Category: India News

Modi to visit J&K on Feb 3: Ram Madhav

Jammu, Jan 20: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Jammu and Kashmir on February 3 to lay the foundation stone for and inaugurate various projects in all three regions of the state, BJP general secretary Ram Madhav said on Sunday. He said Modi will lay the foundation stone for […]

Local BJP leader killed in MP; party cries foul

Barwani (MP), Jan 20:A BJP leader was found dead in Barwani district of Madhya Pradesh Sunday morning, with the police suspecting that he was murdered. The death of Manoj Thakre (48) came to light three days after another BJP leader was shot dead in Mandsaur, prompting the party […]

Legal route should be followed: Kartik Aaryan on sexual harassment allegations against Hirani

Mumbai, Jan 19: Kartik Aaryan is the latest Bollywood actor to maintain a ‘no comment’ stance on the sexual harassment allegation against filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani. Kartik said due course of law should be followed in such cases.  “We all have been his fans. The situation is such that one […]

Saving a river: Pollution in India’s holy Ganges makes it toxic

NEW DELHI – The Ganges river, holy to most Indians, flows from the western Himalayas down to the Bay of Bengal through crowded cities, industrial hubs and some of the most populated areas in the world. The river begins as pristine, clear waters in the icy heights of […]

Competition Commission of India orders DP World, Maersk units to withdraw some notices to clients at Mumbai port

NEW DELHI – India’s antitrust watchdog has ordered Denmark’s A.P. Moller-Maersk and Dubai’s DP World to withdraw certain customer advisories which it said could hamper growth of the country’s largest container port in Mumbai, a document seen by Reuters showed.FILE PHOTO: A general view of the Jawaharlal Nehru […]

Insight: Modi’s pre-election handouts to cost India billions, breach fiscal targets – sources

NEW DELHI – A series of vote-catching measures planned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he braces for a difficult general election may cost more than 1 trillion rupees ($14 billion), two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said. Much of the cost of the extra spending […]

Everyone tentative to speak as they don’t know facts of case: Richa on Hirani

Mumbai, Jan 18:Bollywood has largely been silent about the sexual assault allegation against filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani and actor Richa Chadha believes that is because they are not aware of the facts of the case. Hirani is the latest name to be called out for sexual harassment with a […]

Hundreds of Rohingya families flee India after deportations

NEW DELHI – Hundreds of Rohingya Muslim families have left India for Bangladesh since seven Rohingya men were deported to their home country Myanmar in October, community leaders said on Thursday, and more were preparing to flee a crackdown. India’s Hindu nationalist government regards the Rohingya as illegal […]

Woman in Bihar gets life term for killing baby daughter

Katihar (Bihar), Jan 17: A court here on Thursday awarded life imprisonment to a woman for murdering her one-and-a-half-year-old daughter. Additional District and Sessions Judge Vijay Anand Tiwari also slapped a fine of Rs 15,000 on Sabina Khatun while holding her guilty of killing the child more than five […]

Shah, Rupani celebrate Uttarayan by flying kites

Ahmedabad, Jan 14:  BJP president Amit Shah and Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani Monday celebrated the festival of Makar Sankranti, known as Uttarayan in the state, by flying kites with their supporters and party members here. Shah flew kite on the terrace of a house in Vadaj area, while […]

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