India news
- Telangana
TRS MLAs poaching case: SC to hear plea by accused challenging arrest on Monday
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has agreed to examine on Monday a plea by three persons arrested by Telangana Police for allegedly trying to poach MLAs of the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samiti…
- India
SC sentences Kenyan-Indian to 1 year jail, slaps Rs 25L fine in custody case
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has sentenced an Indian-origin Kenyan to one year imprisonment besides slapping a fine of Rs 25 lakh for civil and criminal contempt of court in a decade-long…
- Mumbai
Mumbai riots: SC directs Maha govt to compensate families, trace accused
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday issued a slew of directions for payment of compensation to the families of victims in the 1992-93 Mumbai communal riots and also for the revival…
- India
Assam’s oldest medical college to become ‘state-of-the-art institute’
Guwahati: The Assam government is planning to transform the Assam Medical College (AMC) in Dibrugarh into a state-of-the-art research institute for dealing with new age ailments, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said…
- India
Honour killing: Man hacks minor sister to death in UP’s Gonda
Gonda: In an apparent case of honour killing, a young man allegedly hacked his minor sister to death and then surrendered at Katra Bazar police station in Uttar Pradesh’s Gonda. The accused…
- India
Uttar Pradesh (ATS) arrests two from Deoband for ‘terror links’
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) has arrested two persons from Deoband town in Saharanpur district for their alleged association with two terror groups – AQIS (Al-Qaeda in Indian Subcontinent)…
- Chennai
Coimbatore blast: Mosque members visit Sangameswar temple to promote communal harmony
Chennai: Members of three mosques of Coimbatore visited the Sangameswarar temple in Ukkadam street, where a car blast on October 23 killed a 25-year-old youth, to promote communal harmony. Jameesha Mubin, the…
- India
Keeping a close eye: India on attack on Imran Khan
New Delhi: India on Thursday said it is keeping a “close” eye on developments relating to the attack on former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan during his protest march in Pakistan’s Punjab…
- India
Delhi air: Govt not serious on tackling monstrous problem, says BJP MP Varun Gandhi
New Delhi: With the air quality in Delhi-NCT worsening, BJP MP Varun Gandhi on Thursday questioned the lack of “concern and coordination” among multiple government agencies in tackling the crisis. Neither government nor…
- India
$4,97,000 seized from passengers’ saree, shoes at Mumbai Airport
Mumbai: The Mumbai Airport customs have seized USD 497,000 worth around Rs 4.10 crore concealed in the saree, shoes and suitcases of a family arriving here from Dubai, officials said here on…
- India
UP: Two-and-a-half feet man gets married
Shamli : Thirty-two-year-old Azeem Mansuri, who stands two- and-a-half feet tall, finally realised his dream on Wednesday evening when he married Bushra, two feet tall, at a ceremony in Uttar Pradesh’s Shamli…
- India
Polling begins for by poll in UP’s Lakhimpur Kheri
Lakhimpur Kheri : Polling has begun in the Gola Gokarannath Assembly constituency, which is witnessing a direct fight between the ruling BJP and the Samajwadi Party (SP). The main contest is between…
- India
Guterres ‘deeply saddened’ by Morbi bridge tragedy: Spokesperson
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is “deeply saddened” by the Morbi bridge tragedy that has claimed the lives of more than 140 people, according to his Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric. “He expresses…
- Kerala
No police officer who commits wrong should be protected: Kerala CM
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday said no police officer who commits a wrong should be protected, and such a stand would ensure that everyone worked honestly and without fear.…
- India
Former top cop Julio Ribeiro’s wife passes away
Mumbai: Melba Ribeiro, the wife of former supercop Julio F. Ribeiro, passed away late on Monday night, the family said. She is survived by her husband, daughters Ana Carl Saldanha and Nina…
