Category: India News

One injured in first phase of rural polls in Assam

Golaghat/Guwahati, Dec 5: One person was injured in police firing when he attacked security personnel with a sharp weapon at a polling station in Golaghat district during the first phase of panchayat elections on Wednesday. A police officer said the person, suspected to be mentally unstable, beat up some […]

Jaya remembered on second death anniversary

Chennai, Dec 5:Late Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa was remembered on her second death anniversary Wednesday with top AIADMK leaders O Pannnerselvam and K Palaniswami leading the party men in paying tributes to her. The ruling party took a pledge to secure a ‘grand victory’ in the […]

3 killed as vehicle falls into gorge in Shimla

Shimla, Dec 5:  Three people were killed after their car fell into a gorge in Himachal Pradesh’s Shimla district Wednesday, police said. The vehicle slipped and rolled down from the road near Nandpur-Bhajanu area under Jubbal police station limits, they added. Officials said that the bodies were being sent […]

Mallya offers to return 100% of public money, says UK extradition to take own legal course

New Delhi, Dec 5: Fugitive liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya Wednesday said his extradition from the UK to India will take its own legal course, while offering to pay back 100 per cent of “public money”. Mallya, who has been fighting a legal battle against his extradition to India, claimed […]

Exclusive: Delhi government bars Bloomberg-funded charity from tobacco control work

NEW DELHI  – A small Indian non-profit funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies will not be allowed to carry out tobacco-control work in New Delhi after it failed to disclose its funding, according to a city government official and a memo seen by Reuters. Other foreign-funded organizations will need to […]

Today in History for December 3rd

First human heart transplant performed; Industrial accident kills thousands in Bhopal, India; Hundreds of students arrested at the University of California at Berkeley; “A Streetcar Named Desire” opens on Broadway; Snger Ozzy Osbourne is born. (Dec. 3) AP 03/12/2018

India nabs 4 after deadly violence over cow slaughter rumors

LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Police in northern India have arrested four people for their alleged involvement in an attack on police over rumors of cow slaughter that left two people dead, including a police official. Senior police officer Pravin Kumar said Tuesday that a case was filed against […]

Bulandshahr violence: 4 arrested, raids on, say police

Bulandshahr (UP), Dec: Four persons were arrested Tuesday after police lodged an FIR against over two dozen people for rioting and murder in connection with the violence here, officials said.  As many as 27 people have been named in the FIR, registered around 3 am, while cases have been […]

Dipak Misra was working under influence of an “external source”: ex-SC judge Kurian Joseph

New Delhi, Dec 3: Just days after retiring, former Supreme Court judge Kurian Joseph has dropped a bombshell claiming ex-Chief Justice Dipak Misra was “remote-controlled by an external source”, an explosive accusation that, he said, impacted the administration of justice. Justice(retd) Joseph was among the four senior judges of […]

TV journalist attacked near protest site

Chennai, Dec 3: A city-based journalist of a national television channel was injured when he was assaulted by a man near the Raj Bhavan here while covering a protest, the police said. The man has been arrested on charges of attempt to murder, they said. The journalist, Pramod Madhav, […]

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