Children home inmates allege harassment
The inmates of Nirmalananda Balabhavan, run by Sri Rama Krishna ashram in Kayamkulam, are being forced into child labour, according to a complaint filed with the childline on Monday. As many as 27...
View ArticleNo-trust vote against Bengal CM defeated
The first ever no-confidence motion against the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government about its failure in overall performance including law and situation within three-and-half years of coming to...
View ArticleCBI probes Google officials over mapping
The CBI recently examined three senior officials of Google, including a California-based engineering ringleader of the firm, as part of its investigations into the alleged violation of the National Map...
View ArticleMyanmar national arrested by NIA in Burdwan blast case
In a major development regarding investigations into the Burdwan blast case, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a suspected Myanmar national, Khaleed, alias Khalid Mohammed, who was...
View ArticleBadaun chargesheet next week
A three-member medical board constituted by the CBI to examine the findings’ and authenticity of the first post-mortem of the two cousins who were allegedly murdered in Badaun district in Uttar...
View ArticleAssam CM warns Centre of Al Qaeda’s threat to N-E
A worried Assam government has flagged the Al Qaeda threat with the Centre putting on record for the first time the danger being posed by the global terror outfit in the Indian sub-continent,...
View Article‘Deal on Sir Creek was agreed in 2006’
Former Pakistan foreign minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri on Tuesday revealed that an agreement to resolve the Sir Creek issue between India and Pakistan was ready to be signed in 2006 but lamented that...
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India, Australia will expand ties in defence, trade
PM Modi presents a gift to Australian PM Tony Abbott at a reception held by Mr Abbott at the Melbourne Cricket Ground— APIndia and Australia on Tuesday agreed on a landmark framework for security...
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Hisar a war zone as mobs fire at police
Sant Rampal supporters are drenched in water as the police uses water cannon to disperse them outside Satlok Ashram. — PTICops storm ashram, fail to arrest ‘godman’ The Satlok Ashram of self-styled...
View ArticleUttar Pradesh CM Akhilesh Yadav blows a fuse in House over power crisis
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday mounted a scathing attack on the Bharatiya Janata Party in particular, and the Modi government in general. Replying to a volley of questions on...
View ArticleBJP eyes Jharkhand tribal vote
The recent spate of victories has made the BJP believe that it can repeat its Maharashtra and Haryana successes in Jharkhand. It feels that the current state government under the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha...
View ArticleBJP bid to soften image, remove any ‘misgivings’
In what could be termed a conscious attempt to seek removal of “misgivings” about it and create a soft corner for itself among the region’s majority Muslim community, the BJP said on Wednesday that...
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Bihar CM Jitan Ram Manjhi threat to block Union ministers entry
Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram ManjhiBihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi no Wednesday warned Union ministers from the state that if they fail to help Bihar get its due from the Centre, he would block...
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Don’t raise Article 370 in polls: Rajnath Singh
Rajnath SinghUnion home minister and former BJP president Rajnath Singh said on Wednesday that abrogation of Article 370 is a debatable national issue; hence should not be raked up for votebank...
View ArticleLeft says no to Mamata Banerjee, Mayawati gives SP rebuff
The concept of a grand alliance by “secular outfits” led by the Congress against the Narendra Modi-led BJP may not be able to take shape due to inner contradictions, turf wars and a clash of...
View ArticleGerman envoy meets Dinanath Batra in bid to defuse language spat
With the escalation of the row over dropping German as a third language in Kendriya Vidyalayas, the German government went into overdrive to engage with Sanskrit Shikshak Sangh, that has the solid...
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PM Modi’s Twitter fan base crosses 8 million
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Twitter fan base crosses 8 million. Photo: APWith more people accessing the Internet on their mobile phones, India is set to overtake the United States as the world’s...
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Self-styled “godman” Rampal held, faces charge of sedition
A policeman keeps watch as followers leave the ashram of self-styled “godman” Rampal in Hisar, Haryana, on Wednesday. — AFPThe Haryana police finally arrested self-styled “godman” Rampal Wednesday...
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Coorg, state relegated to district, aspires for autonomy
CNC delegates with President Pranab Mukherjee. (Photo: Asian age)Codagu, also Kodagu (anglicised by the British as Coorg), one of the districts of South Karnataka covering an area of 4,104 sq. km., was...
View ArticleWoman raped, cops set husband ablaze
A gangrape victim in Baghpat district has accused the local police of setting her husband on fire when he refused to compromise with the accused persons.The husband, who has suffered serious burn...
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