Category: India News

Encounter: some ex-cops welcome it, some term it ‘short-cut’

Mumbai, Dec 6: Reactions of some former senior police officials from Maharashtra on Hyderabad encounter were mixed on Friday, with some justifying the action citing the circumstances, while others condemning it as undesirable “short-cut”. The four men arrested for the rape and murder of a 25- year-old woman veterinarian […]

Indian police kill rape-murder suspects, sparking celebrations

Indian police on Friday shot dead four gang-rape and murder suspects, prompting celebrations but also accusations that they were extrajudicial executions. The men, who had been in custody for a week over the latest rape case to shock India, were shot in the early hours during a re-enactment […]

Indian police fatally shoot 4 suspects in gang-rape case

SHADNAGAR, India — Police on Friday fatally shot four men being held on suspicion of raping and killing a woman in southern India after investigators took them to the crime scene, drawing both praise and condemnation in a case that has sparked protests across the country. The burned […]

Why many Indians cheered police for killing gang rape accused

Many Indians took to social media on Friday to applaud the police killings of four men accused in the gang rape and murder of a 27-year-old veterinarian in Hyderabad. Police said the men tried to snatch the weapons of accompanying policemen when they were taken to the scene […]

Police kill four men suspected of gang rape, murder; draw cheers

HYDERABAD, India – Indian police shot dead four men on Friday who were suspected of raping and killing a 27-year-old veterinarian near Hyderabad city, drawing applause from her family and hundreds of citizens outraged over sexual violence against women. The men had been in police custody and were […]

ACB exonerates Ajit Pawar in Vidarbha irrigation scam

Nagpur, Dec 6: Maharashtra’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has given a clean chit to NCP leader and former deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar in the multi-crore Vidarbha irrigation scam. The ACB, in its affidavit submitted in the Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court, has ruled out Pawar’s involvement […]

India trying to set up IPR office on US model

New Delhi, Dec 6: The government said in Rajya Sabha on Friday said it is trying to set up a fully computerised intellectual property rights (IPR) office in the country which is similar to the US model where everything is done online. Responding during Question Hour, Commerce Minister Piyush […]

Four pleas filed in SC seeking review of Ayodhya verdict

New Delhi, Dec 6: Four separate petitions were filed in the Supreme Court on Friday seeking review of its November 9 verdict which cleared the way for construction of a Ram Temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya. A 5-judge bench, headed by the then Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, […]

4 accused in Hyderabad rape-murder case killed: Police

Hyderabad, Dec 6: Four persons arrested in connection with rape-and-murder of a woman veterinarian near here last month were killed in an encounter with police Friday morning, police said. “The four accused were killed in an encounter with police,” Cyberabad Police Commissioner V C Sajjanar said. Two policemen were […]

11 Airports in Jammu & Kashmir and 2 in Ladakh for Bidding in UDAN 4.0

open view news desk The Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) announced the commencement of the bidding process under UDAN 4.0 on 3rd December 2019 with a focus on the NER, Hilly States, J&K, Ladakh, and Islands. Under UDAN 4.0, MoCAhas put on offer bids for 11 unserved airports […]

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