Jammu : Jammu and Kashmir People’s Movement (JKPM) chief Shah Faesal Thursday condoled the death of a youth, who was injured during protests at Pattan area against the rape of a three-year-old girl, and appealed to the people of the state to maintain peace and tranquillity. The former IAS […]
Ujjain : Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh Thursday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah should apologise over Pragya Singh Thakur’s remark that Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse was a “patriot”. Malegaon blast accused Pragya Singh Thakur, who is contesting the Bhopal Lok Sabha seat against […]
Srinagar : An Army jawan, who was injured in an encounter with militants in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir, has succumbed, police said. “The injured Army jawan Rohit Kumar Yadav has succumbed at the hospital and attained martyrdom,” a police spokesman said. Yadav had suffered grievous injuries […]
Muzaffarnagar : A woman was allegedly killed by her husband over a family dispute in Garhi Pukhta area of Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli district, police said Friday. Sonam was strangled to death by her husband Abdul Kalam, 40, on Thursday in Bunta village of the district, they said. Victim’s father […]
Mumbai : The benchmark BSE Sensex jumped over 200 points and the NSE Nifty reclaimed the 11,300 level in early trade Friday amid value-buying in banking, IT and metal stocks. The 30-share index was trading 201.24 points, or 0.54 per cent, higher at 37,594.72. The broader NSE Nifty was […]
Mumbai : The rupee declined by 29 paise to 70.32 against the US dollar in opening trade Friday as crude oil prices firmed up and US-China trade related concerns weighed on investor community. Forex traders said, besides the US-China trade concerns, foreign fund outflows also kept pressure on the […]
Nagpur : Naxals have called for a ‘bandh’ in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra on May 19 to protest the killings of two fellow women in an encounter last month, police said. Naxals had put up banners in some villages in Etapalli tehsil of Gadchiroli on Wednesday night, in which […]
Muzaffarnagar : A revenue official was arrested for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 here, police said Friday. Lekhpal Sunil Kumar was arrested Thursday after he was caught accepting the bribe from an IAF personnel for measurement of a disputed land, they said. The IAF personnel had complained […]
Chennai : Actor-politician Kamal Haasan, who is at the centre of a raging row over his Hindu extremist remarks, Friday said “every religion has its own terrorists” and that no one claim to be sanctimonious. The Makkal Needhi Maiam chief also said that he was not afraid of being […]
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