Category: India News

Police raid illegal orchestra bar; arrest 42 people

Thane (Maha), Dec 9: Police raided an illegal orchestra bar here Sunday and arrested 42 people, including its owner, manager and customers, and also rescued seven bar girls, an official said. The bar is located under the Naya Nagar police station limits in Bhayander town and the raid was […]

Hindu monks, large crowds call on Modi to help build Ayodhya temple

NEW DELHI – Dozens of Hindu monks and tens of thousands of followers, gathered under the banner of groups linked to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party, on Sunday urged the government to help build a temple on the ruins of a 16th-century mosque. Causing a frenzy […]

Swaraj India will not be part of any ‘mahagathbandhan’ of Oppn parties in 2019: Yogendra Yadav

New Delhi, Dec 9: Swaraj India president Yogendra Yadav said on Sunday that his party will not be part of any ‘mahagathbandhan’ (grand alliance) of opposition parties for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Yadav along with other Swaraj India leaders launched the party’s campaign ‘Rashtra Nirman Ke Liye Lok […]

Hindu monks, activists rally in New Delhi demanding Ayodhya temple

NEW DELHI – Thousands of Hindu monks and activists linked to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) gathered in New Delhi on Sunday to urge the government to build a temple at the ruins of a 16th century mosque. The calls for a new […]

Union minister Ramdas Athawale slapped at public event in Maharashtra

Mumbai, Dec 9 : Union minister Ramdas Athawale has been slapped by a man at a public event in Maharashtra’s Ambernath town, police said. The incident took place Saturday night as the Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment was coming down from the stage, a police official […]

‘Won’t hesitate from another surgical strike if need arises’

Dehradun, Dec 9: Vice Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen Devraj Anbu has said the security forces would not hesitate to launch another surgical strike against terrorists if the need to do so arises. “The surgical strike on militant launchpads across the border was a show of strength by […]

Man arrested for taking loans on ‘fake’ bank accounts

New Delhi, Dec 8:  A 32-year-old man was arrested for allegedly cheating bank by opening fake accounts and later getting away after taking credit card and loans, police said Saturday. The accused was identified as Sanjeet Kumar, a resident of Vaishali district in Bihar. On February 1, a bank […]

Sushil Modi takes dig at Sharad Yadav over benami wealth

Patna, Dec 8:  Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi on Saturday took potshots at Loktantrik Janata Dal founder Sharad Yadav, saying the former JD(U) chief found nothing wrong with the benami wealth allegedly owned by the family of RJD supremo Lalu Prasad. Prasad is serving sentences in fodder […]

Swaraj holds talks with counterpart from Iceland

New Delhi, Dec 8: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj Saturday held wide-ranging talks with her counterpart from Iceland Guolaugur or on ways to deepen bilateral ties in areas of trade, investment and energy. Por on his maiden visit to India, “came in the inaugural flight of WOW airlines, the […]

Prabhu links creativity & business opportunities to cheap beverages in Goa

Panaji, Dec 8: Union minister Suresh Prabhu has sought to link the availability of cheap beverages in Goa with “creativity and business opportunities”, a remark the Congress said was projection of the coastal state as a “liquor destination”. Prabhu, while participating in the Global Venture Summit in Goa on […]

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