2 men rape 15 yr-old Dalit girl in moving car in Haryana’s Yamunanagar
Yamunanagar: Two men allegedly raped a 15-year-old Dalit girl in a moving car in Yamunanagar in Haryana, police said on Wednesday. Acting on a complaint lodged by the minor’s mother on Tuesday, a case was registered against Praveen, 37, and his friend. In her complaint, the woman said her daughter was in trauma since the […]
India test-fires interceptor missile
India on Thursday successfully test-fired the endo-atmospheric Advanced Air Defence (AAD) interceptor missile, which is a part of the country’s ballistic missile defence (BMD) shield against a multiple target scenario. The interceptor missile (it remains within the earth’s atmosphere at an altitude below 100 km), fired from the Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha coast, hit a designated incoming dummy enemy missile at a […]
14 more killed in UP rains, toll goes up to 106
Fourteen people were killed and seven others injured in rain-related incidents in different parts of Uttar Pradesh in the last 24 hours, raising the death toll to 106 since the last week, official sources said today. According to reports, two people were killed each in Farukhabad and Bahraich while one each in Kheri, Rae Bareli, […]
RBI hikes repo rate by 25 basis points to 6.5%
Mumbai: The Reserve bank of India’s (RBI’s) monetary policy committee (MPC) on Wednesday raised repo rate by 25 basis points (bps) to 6.5% on account of inflationary pressures arising due to hikes in minimum support prices for the crop. The six-member committee voted to maintain a neutral policy stance, thus keeping its options open for further […]
33 killed as bus carrying university staff falls into gorge in Maharashtra’s Raigad
A bus, on its way to a hill station, fell into a gorge in Raigad district of Maharashtra this afternoon killing 33 passengers, senior officials said. The bus was carrying 34 staff members of an agriculture university in the Konkan region. It fell into a 500-feet deep gorge at Ambenali Ghat near Poladpur town, around […]
40-yr-old tribal man, who did not have ration card, dies of ‘hunger’ in Jharkhand
Ramgarh: The wife of a 40-year-old tribal man, who did not have a ration card, has claimed that her husband had died of hunger in Jharkhand’s Ramgarh district. Rajendra Birhor, belonging to the primitive Birhor tribe, died on Thursday at Nawadih village in Mandu block, 20 km from Ramgarh. However, district officials denied it, saying his […]
Iran replaces Saudi Arabia to become second largest oil supplier to India
New Delhi: Iran was the second-biggest oil supplier to Indian state refiners between April and June, India’s oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Monday, replacing Saudi Arabia as companies took advantage of steeper discounts offered by Tehran. India, Iran’s top oil client after China, shipped in 5.67 million tonnes or about 457,000 barrels per day (bpd) […]
After Oppn criticism, MHA seeks report from Rajasthan over Alwar lynching
New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs on Monday sought a report from the Rajasthan government on lynching of a 28-year-old man over suspicion of cow smuggling. Akbar Khan, a resident of Kolgaon in Haryana, and his friend were allegedly attacked when they were taking two cows to their village through a forest area near […]
1984 anti-Sikh riots ‘biggest’ incident of mob lynching: Rajnath Singh
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday accused the Opposition of derailing the democracy of India. Speaking in the Lok Sabha Rajnath Singh said, “This is the first no-confidence against any government in 15 years. The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has strength in Parliament. The Opposition is derailing the democracy. The Opposition was […]
No-trust vote: Foregone conclusion, much rhetoric, and a big hug
New Delhi: With the conclusion foregone, since numbers were stacked heavily in favour of the ruling NDA, parliamentarians began to debate from 11 am on Friday the no-confidence motion that had been initiated by the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) on the Centre’s reluctance to give Andhra Pradesh a ‘special status’. NDA partners, however critical of […]
