SURAT/BHIWANDI: The menace of banned Chinese manja cast a deadly shadow over the kite-flying season, killing nine people in Gujarat, while a fireman in Maharashtra and a 33-year-old man in Vadodara were electrocuted in kite-linked accidents.In Surat, a motorbike carrying a couple and their daughter plunged about 60ft from Chandrashekhar Azad flyover. Sources said Rehan…
Rourkela: Tension erupted in a market in Odisha’s Sundargarh town on Thursday following a clash between two communities.In the ensuing stone pelting, at least 12 people, including a policeman, were injured. The administration has imposed prohibitory orders across Sundargarh. Internet services were suspended for 24 hours, starting 6pm.Schools and colleges were declared closed on Friday….
BJP ex-MLA Kuldeep Sengar (File photo) NEW DELHI: The Unnao rape survivor on Thursday moved Delhi HC seeking to bring on record more information in expelled BJP ex-MLA Kuldeep Sengar’s appeal against his conviction in the case.In her petition, the survivor said she wanted to place before the court facts and documents to show “relevant…
NEW DELHI: Asiya Andrabi, the founder of women separatist outfit Dukhtaran-E-Millat (DeM), and her associates, Sofi Fehmeeda and Nahida Nasreen, did not bear an allegiance to the Constitution of India and actively worked for Kashmir’s secession, a Delhi court said while convicting the trio for waging war against the country and other charges under UAPA…
GANDHINAGAR: Union home minister Amit Shah on Thursday said Adi Shankaracharya was instrumental in establishing the Indian identity and ensuring that the banner of Sanatan dharma fluttered high in all corners of the country.Speaking at the launch of a ‘granthavali’ of Shankaracharya in Gujarati at an event in Ahmedabad, Shah expressed confidence that the complete…
NEW DELHI: Israeli ambassador to India Reuven Azar joined President Droupadi Murmu, PM Narendra Modi, defence minister Rajnath Singh, CDS General Anil Chauhan and several other political and military leaders in praising the Indian Army’s bravery and saluting its courage on the Army Day.The 78th Army Day parade was organised in Jaipur, marking the fourth…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Election Commission to make public the names of people excluded from the draft electoral rolls published after the special intensive revision process in Kerala to enable affected voters to raise objections. A bench headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant also asked the poll panel to consider…
CM Mamata Banerjee outside the I-PAC director’s residence last Thursday NEW DELHI: The hearing on Mamata Banerjee vs Enforcement Directorate in Supreme Court witnessed sharp exchange of words with the former blaming the agency for trying to “steal” data and information of its party ahead of assembly election and the central agency accusing the CM…
NEW DELHI: Terming the clash between Enforcement Directorate (ED) and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee as very serious, with wider implications, Supreme Court Thursday issued notice to the CM and state officials on the central agency’s plea to initiate action against them for preventing it from discharging its duty in the alleged coal scam case….
Three suspects were arrested in Odisha‘s Balasore Thursday for allegedly lynching a 33-year-old man after a video emerged of the victim being asked to chant a religious slogan and being assaulted the previous day. The victim, Sheikh Makarand Muhammad of Astia village, was a helper in a pickup van that was waylaid for ferrying cattle….