akhilesh's Uttar Pradesh? (Comment)
Being a woman and moving around in Akhilesh Yadav's Uttar Pradesh seems to be a mortally scaring thought. While union home ministry records show that rape cases in India's most populous state of over...
View ArticleBJP MP Sakshi Maharaj declared absconder in Babri case
Lucknow, July 22 (IANS) BJP MP from Uttar Pradesh's Unnao constituency Sakshi Maharaj has been declared an absconder by a special CBI court after he failed to appear for a trial. The move came in the...
View ArticleBody of guerrilla found in Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu, July 22 (IANS) The Border Security Force (BSF) Tuesday recovered the body of a slain guerrilla after an infiltration bid was foiled in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. "The...
View ArticleAustralia sends plane to bring back MH17 victims
Canberra, July 22 (IANS) Australia Tuesday sent a C-17 military plane to the Netherlands to bring back the victims of the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 which crashed in Ukraine last Thursday. The...
View ArticleHouse of murder accused torched in Bihar
Patn July 22 (IANS) A protest against the murder of a primary agriculture credit society (PACS) president turned violent Tuesday in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district when the house of a suspect was set...
View ArticleJustice Katju's six posers to ex-CHief Justice Lahoti
New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) Press Council of India chairman Justice Markandey Katju, who alleged corruption in judiciary, Tuesday posed six questions to former chief justice of India Justice R.C....
View ArticleChandy to finalise cabinet rejig in Delhi
Thiruvananthapuram, July 22 (IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy will now finalise his cabinet rejig with the Congress high command in Delhi, a senior party leader said Tuesday. Chandy will...
View ArticleSensex surges over 200 points; oil and gas stocks rally
Mumbai, July 22 (IANS) A benchmark index of Indian equities markets Tuesday surged 218.94 points or 0.85 percent as oil and gas stocks rallied. All the sectors were trading in green and the rally was...
View ArticleJayalalithaa opposes buoys on India-Sri Lanka sea boundary
Chennai, July 22 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa urged the central government to pursue the idea of sustainable fishing by Indian and Sri Lankan fishermen and disagreed with a...
View ArticleIndia's Mars Orbiter nearing Red planet
Chennai, July 22 (IANS) India's Mars Orbiter spacecraft that left the Earth last November is nearing the Red planet with all its payloads in good condition, ISRO said Tuesday. According to the Indian...
View ArticleThree found unconscious in car in Delhi, die
New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) Three young men were found unconscious and frothing from their mouths here Monday evening in a car with its air conditioner on. They were taken to a hospital where they were...
View ArticleIndia to have four new central varsities
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) The government has decided to set up four new central universities in the country, parliament was told Wednesday. "The ministry of human resource development (HRD) has...
View ArticleIndia, Myanmar hold talks
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) India and Myanmar Wednesday held the 14th round of foreign office consultations here, and discussed a host of issues including trade, investment and infrastructure. Prime...
View ArticleTelangana urges media not to use 'T' for state
Hyderabad, July 23 (IANS) The Telangana government has urged the media not to use 'T' as an abbreviation for the state and advised it to use either the complete word or T.S. In a letter to editors of...
View ArticleBombay HC upholds conviction of Pune rogue driver
Mumbai, July 23 (IANS) The Bombay High Court Wednesday upheld the conviction of Santosh Mane, a state transport corporation driver who had mowed down nine pedestrians and injured 37 others in Pune in...
View ArticleBengal governor-designate Tripathi reaches Kolkata
Kolkata, July 23 (IANS) West Bengal governor-designate Keshari Nath Tripathi arrived here Wednesday. He would be sworn in Thursday. Tripathi, who arrived from Uttar Pradesh, was received with bouquets...
View ArticleBengal teacher's second autopsy done; mob blocks national highway
Siliguri, July 23 (IANS) A fresh autopsy of a West Bengal school teacher who died in judicial custody in Uttar Pradesh was conducted Wednesday, as demonstrators carrying his body blocked the national...
View ArticleCase registered over TV producer's death
Ghaziabad, July 23 (IANS) Police in Ghaziabad Wednesday registered a criminal case against two unidentified people over the mysterious death of 31-year-old Rajya Sabha TV producer Milita Dutta Mandal,...
View ArticleFlood situation improves in Odisha
Bhubaneswar, July 23 (IANS) The flood situation in Odisha improved Wednesday but dozens of families continue to stay at various relief camps, officials said. Water levels in all the rivers have come...
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