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- India
FIR against Kirti Azad for ‘mocking’ PM Modi over Khasi dress
Shillong: A Meghalaya outfit on Tuesday filed an FIR at the Sadar police station here seeking legal action against Trinamool Congress leader Kirti Azad for mocking Prime Minister Narendra Modi who wore…
- India
Was collecting evidence: CBI on delay in making arrests in ICICI loan fraud case
New Delhi: Though the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested former ICICI Bank CEO-MD Chanda Kochhar, her husband Deepak Kochhar and Videocon Group MD V.N. Dhoot in connection with a loan…
- India
Christian Adivasis forcefully converted to Hinduism in Chhattisgarh: Report
A civil society report shed light on an organised campaign to convert Christian tribals into Hindus in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur and Kondagaon districts. After visiting more than 30 villages in the districts where…
- India
Elgar Parishad event had no role in Bhima Koregaon violence: Top cop admits under oath
A senior official looking into caste violence against members of the Dalit community at Bhima Koregaon on January 1, 2018, on oath, admitted that the Elgar Parishad event on December 31, 2017,…
- World
UK Police arrest 12 more in connection with Leicester violence
London: The UK Police have made 12 more arrests in connection with the Leicester communal clashes, which erupted late in August following a cricket match between India and Pakistan. The men, in…
- World
China will reopen borders, abandon Covid quarantine from Jan 8
Hong Kong: China will reopen borders and abandon quarantine after it downgrades its treatment of Covid-19 on January 8, media reports said on Monday. The decision is the country’s last step in…
- Telangana
BRS govt may challenge HC order in MLAs’ poaching case
Hyderabad: The Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) government is likely to file an appeal against Telangana High Court order transferring MLAs’ poaching case to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) BRS MLA Pilot…
- India
Despite bail, Siddique Kappan, co-accused still await release
After Supreme Court granted bail to journalist Siddique Kappan in the UAPA (Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act) case on September 9, last Friday, the Allahabad High Court also granted bail in the alleged…
- India
Congress to lose most with KCR-led BRS becoming the new third front magnet
New Delhi: Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao, in a recent address, expressed confidence of his party’s pink flag being flown over the Red Fort, hinting at his readiness to set up…
- India
Rahul Gandhi speeches are creating tremors: Stalin
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Sunday hailed senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his ongoing ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ and said his speeches were creating tremors. Heaping praises on the…
- Hate Crime
UP: 3 cops beat Muslim man for alleged cattle theft; suspended
Budaun: Three policemen were suspended in connection with beating up a man over a case of buffalo theft, a senior police official said here on Sunday. Additional Superintendent of Police (Rural) Siddhartha…
- World
3 NGOs suspend works in Afghanistan after Taliban bar female workers
Foreign aid organisations stopped their functioning in Afghanistan on Sunday as a result of the Taliban’s decision to forbid women from working for both international and local non-governmental organisations. Without their female…
- India
Muslim shopkeeper murdered in Karnataka; community suspects political gain
In an incident reported from Karnataka on Saturday, a Muslim shopkeeper was reportedly stabbed to death. Despite the deceased trying to save himself the attackers chased and killed him. The deceased was…
- Telangana
Naidu’s big TDP show revives buzz of political realignment in Telangana
Hyderabad: Nara Chandrababu Naidu’s efforts to revive his Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in Telangana have sparked a buzz about a political realignment for next year’s Assembly elections. The TDP chief last week…
- World
China’s crematoriums fill up amid rise in COVID-19 cases: Report
Beijing: As COVID-19 cases continue to rise at a meteoric pace in China, crematoriums throughout the country are getting packed and people are forced to wait for hours to get their loved…
