Shiv Sena MP forces Muslim man to break fast, raises political storm (Intro...
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) A Shiv Sena MP, who was seen in a video clip trying to force food into the mouth of a Muslim staffer of Maharashtra Sadan who was observing the Ramadan fast, kicked off a...
View ArticleItaly's sunken ship towed away
Rome, July 24 (IANS) The wreck of Costa Concordia luxury cruise liner left the Italian island of Giglio and began its final journey towards the port of Genoa Wednesday, where it will be dismantled....
View ArticleJung meets Rajnath
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) Delhi Lt Governor Najeeb Jung Thursday met union Home Minister Rajnath Singh. The two are learnt to have discussed the current political situation in Delhi which has been...
View ArticlePIL seeks action against Shiv Sena MPs for forcing Muslim to eat
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) A petition was filed in the Delhi High Court Thursday seeking de-recognition of the Shiv Sena and direction for disqualification of 11 of its MPs for allegedly forcing a...
View ArticleTrinamool leader accused of assaulting ECL official arrested
Kolkata, July 24 (IANS) A Trinamool Congress labour leader was Thursday arrested for allegedly threatening and assaulting officials of the Eastern Coalfields Limited, police said. Two days ago, the...
View ArticleSC declines to transfer plea against increasing Sardar Sarovar height
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday declined the Narmada Control Authority's plea seeking the transfer to it the Narmada Bachao Andolan's plea challenging the decision to raise the...
View ArticleKolkata police fan out for elusive teacher who beat toddler
Kolkata, July 24 (IANS) Police teams Thursday fanned out in areas around Kolkata and in a neighbouring state to nab elusive private tutor Pooja Singh, who was caught on video brutally thrashing a...
View ArticleNCW seeks guidelines on online content offensive to women
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) The National Commission for Women (NCW) Thursday said the government should create guidelines for intermediaries to pull down any content offensive to women from the...
View ArticleThree prisoners killed in Rajasthan jail clash
Jaipur, July 24 (IANS) Three prisoners were killed - one gunned down and two others beaten to death - in a clash between members of two gangs in a jail in Rajasthan's Bikaner Thursday, police said....
View ArticleMissing Air Algerie plane probably crashed: French minister
Paris, July 24 (IANS) The missing Air Algerie plane from Burkina Faso to Algiers, which had French nationals comprising almost half of the 110 passengers aboard, "probably" crashed, French Foreign...
View ArticleIndia, Japan, US kick off Malabar exercise
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) Exercise Malabar involving the Indian and US navies as well as the Japanese navy this year began off Japan Thursday with the goal of advancing the level of understanding...
View ArticleSeven killed in Peru bus accident
Lima, July 25 (IANS) At least seven people were killed and 37 were injured Thursday when a passenger bus crashed and turned over in Peru's mountainous Andean region, media reports said. The accident...
View ArticleSeven die in IAF chopper crash in UP (Third Lead)
Lucknow/New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) An Advanced Light Helicopter of the Indian Air Force crashed in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur district Friday, killing all seven people on board, officials said The...
View ArticleReceived guidance from President Mukherjee: Modi
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) The warmth and guidance he has received from President Pranab Mukherjee in the two months since he formed his government has been akin to that of a family, Prime Minister...
View ArticleSikhs will give befitting reply to Congress tactics: Badal
Chandigarh, July 25 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Friday asserted that the Sikhs will not succumb to the "politically-motivated" tactics of the Congress to divide them by creating a...
View ArticleMan found dead in SUV in Gurgaon
Gurgaon, July 25 (IANS) A 50-year-old man was Friday found dead in a pool of blood inside an SUV on the Delhi-Gurgaon expressway, police said. The deceased was identified as Rajender Dahiya, a native...
View ArticleTelangana accident: Child's body exhumed, handed over to real parents
Hyderabad, July 25 (IANS) Police exhumed the body of a six-year-old boy, one of the victims of Thursday's tragic school bus-train collision in Telangana's Medak district, and handed it over to his...
View ArticleDelhi businessman commits suicide
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) A 40-year-old businessman committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling fan at his home here Friday, police said. The body of Rajkumar Gupta who had a spy camera...
View ArticleSC notice to EC on PIL seeking candidates photos on EVMs
New Delhi, July 25 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday issued notice to the central government and the Election Commission on a PIL seeking to address the problem of namesakes eating into votes of main...
View ArticleBengal encephalitis toll 113, Mamata suspends three health officials
Siliguri/Kolkata, July 25 (IANS) Under attack over her government's failure to combat the spread of encephalitis in northern West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday suspended three senior...
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