Category: India News

Thousands of migrant workers in Kashmir moved to secure locations, hundreds flee

SRINAGAR, India, Oct 18 – Indian authorities have moved thousands of migrant workers in Kashmir to safer locations overnight, while hundreds have fled the Himalayan valley after a wave of targeted killings, two security officials said on Monday. Suspected militants have killed eleven civilians, including five migrant workers, […]

Explainer: What is behind the recent surge in violence in Indian Kashmir?

NEW DELHI, Oct 18 – A surge in violence in Indian Kashmir in recent weeks, including a spate of militant attacks on civilians and a widespread crackdown by security forces, has left 33 people dead in the heavily militarised region since early October. Kashmir, which is claimed in […]

Wrestler Vinesh Phogat meets PM

New Delhi, Oct 18:  Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat, who recently underwent an elbow surgery, on Monday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with her family. The 27-year-old had made a shock first-round exit from the Tokyo Olympics. She entered the Games as one of India’s strongest medal contenders. […]

Prominent Kolkata businessman, driver hacked to death

Kolkata, Oct 18:  Subir Chaki, the Managing Director of prominent engineering firm Kilburn Engineering, and his driver were found killed in Gariahat locality of South Kolkata, police said on Monday. The bodies of Chaki (61) and his driver Rabin Mondal (65) were found with multiple stab injuries on […]

Mere delay in recording eyewitness statement can’t result in rejection of their testimonies, says SC

New Delhi, Oct 16 : Mere delay in recording the statements of eyewitnesses cannot result in rejection of their testimonies, the Supreme Court has said while dismissing an appeal by four people challenging their conviction in a murder case. A bench headed by Justice U U Lalit said […]

BJP needs yogya government not Yogi government: Akhilesh

Lucknow, Oct 17: Samajwadi Party president and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav Sunday attacked the BJP dispensation, saying the state needs a ‘yogya’ (competent) government and not a Yogi government. Speaking to reporters at the party’s headquarters here, he further alleged the BJP “has no work to […]

Indian police probe murder at farmers’ protest site, detain suspect

Mumbai, Oct 16 – Police investigating the killing of a Sikh man at the site of an ongoing farmers’ protest in New Delhi said on Saturday they had arrested a suspect from a Sikh warrior sect, after the mutilated body was found strung up on a police barricade. […]

Hindu group urges India to regulate platforms, cryptocurrency

MUMBAI, Oct 16 – A powerful right-wing Hindu group linked to India’s ruling party has called for curbs on streaming platforms and cryptocurrencies, saying regulation was essential. “There is a need to regularise these things for the larger good of the society,” said Mohan Bhagwat, head of the […]

India records 15,981 COVID-19 cases, 166 fatalities in a day

New Delhi, Oct 16:  India recorded 15,981 COVID-19 cases in a day, taking the infection tally to 3,40,53,573 while 166 more fatalities pushed the death toll to 4,51,980, according to the Union Health Ministry’s data on Saturday. The number of active Covid cases has declined to 2,01,632, the […]

DU admissions: Some colleges release third cut-off list

New Delhi, Oct 16:  Some Delhi University colleges released their third cut-off list on Saturday with the required marks to get admissions in undergraduate courses seeing a decline in the range of 0.25 per cent to 1.5 per cent. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College released its third cut-off list […]

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