Day: August 17, 2019

Expelled Kerala nun moves Vatican against Congregation’s

Kochi, Aug 17: A Kerala nun Saturday said she has filed an appeal before the Vatican against Franciscan Clarist Congregation’s decision to expel her from it even as the congregation tightened its stance by issuing a letter to the her elderly mother to take her back home. Sister Lucy […]

Woman kills husband in Bhadohi

Bhadohi (UP), Aug 17: A woman, who was having an affair with her brother-in-law, allegedly killed her husband at her parent’s house in Bhadohi district on Saturday, police said. Kumkum Chauhan called her husband, Ranjeet Chauhan, 30, to her house at Naurangabad village and killed him with the help […]

Chidambaram says detention of Cong J-K chief illegal

New Delhi, Aug 17: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday dubbed the detention of party’s Jammu and Kashmir chief Ghulam Ahmad Mir as “outrageously illegal” and hoped that the courts will take cognizance of the matter. In a series of tweets, the former finance minister said Mir is […]

SIT files chargesheet in Kalburgi case

Bengaluru, Aug 17: Ganesh Miskin, the hitman allegedly involved in the killing of journalist Gauri Lankesh, had also shot literatteur and researcher Dr M M Kalburgi dead in August 2015, according to the special investigation team (SIT). SIT, probing the case, stated this in a charge sheet it filed […]

Modi arrives in Bhutan on two-day visit

Bhutanese Prime Minister Lotay Tshering received Modi at the airport. Modi was given a red-carpet welcome after his arrival here. “As a gesture of extraordinary warmth and goodwill, PM welcomed by Bhutan PM Lotay Shering and other ministers,” External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar tweeted. Later, the prime […]

Jaitley on life support; Nitish, Piyush Goyal and others visit AIIMS

New Delhi, Aug 17: Former finance minister Arun Jaitley has been put on life support system at AIIMS here, sources said, as several leaders including Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Union minister Piyush Goyal visited the hospital. The 66-year-old leader, who was admitted at the hospital on […]

Fire at AIIMS, 22 fire tenders rushed

New Delhi, Aug 17: A fire broke out at the AIIMS here on Saturday evening and 22 fire tenders were rushed to the site. Dark plumes of smoke were seen billowing out from top of the premier health institute. There was no immediate report of anyone being injured in […]

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