Rampur: Five persons were injured in firing during a procession on the occasion of Youm-e-Ashura Muharram month in Civil Lines area of Rampur district in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, police sources said.
Imphal: A massive peace rally was taken out on Saturday by thousands of people, braving the summer heat, to demand action against the 'Kuki Chin terrorists' who were responsible for the crisis in Manipur.
Kolkata: Newly elected Trinamool Congress panchayat member Moimur Gharami, alias Moyna, was lynched to death after a gunshot from the miscreants missed the target, which hit his companion, in front of his house at Magrahat in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district, police said on Saturday.
Authorities have finally given the green light to the 8th Muharram procession to pass through its traditional route after a long hiatus of over three decades. The procession, which holds deep religious significance among Muslims as it marks the first month of the Islamic calendar, will travel from Shaheed Gunj to Dalgate, a route that had been off-limits since 1989 due to prevailing law and order concerns.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday said there is a need to address the "root countries" to combat terrorism.
Kuwait City: Indian envoy to Kuwait Adarsh Swaika has said there is a need to diversify trade between the two countries.
The Government-owned power producer, SJVN Ltd, has been assigned five hydroelectric projects in Arunachal Pradesh, with a total capacity to generate 5,097 MW.
Kolkata/UNI: Newly elected Trinamool Congress panchayat member Moimur Gharami, alias Moyna, was lynched to death after a gunshot from the miscreants missed the target, which hit his companion, in front of his house at Magrahat in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district, police said on Saturday.
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Baghdad/UNI: At least four people died as a result of a fire in the city of Kerbala in central Iraq during preparations for one of the Day of Ashura processions, the Iraqi civil defense authorities inform.
Jammu/UNI: A fresh batch of 2,050 pilgrims, amidst the chants of 'Bam Bam Bhole', left Bhagwati Nagar Base Camp here on Saturday for Shri Amarnath Cave Shrine in the South Kashmir Himalayas.
Rameswaram/UNI: Union Home Minister and senior BJP leader Amit Shah on Saturday morning offered special prayers at the Sri Ramanathaswamy temple in this island town.
New Delhi/IBNS/UNI: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday slammed the Centre and Delhi Lieutenant Governor over the law and order situation in the national capital after a woman was allegedly murdered inside a park.
Bhopal/IBNS: An 11-year-old girl was brutally gang-raped and left covered in blood, with bite marks all over her body, in a jungle near a famous temple in Madhya Pradesh on Friday morning, police said.
New Delhi/IBNS: A man beat his cousin to death with an iron rod in Delhi as she had refused to marry him, and he was finding it difficult to get anyone else to agree either, media reports said.
Bengaluru/IBNS: A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker was Friday arrested in Bengaluru for an alleged derogatory social media post against Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.
New Delhi/IBNS/UNI: The Supreme Court today on Friday directed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to withdraw the lookout circular issued against TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee and his wife Rujira in connection with the money laundering cases against them linked to an alleged coal scam in West Bengal.
Kolkata: Bangladesh Minister of Information and Broadcasting Hasan Mahmud, who was in Kolkata on Thursday, said the economic, cultural and business ties between India and Bangladesh have strengthened under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina.
Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday said with the recent evacuations carried out in conflict-hit Sudan and Ukraine it has been proved that the country will never leave its people behind during a crisis.
In recent developments, an investigation conducted by the British tabloid, The Daily Mail, has revealed that a significant number of asylum seekers in the UK are misrepresenting their political affiliations to obtain refugee status.
Jammu: The joint team of security forces on Friday recovered 8.96 kilograms of narcotics near the Line of Control in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday said India’s G20 Presidency has served as a catalyst to invigorate the country’s foreign policy.
Srinagar: Security forces busted a militant module by arresting four terror associates and conspirators, who were behind a grenade incident in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district last year, that had left 13 civilians wounded, police said.
New Delhi: A joint expedition of ocean scientists from India, Bangladesh and Mauritius was organised by the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), Ministry of Earth Sciences under the regional framework of Colombo Security Conclave (CSC) which concluded on Monday and aimed to build capacity in ocean observation.
Mahoba: A 46-year-old man was hacked to death by his son with a sharp-edged weapon allegedly over petty dispute in the Charkhari area of Mahoba district here in Uttar Pradesh on Friday, a police officer said here.
Chennai/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said India, a mega diverse country, has consistently been at the forefront in taking action on biodiversity conservation, protection, restoration and enrichment.
New Delhi/IBNS: The primary opposition party Congress has questioned the Modi government's intent to pass a bill controlling Delhi's bureaucracy with a no-trust vote still pending in Parliament's lower house Lok Sabha.
New Delhi/IBNS: A 47-year-old professor was arrested for allegedly sexually harassing a woman doctor on a Delhi-Mumbai flight on Wednesday, media reports said.
New Delhi/IBNS: A 42-year-old woman was shot to death by a man in Dabri area of southwest Delhi on Thursday evening, media reports said.
Moga/UNI: In a major breakthrough, AGTF and Moga police cracked the murder of Santokh Singh at Moga on Friday with the arrest of three members of the Gopi Dallewalia gang.
