Two minor boys were apprehended on Sunday for allegedly gang-raping a minor girl for the last one month, police said. The two minors were apprehended from the Batla House area after the girl’s mother filed a complaint against them at the Jamia Nagar police station on Saturday evening, a senior police officer told IANS. Both […]
The oil tanker association in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday announced it was again suspending fuel supplies to the Valley. Anan Sharma, president of the All Jammu and Kashmir Oil Tankers Association, told reporters here that oil tankers and their drivers had been attacked in the Valley despite assurances from the state government. “Our drivers, […]
Student Leaders Strive for Social Change: Success at the Launch of Project White Rakhi On Thursday, 25th of August 2016 Om Shanti UTS( Indian Cultural Society) in collaboration with White Ribbon Australia successfully launched Project: White Rakhi. Held in the newly constructed Building 11 (Engineering and IT Faculty), University of Technology Sydney, the event saw […]
With the release of his debut album, In Tokens & Charms in 2015, Delhi-based singer-songwriter Prateek Kuhad firmly established himself as one of the frontrunners in the Indian independent music scene, and has been quickly building buzz across the globe with spotlight performances at festivals like SXSW, Canadian Music Week, and more. Kuhad will make his […]
Former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, who is also the Congress’s presumptive chief ministerial candidate in Uttar Pradesh, fell ill on Saturday during the ’27 Saal, UP Behaal’ campaign and had to cut short her trip. Accompanied by senior leaders the septuagenarian Dikshit was in Kushinagar when she started feeling uneasy, a party leader told […]
Amid nationwide outrage over a tribal man walking 10 km with his wife’s body on his shoulders in Odisha’s Kalahandi district, the state government on Saturday said such incidents would not get repeated in future. “The state government is concerned over the unfortunate incident. We are working so that such incidents do not recur in […]
The US embassy has denied the allegation levelled by BJP MP Virendra Singh Mast that he was asked by embassy officials to remove his ‘pagdi’ or headgear for the visa documentation. “The United States does not discriminate on the basis of religion nor do we forbid religious dress,” the embassy said in a statement. “During […]
The UN Security Council (UNSC) has unanimously condemned the recent missile launch by North Korea and agreed to adopt “significant measures” in addition to existing sanctions against the communist state. The condemnatory text was approved by the 15 UNSC members, including China, a North Korean ally, EFE news reported. The council held a closed-door meeting […]
A five-year-old girl has become the youngest reported victim of the war on drugs in the Philippines, a media report said on Saturday. Danica May Garcia was shot to death in her family’s store by two men on motorcycles, CNN quoted the police as saying in Dagupan in Pangasinan province. According to local officials, the […]
Rio De Janeiro authorities will distribute free tickets for next month’s Paralympic Games to over 30,000 school children. Under a joint initiative between the state government and the Rio 2016 organising committee, the students will also receive free transport to venues, lunch and a Paralympics T-shirt, Xinhua news agency reported on Saturday. Children with deficiencies […]