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Lathicharge on Cong workers protesting against Unnao incident; Rahul slams Modi govt

NEW DELHI, Dec 7 (Agencies): Congress workers, who staged a protest against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Lucknow on Saturday (December 7), were lathicharged by the Uttar Pradesh Police. The incident was reported outside the UP Vidhan Sabha, where Sama...

Uddhav meets Modi for 1st time after becoming CM

PUNE, Dec 7 (Agencies): Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray received Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Pune airport on Friday evening. It was the two leaders' first meeting after Thackeray broke away from ally Bharatiya Janata Party and formed a Shiv Sena-le...

Ajit Pawar told me he had Sharad's support to form govt in Maharashtra, says Devendra Fadnavis

MUMBAI, Dec 7 (Agencies): Former Maharashtra Chief Minister and BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday said that NCP leader Ajit Pawar had told him that he had the full support of NCP chief and uncle Sharad Pawar to form the government in Maharashtra, which is why th...

Woman attacked with chemical substance at Ajmeri Gate Railway

NEW DELHI, Dec 7 (Agencies): In a tragic incident, a 30-year-old woman was attacked with some chemical substance allegedly by an unidentified person at New Delhi's Ajmeri Gate Railway Station. The incident took place on Saturday afternoon. According to reports, the ac...

Unnao rape victim's post-mortem done, mortal remains being taken to her village

NEW DELHI, Dec 7 (Agencies): The post-mortem of the Unnao gangrape victim, who was set on fire by five men and died at the Safdarjung Hospital here on Friday night, was completed on Saturday. According to Dr Sunil Gupta, Medical Superintendent, Safdarjung Hospital, the...

'Save me, I want to see them hanged to death': Unnao rape victim's last words

NEW DELHI, Dec 7 (Agencies): "Save me, I don't want to die, I want to see them hang to death". These are the last words of the 23-year-old rape victim from Uttar Pradesh's Unnao district to her family members and doctors before she died on Friday late night in a Delhi ...

Public hanging for rapists, murderers should be made the law: Goa Minister

Panaji, Dec 7 (Agencies): Amidst uproar in the country following the death of the Unnao rape victim, Goa Minister Michael Lobo on Saturday said that the Indian Penal Code should be amended by the Parliament to provide for `public hangings as punishment for the perpetr...

Rape convicts under POCSO Act should not have right to mercy plea: President Kovind

NEW DELHI, Dec 6 (Agencies): President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday (December 6) said that rape convicts under POCSO Act should not have the right to file mercy petition. The president made this comment while speaking at an event in Sirohi Rajasthan. Ram Nath Kovind's co...

Our daughter’s rapists still alive: Nirbhaya’s mother after Hyderabad encounter

NEW DELHI, Dec 6 (Agencies): Parents of 'Nirbhaya' on Friday hailed the Telangana Police after four accused in the gang-rape and murder of a government veterinarian were killed in an encounter in Hyderabad. Talking to ANI, Nirbhaya’s mother Asha Devi said, “I would lik...

My daughter's soul at peace now: Hyderabad veterinarian's father on encounter of 4 accused

Hyderabad, Dec 6 (Agencies): The family of the government veterinarian, who was recently gang-raped and murdered by four people, on Friday hailed the Telangana Police after four accused in the case were shot dead in an encounter here on Friday morning. Expressing grat...

NHRC to conduct spot inquiry into encounter deaths, orders probe

NEW DELHI, Dec 6 (Agencies): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) India has taken a suo motu cognizance of media reports that the four accused, arrested by the police in connection with the rape and murder of veterinarian doctor in Telangana, have died in a poli...

Woman shot in face after she stops dancing at wedding

LUCKNOW, Dec 6 (Agencies): A woman was shot in the face after she stopped dancing at a wedding in Uttar Pradesh's Chitrakoot. The horrifying incident was caught on camera. The incident occurred on December 1 during a performance at the wedding of village head Sudhir S...

President, PM pay floral tribute to BR Ambedkar on 63rd death anniversary

NEW DELHI, Dec 6 (Agencies): President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday paid floral tribute to Dalit icon and architect of Indian Constitution Dr BR Ambedkar on his 63rd death anniversary at the Parliament. The Prime Minister remembered him as...

4 more review petitions filed in SC against Ayodhya verdict

NEW DELHI, Dec 6 (Agencies): As many as four litigants on Monday filed separate review petitions challenging the Supreme Court's verdict in favour of the Ram temple in the disputed Ramjanambhoomi-Babri Masjid title land dispute case. The review petitions have been fil...

Lawyers, activists raise questions over killing of Telangana rape-murder accused

HYDERABAD, Dec 6 (Agencies): Several activists and lawyers raised questions over the police encounter of four accused in the rape-murder case of a 26-year-old veterinarian in Telangana even as politicians across the party lines hailed the police action. Human rights a...

Post offices in J&K are fully functional: Prasad

NEW DELHI: The total number of post offices in Kashmir is 698 and all are currently functional, the Minister of Communications and electronics and Information Technology, Ravi Shankar Prasad, said on Thursday. Replying to a query in Rajya Sabha, Prasad said there was...

‘Internet curb in Kashmir due to anti-India posts’

NEW DELHI, Dec 3: The restrictions on the internet in Jammu and Kashmir has been imposed to check aggressive anti-India social media posts being pushed from Pakistan to instigate the youth in the valley, Union Minister G Kishan Reddy said in Lok Sabha on Tuesday. The...

No study on cost of forces' deployment in J&K post-Art 370 scrap: Centre

NEW DELHI, Dec 3: The government has not conducted a separate survey on the cost incurred for deployment of security forces, their travel and supplies following the abrogation of special status given to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370, Union minister G Kishan Reddy...

Missing school girl raped, strangled with belt in Rajasthan, police detain 40-yr old suspect

JAIPUR, Dec 2 (Agencies): A 40-year-old man was detained on Monday in connection with the rape and murder of a six-year-old school girl in Rajasthan's Tonk district, police said. The school girl, who had gone missing on Saturday, was found dead in her uniform at a vil...

Fadnavis made CM for 80 hrs to 'protect' Rs 40,000-cr central fund: Hegde

MUMBAI, Dec 2 (Agencies): Former union minister and BJP MP Anant Kumar Hegde has sparked controversy by claiming his party colleague Devendra Fadnavis was made Maharashtra chief minister last month despite lacking majority only to 'protect' Rs 40,000 crore central fund...

15 people killed in rain-related incident in Coimbatore, CM announces compensation

COIMBATORE, Dec 2 (Agencies): At least 15 people died on Monday after a compound wall collapsed and damaged three houses in Mettupalayam of Coimbatore district in Tamil Nadu as heavy rainfall for the past three days have been lashing several parts of the state. Tamil ...

Post Pulwama bombing, JeM planned attacks in Delhi, carried out recce near critical govt facilities

NEW DELHI, Dec 2 (Agencies): After the Pulwama terror attack in February 2019, Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) planned attacks in the national capital, according to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) charge sheet. In a critical revelation, the charge sheet ...

GDP is no 'Bible, Ramayana or Mahabharata' to judge economy: Dubey

NEW DELHI, Dec 2 (Agencies): Days after India's gross domestic product (GDP) slipped to 4.5% for the July-September quarter, a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP on Monday said it shouldn't be considered the "Bible, Ramayana or the Mahabharata" to judge the economy. Spea...

Will waive farm loans, change Jharkhand like we changed Chhattisgarh: Rahul

JHARKHAND’S, Dec 2 (Agencies): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday promised to waive farm loans in Jharkhand should the grand old party-led coalition come to power in the state. Jharkhand, like Chhattisgarh -- where Congress stormed to power last year -- has a signi...

Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury calls Finance Minister ‘Nirbala’ Sitharaman, BJP protests

NEW DELHI, Dec 2 (Agencies): In a controversial remark, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Monday (December 2) said in Lok Sabha that even though he respects Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, he thinks that she should be called 'Nirbala' (weak) because she is...

Rajnath Singh condemns rape, murder of Hyderabad veterinarian

Ready to make strictest law
NEW DELHI, Dec 2 (Agencies): Condemning the brutal gangrape and murder of a 26-year-old veterinarian in Hyderabad that has sent shockwaves across the nation, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said in Lok Sabha that there "cannot be a bigger inhuman act" th...

Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind files review petition in SC against Ayodhya verdict

NEW DELHI, Dec 2 (Agencies): Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind on Monday (December 2) filed a review petition in the Supreme Court against the recently pronounced Ayodhya verdict. The plea was filed by Maulana Syed Ashhad Rashidi, who is the legal heir of original Ayodhya land dispu...

Cabinet nod to withdraw J&K Reservation Bill from Parliament

New Delhi, Dec 4 (Agencies): The Union Cabinet on Wednesday gave its formal nod to withdraw a Bill, which sought to provide reservation to economically backward people of Jammu and Kashmir, as the state reorganisation law provided for a similar quota. Union minister P...

Those skipping exams 'will cease to be bonafide students', says JNU

NEW DELHI, Dec 4 (Agencies): The Jawaharlal Nehru University on Tuesday said pupils not appearing in examinations will lose their studentship even as the students' union is planning to boycott the semester exams this year to protest against the hostel fee hike. Issui...

'I do criticise economic policies ­pursued by Modi govt': Parakala Prabhakar

NEW DELHI, Dec 4 (Agencies): Parakala Prabhakar, who had served until recently as communication advisor to ­former Andhra Pradesh CM and TDP supremo Nara Chandrabu Naidu, is now chairman of Telugu news channel Mahaa TV. An alumnus of JNU and London School of Economics,...

Rape-accused Nithyananda founds his own 'Greatest Hindu Nation', names it Kailaasa

AHMEDABAD, Dec 4 (Agencies): A website has popped up, suggesting that self-styled godman, Nithyananda, who is evading arrest by Gujarat Police, has established a new country, Kailaasa. Nithyananda has been charged with kidnapping and wrongful confinement of children t...

School girl gang raped by CRPF man, 3 others in Mirzapur

MIRZAPUR, Dec 4 (Agencies): A 15-year-old girl was allegedly abducted and gang-raped by four men, including a CRPF jawan in Uttar Pradesh's Mirzapur district, police said on Wednesday. The incident took place on Monday night when she was called by one of the accused, ...

Maharashtra govt mulling to withdraw cases filed in Bhima-Koregaon violence

MUMBAI, Dec 4 (Agencies): The 'Maha Vikas Aghadi' government in Maharashtra led by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray is mulling to withdraw cases filed in the Bhima-Koregaon violence that erupted last year. According to reports, the Chief Minister gave an indication in ...
 

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