Category: India News

India pollution regulator threatens to shut coal-fired utilities around New Delhi

NEW DELHI – India’s federal pollution regulator has warned coal-fired power plants around New Delhi that they could be shut down for failing to comply with deadlines to meet emissions standards, according to sources and a letter reviewed by Reuters. The move comes as New Delhi and other […]

Siddaramaiah, Kumaraswamy booked for sedition over protest against IT raids

Bengaluru, Nov 29: Police have booked former chief ministers Siddaramaiah and H D Kumaraswamy along with the then Bengaluru police commissioner T Sunil Kumar, his subordinates and some Congress and JD(S) leaders on sedition charges for protesting the income tax raids during Lok Sabha polls. Based on a complaint […]

‘Prisoners of Revolution’: Revisiting the Naxal movement

New Delhi, Nov 29: A new novel set against the backdrop of the Naxalite movement that had its genesis in an obscure village of West Bengal provides a direct window to the real life experiences of the people who willingly or unwillingly became a part of the campaign. Amar […]

Dalit girl abducted and raped by five men in UP’s Ballia

Ballia (UP), Nov 29: A 15-year-old Dalit girl was allegedly abducted and raped by five people for over a month in Uttar Pradesh’s Ballia district, police said on Friday. The girl was abducted on October 16 and taken to Panipat in Haryana and allegedly raped, ASP Sanjay Yadav said. […]

Pragya Thakur tenders apology in LS for remarks on Godse

New Delhi, Nov 29: Facing opposition attack for her controversial comments on Nathuram Godse, BJP MP Pragya Thakur on Friday tendered an apology in Lok Sabha but said her remarks have been twisted. The Bhopal MP said her comments were in a different context. Thakur created a controversy on […]

Three Ethopian Airlines crash victims from Guj cremated

Surat, Nov 28: Three remaining members of a family of six from Gujarat who perished in a plane crash in Ethiopia in March this year have been cremated after a DNA test proved their identities. The last rites of the three crash victims were performed on Wednesday, the family […]

No fresh probe into Maharashtra’s Adarsh scam case: ED

New Delhi, Nov 28: The Enforcement Directorate said on Thursday it has not undertaken any fresh probe into the Adarsh society scam of Maharashtra. The federal probe agency issued a statement following media reports that its sleuths visited the society on Thursday for some measurements and related activities. “This […]

BPCL workers protest over PM Modi’s privatisation plans

KOCHI/BENGALURU – Thousands of employees across India on Thursday protested an upcoming stake sale at state owned refiner Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL), fearing loss of jobs and benefits. In what is seen as the biggest privatisation push in India in decades, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government last […]

India plans security audit of WhatsApp after hacking attempt

NEW DELHI – India wants to conduct an audit of WhatsApp’s security systems following revelations that a spyware exploited vulnerabilities in the Facebook-owned messaging platform, the country’s technology minister said on Thursday. The Indian Computer Emergency Team (CERT-In) “sought submission of information from WhatsApp on November 9, 2019, […]

Vajpayee govt created Jharkhand, Modi taking it forward: Shah

Chatra(Jharkhand), Nov 28: BJP president Amit Shah on Thursday said that the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government had created Jharkhand and the Narendra Modi dispensation is taking it forward. Speaking at an election rally here he said that Jharkhand had witnessed large scale corruption during the previous governments but there […]

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