Category: India News

ED notice to MNS chief: Uddhav says doesn’t expect concrete outcome

Mumbai, Aug 21: A day ahead of Raj Thackeray’s scheduled appearance before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) here in connection with an IL&FS probe, the MNS chief seems to have found an unexpected support from his estranged cousin and Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday. Sena is the ruling […]

Take up flood relief at war-level, Pawar tells Maha govt

Mumbai, Aug 20: NCP president Sharad Pawar on Tuesday met Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis here and asked the government to take efforts at war-level to compensate and rehabilitate those hit by unprecedented floods in parts of Maharashtra. Pawar also asked the state government to provide basic amenities at the […]

Police find body of man from Delhi pond

New Delhi, Aug 20: The body of a 22-year-old man was found from a pond in Rohini’s Kanjhawala area, hours after an SUV apparently lost control and went underwater, police said on Tuesday. The deceased was identified as Pushpender, a resident of Kasganj in Uttar Pradesh, they said. Police […]

Gangster Chhota Rajan, 5 others get 8-yr RI in 2012 case

Mumbai, Aug 20: A Mumbai court on Tuesday awarded eight years’ rigorous imprisonment to gangster Chhota Rajan and five others for attempting to kill a city-based hotelier in 2012. Special court judge A T Wankhede convicted the six under various sections of the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime […]

C’garh: Three IEDs planted by ultras recovered

Raipur, Aug 20: Three powerful IEDs, planted by naxals to target the security forces, were recovered on Tuesday in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district, police said. The Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), packed in steel tiffins, were found planted along a road near Kondasavli village under Aranpur police station area during an […]

Groom fails NRC test, wedding called off

Guwahati, Aug 20: A family in Silchar in Assam has called off the wedding of their daughter when the groom failed to provide his citizenship credentials. Dilwar Hussain Laskar, of Nayagram village near Silchar was in love with a local girl and the two families had agreed to their […]

INX case: Chidambaram fails to get urgent audience in SC against Delhi HC order

New Delhi, Aug 20: Congress leader P Chidambaram, facing threat of arrest in the INX media scam, failed to get an audience from Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi on Tuesday for urgent hearing of his appeal in the Supreme Court against the Delhi high Court order dismissing his anticipatory bail […]

Rahul recalls Rajiv Gandhi’s achievements in IT, telecom

New Delhi, Aug 19: Remembering his father, former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday drew attention to his achievement in bringing an information technology and telecom revolution in the country. He said to celebrate his father’s 75th birth anniversary, the Congress party will organise memorial […]

Two women commit suicide in separate incidents in UP

Banda (UP), Aug 18: Two women allegedly committed suicide in separate incidents in Banda district, police said on Monday. The first incident took place in Pangara village on Sunday, where a 20-year-old woman, identified as Aarti, allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling fan of her room […]

Snowfall in Lahaul-Spiti, Chamba

Shimla, Aug 19: Some parts of Lahaul-Spiti and Chamba districts in Himachal Pradesh received the first snowfall of the season, the meteorological department said on Monday. Snowfall generally does not occur in these areas in the month of August. The Chamba to Pangi road has been blocked at […]

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