Category: India News

Muzaffarnagar riots case: Court acquits 12 people

Muzaffarnagar (UP), May 29: A local court here has acquitted 12 people due to lack of evidence in connection with the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots case. Additional District Sessions Judge Sanjive Kumar Tiwari acquitted them under sections 395 (dacoity) and 436 (arson) of the IPC on Tuesday in the […]

Fire in Greater Noida factory

Noida (UP), May 29: A fire ripped through a factory in Greater Noida in the early hours on Wednesday, police said. Nobody was injured in the fire that broke out around 3 am at the factory on Gurudwara road in Surajpur area, they said. “A team of police and […]

Court acquits man in live-in relationship of rape charge

Thane, May 29: A Maharashtra court has acquitted a 36-year-old man of charges of raping and cheating his live-in partner on the pretext of marriage, observing that their relationship does not come under the definition of rape. District judge S A Sinha in her order last Thursday said the […]

BJP consolidates big vote win in West Bengal with opposition defections

NEW DELHI – Three Indian opposition state assembly members and more than 50 municipal leaders from West Bengal joined Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party on Tuesday, days after he was re-elected with big gains in places like the populous eastern state. The defections came as opposition parties in […]

Chemistry has triumphed over poll arithmetic: PM on LS poll results

Varanasi, May 27: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday decried the “misconception” being created that BJP was a Hindi heartland party and said the Lok Sabha poll results testified to its victories across India, stressing “chemistry has triumphed over arithmetic” “Political pundits are not aware that their thinking and logic […]

CBI summons ex-Kolkata police chief on Monday

New Delhi/Kolkata, May 26: The CBI has summoned former Kolkata police commissioner Rajeev Kumar on Monday for questioning in connection with the Saradha ponzi scheme case, officials said. A team of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) visited Kumar’s official residence in Kolkata on Sunday evening to serve the […]

Rahul Gandhi’s shock loss of family seat in election no surprise to voters

AMETHI, India – For many outsiders, Congress party chief Rahul Gandhi losing the seat his family has held for decades was the biggest shock of India’s election, which was won, as expected, by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling alliance. But for many voters in Amethi, a sleepy town […]

ED moves Delhi HC for cancellation of bail to Robert Vadra

New Delhi, May 24: The Enforcement Directorate Friday moved the Delhi High Court seeking cancellation of anticipatory bail granted to Robert Vadra in a money laundering case. Vadra, brother-in-law of Congress President Rahul Gandhi, was granted anticipatory bail by a trial court here on April 1. The plea filed […]

Woman head of NGO, 3 others held for housing scam

Hyderabad, May 26: A woman running an NGO and three of her associates have been arrested on the charge of cheating 2,700 people a total of Rs 8.1 crore after promising to build houses with overseas subsidy for them in neighbouring Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district, police said Sunday. K Krishnamma, […]

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