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Expelled Kerala nun moves Vatican against Congregation’s

Kochi, Aug 17: A Kerala nun Saturday said she has filed an appeal before the Vatican against Franciscan Clarist Congregation’s decision to expel her from it even as the congregation tightened its stance by issuing a letter to the her elderly mother to take her back home. Sister Lucy […]

Woman kills husband in Bhadohi

Bhadohi (UP), Aug 17: A woman, who was having an affair with her brother-in-law, allegedly killed her husband at her parent’s house in Bhadohi district on Saturday, police said. Kumkum Chauhan called her husband, Ranjeet Chauhan, 30, to her house at Naurangabad village and killed him with the help […]

Chidambaram says detention of Cong J-K chief illegal

New Delhi, Aug 17: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday dubbed the detention of party’s Jammu and Kashmir chief Ghulam Ahmad Mir as “outrageously illegal” and hoped that the courts will take cognizance of the matter. In a series of tweets, the former finance minister said Mir is […]

SIT files chargesheet in Kalburgi case

Bengaluru, Aug 17: Ganesh Miskin, the hitman allegedly involved in the killing of journalist Gauri Lankesh, had also shot literatteur and researcher Dr M M Kalburgi dead in August 2015, according to the special investigation team (SIT). SIT, probing the case, stated this in a charge sheet it filed […]

Jaitley on life support; Nitish, Piyush Goyal and others visit AIIMS

New Delhi, Aug 17: Former finance minister Arun Jaitley has been put on life support system at AIIMS here, sources said, as several leaders including Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Union minister Piyush Goyal visited the hospital. The 66-year-old leader, who was admitted at the hospital on […]

‘J&K govt offices to be open from Friday, easing of public curbs to be mulled after days’ namaaz’

Srinagar, Aug 15: The Jammu and Kashmir government secretariat and other offices will start functioning from Friday while easing of public curbs would depend on day’s development after the ‘namaaz’, a Raj Bhawan spokesperson said on Thursday.  Governor Satya Pal Malik directed the resumption of normal functioning of the […]

Tributes paid to Vajpayee on first death anniversary

New Delhi, Aug 16: A prayer meeting was held at Sadaiv Atal–the memorial to Atal Bihari Vajpayee–on Friday to mark the first death anniversary of the former prime minister.  President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and members of Vajpayee’s family were amongst those […]

Doval returns to Delhi after 11 days in Kashmir Valley

Srinagar, Aug 16: National Security Advisor Ajit Doval on Friday returned to Delhi after spending 11 days in Kashmir Valley to ensure smooth implementation of plans after the withdrawal of special status accorded to Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.  Doval, Who came here on August 6, took charge of […]

Delhi court commences trial in 2017 Unnao rape case

New Delhi, Aug 16: A Delhi court on Friday commenced the trial in a case of alleged rape of a minor girl in Unnao in 2017. District Judge Dharmesh Sharma completed recording statement of a prosecution witness in an in-camera hearing in the case in which expelled BJP MLA […]

Detained Kashmir journalist released on bond

Srinagar, Aug 16: A Kashmir-based journalist, who was apprehended by security forces Thursday night, has been released on a bond, officials said on Friday. Irfan Malik, a correspondent with the Greater Kashmir newspaper, was detained from his home in Tral in Pulwama district. He was questioned and has been […]

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