Security forces shot dead two militants on Thursday in a gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir’s Badgam district, triggering widespread street protests in Badgam and Pulwama districts, police said. The militants were killed in Bugoo village in Arizal area after the security forces started a cordon and search operation following a tip off. “The militants fired […]
A journalist of a Ranchi-based Hindi daily who had been facing threats was beaten to death in Jharkhand’s Chatra district, authorities said on Tuesday. Chandan Tiwary, who worked for the “Aaj”, was abducted on Monday night from Pathhalgada, police said. According to police officials, Tiwary was found in the Balthar forest on Tuesday in a […]
A nine-day-old baby died after being bitten by rats in the ICU of a government-run hospital in Bihars Darbhanga district, the family said on Tuesday. However, the hospital authorities refuted it and the district administration assured the family of a probe into the matter. The newborn was ill and admitted to the Neo-natal Intensive Care […]
Taking a lead over other parties in the state, the Punjab unit of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday announced the names of five candidates for the Lok Sabha elections likely to be held in April-May next year. The AAP has retained two outgoing MPs, Bhagwant Mann (Sangrur) and Sadhu Singh (Faridkot). The names […]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to interfere with the questioning of a complainant in a bribery case relating to CBI Special Director Rakesh Asthana. Hyderabad-based businessman Satish Sana Babu had claimed that he paid Rs 2 crore for being dropped from a case relating to meat exporter Moin Qureshi, which is at the centre […]
A cameraman of Doordarshan TV and two police personnel were killed in a Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district on Tuesday. A Doordarshan crew was moving with a security patrol for a story when they were ambushed in Aranpur area, Deputy Inspector General of Police P. Sundar Raj told the media here. “Two police personnel […]
While the air-quality across the national capital was deteriorating, Faridabad on Sunday recorded the worse pollution levels in the region over 25 times higher than the safe limit causing confusion among weather experts. According to Faridabad’s pollution monitoring station, the PM2.5 or particles with diameter less than 2.5 mm, was found 1,515 microgrammes per cubic […]
Committing to protecting farmer’s interests, Punjab Food and Civil Supplies Minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu on Sunday warned ‘arthiyas’ (commission agents) of action if farmers were paid less or payment was delayed for the paddy procured from them. “Action will be taken against the ‘arthiyas’ giving lesser value against MSP (minimum support price) to farmers,” Ashu […]
While stressing on the need to work “unitedly” to address issues like terrorism, climate change, economic development and social justice, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that peace does not only mean “no war”. “Development of the poorest of the poor is the real indicator of peace,” Modi said in the 49th episode of […]
India is closely following the political developments in Sri Lanka where President Maithripala Sirisena appointed his predecessor Mahinda Rajapaksa as Prime Minister after ousting Ranil Wickremesinghe from the post, the External Affairs Ministry said on Sunday. “India is closely following the recent political developments in Sri Lanka,” Ministry spokesman Raveeh Kumar said in response to […]