Three women drowned and 11 others were missing when an overcrowded boat capsized in the Ganga in Bihar’s Buxar district, an official said Wednesday. “Bodies of the three women have been recovered,” Buxar District Magistrate Raman Kumar said. Eight other women were rescued by villagers. Kumar said 22 women, mostly labourers, were in the boat […]
The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to appoint inspectors in two-third of the police stations across the state, an official said Wednesday. The state cabinet Tuesday gave a go-ahead to the ambitious proposal aimed at brining professionalism to the force, the official said. Uttar Pradesh has the largest police force in the world with 1,452 […]
The central government informed the Delhi High Court Wednesday that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has not responded to questions on its source of funds. A division bench of Justice Pradeep Nandrajog and Justice Jayant Nath asked the petitioner, advocate M.L. Sharma, to include the AAP as a respondent and posted the case for Feb […]
Congress president Sonia Gandhi Wednesday said minorities should feel “safe” and hoped that the Prevention of Communal Violence Bill will be passed soon. “The cabinet has approved the Prevention of Communal Violence Bill. I hope it is passed in parliament soon,” she said at the launch of the National Waqf Development Corporation Limited (NAWADCO) here. […]
The mother of a three-year-old Indian-origin boy, whose body was recovered two days after his disappearance from Scotland’s capital Edinburgh earlier this month, has appeared in court for a second time on charges of murder and attempting to defeat the ends of justice. Mikaeel Kular went missing from his home in Edinburgh Jan 15 and […]
India must press Colombo to allow an independent international probe into the alleged war crimes committed during the Sri Lankan civil war, Amnesty International said Wednesday. Sri Lanka’s Northern Provincial Council Jan 27 passed a resolution calling for an international investigation into alleged war crimes, Amnesty said. Elections for the Northern Provincial Council were held […]
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday inaugurated the National Waqf Development Corporation (NAWADCO) in a move aimed at bringing transparency to management of Waqf properties worth more than Rs.163 crore across the country. The corporation has been established with an authorised share capital of Rs.500 crore, and will facilitate and mobilise financial resources for setting up […]
The country’s largest private lender ICICI Bank Wednesday said its net profit increased by 12.53 percent to Rs.2,532.21 crore in the third quarter of the current financial year. The bank posted a net profit of Rs.2,532.21 crore for the quarter ended Dec 31, 2013, as compared to Rs.2,250.24 crore recorded in the same quarter of […]
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National Conference (NC) leader Farooq Abdullah Wednesday said his son and Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah will take the final decision on ties with the Congress party. Asked if the NC would continue it’s alliance with the UPA in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, Abdullah said: “We will do what Omar suggests. We […]