Category: India News

Woman BJP leader shot dead by husband in Gurgaon

Chandigarh, Feb 9: A woman BJP leader from Gurgaon in Haryana was shot dead allegedly by her husband who suspected her of having an illicit relationship, a police official said on Sunday. The woman, state secretary of the BJP Kisan Morcha, was speaking to her sister over phone on […]

66 women rescued from dance bars in Bengaluru, 14 held

Bengaluru, Feb 9: The city police on Sunday claimed to have rescued 66 women, who were forced to dance with skimpy clothes in three bars here and 14 people were arrested in this connection. The raids were carried out by Central Crime Branch police following inputs about illegally operating […]

Civilian shot dead by militants in J-K’s Pulwama

Srinagar, Feb 9: Militants on Sunday shot dead a civilian in Tral area of Pulwama district in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. Ghulam Nabi Mir (55), a contractor by profession, was shot at by militants outside his house at Tral Payeen around 7.30 pm, the officials said. Mir was […]

Mamata’s book on CAA sold out in book fair

Kolkata, Feb 9: A book against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act written by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was sold out six days after it was launched in the International Kolkata Book Fair, her publisher said. Titles favouring and opposing the CAA and the proposed nationwide NRC authored by […]

Assembly polls: 3 minority-dominated seats witness highest voter turnout in Delhi

New Delhi, Feb 8: Three minority-dominated seats of Mustafabad, Matia Mahal and Seelampur recorded the highest voter turnout in the Delhi Assembly elections on Saturday, polls officials said. According to the data shared by officials, Mustafabad in northeast Delhi recorded 66.29 per cent voter turnout till 5 pm while […]

Delhi records voter turnout of 57 pc till 6 pm; figure likely to rise: Poll official

New Delhi, Feb 8: Delhi recorded a voter turnout of 57.06 pc till 6 pm, even as polling at some booths was underway and the figure is likely to rise, Delhi’s Chief Electoral Officer Ranbir Singh said on Saturday. Polling officially ends at 6 pm. But voters, who enter […]

Delhi heads to vote amid protests against citizenship law

NEW DELHI – Voters in New Delhi began voting on Saturday in a state election seen as a test of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s popularity following months of deadly anti-government protests over a new citizenship law. The election comes as India’s economic growth is at its slowest in […]

Time is ripe for legislation containing compulsory ‘pre-litigation mediation’: CJI

New Delhi, Feb 8: Chief Justice of India S A Bobde on Saturday said the time is ripe to devise a comprehensive legislation which contains “compulsory pre-litigation mediation” that would ensure efficiency and reduce the time of pendency for parties as well as courts. Speaking at the 3rd edition […]

Delhi polls: Cong chief Sonia Gandhi, Rahul cast vote

New Delhi, Feb 8: Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul Gandhi on Saturday cast their vote for the Delhi Assembly elections. Sonia Gandhi, who was unwell and discharged from a hospital here this week, voted at the Nirman Bhavan polling station. She was accompanied by her daughter […]

Voting in Delhi underway; CM Kejriwal, former VP Hamid Ansari cast vote

New Delhi, Feb 8: Voting for the assembly elections in Delhi is underway with people queuing up outside polling booths since early Saturday morning undeterred by the chilly weather. Over 1.47 crore people are eligible to exercise their franchise in the polls that will decide the fate of 672 […]

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