Category: India News

Maha: One held for rape and murder of five-year-old girl

Nagpur, Dec 9: A 32-year-old man has been arrested for raping and murdering a five-year-old tribal girl by smashing her head with a stone in Maharashtra’s Nagpur district on Sunday, police said on Monday. The body of the girl, who was missing since December 6, was found on an […]

Gang involved in impersonating aspirants of CTET busted

Lucknow, Dec 8: The Special Task Force of Uttar Pradesh Police on Sunday busted a gang involved in impersonating aspirants of the Central Teacher Eligibility Test-2019 examination and arrested 10 people in Moradabad, officials said. Two of the gang members belong to Moradabad and Amroha, while the rest are […]

Screams and goodbyes as scores killed in devastating India factory fire

At least 43 people were killed Sunday in a devastating fire that ripped through a bag factory in the congested old quarter of the Indian capital New Delhi, with survivors describing the screams of scores of trapped workers who were sleeping inside. The blaze was the worst in […]

Devastating factory fire kills at least 43 in Indian capital

NEW DELHI — A fire believed to be caused by an electrical short circuit engulfed a building in India’s capital on Sunday where handbags and other items were made by workers earning as little as 2 dollars per day, killing at least 43 people. The blaze in New […]

Fire at New Delhi factory kills 43

MUMBAI – At least forty-three people were killed in New Delhi on Sunday when a fire swept through a six-storey factory where labourers were sleeping, government officials said. The factory was making handbags and lots of raw material was stored inside the building due to which the fire […]

Several states want to set up ‘hunar hubs’: Naqvi

Ahmedabad, Dec 8: Several states have started working on the Centre’s proposal to set up ‘hunar hubs’, where artisans, craftsmen and culinary experts will be offered training according to modern needs and offered spaces to exhibit and sell their products, Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said […]

Maha: 2 flesh trade rackets busted in Aurangabad

Aurangabad, Dec 8: Two flesh trade rackets were busted in Maharashtra’s Aurangabad district, police said on Sunday. The first raid was in Rajeshnagar area of Beed Bypass, leading to the arrest of one woman, four men and seizure of 480 bottles of liquor, a Crime Branch official said. In […]

Onions retailing at Rs 100-120 per kg in MP’s Bhopal

Bhopal, Dec 8: Onion prices continued to rise in Madhya Pradesh, with the kitchen staple retailing at Rs 100- 120 per kilogram in capital Bhopal. Prices have been consistently above Rs 70 per kilogram across the state for the last one month. “Retailers are selling onions at Rs 120 […]

Fire incident extremely horrific: PM Modi

New Delhi, Dec 8: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday termed the fire incident in Delhi’s Anaj Mandi area as extremely horrific. A massive fire swept through a factory in Anaj Mandi area of north Delhi on Sunday morning, leaving 43 labourers dead and many others injured, police said. […]

43 killed as massive blaze sweeps through four-storey building in north Delhi

New Delhi, Dec 8: In one of the worst fire accidents in the city, 43 people were killed after a massive blaze ripped through a four-storey building housing illegal manufacturing units in north Delhi’s Anaj Mandi area on Sunday morning, police and fire officials said Most of the people […]

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