Upset over marrying man from different community, family kills 24-yr-old woman
Barwani (Madhya Pradesh): A 24-year-old woman was on Thursday allegedly killed in Barwani by her family, who were apparently unhappy with her for marrying a man from another community, police said. The woman’s father was arrested in connection with the incident, while her mother and brother are on the run. The victim, Sarla Mali, had married […]
Kashmir unrest: Satisfied with probe, SC quashes contempt against top J&K police officers
New Delhi Top police officers of Jammu and Kashmir have been exonerated from contempt charges by the Supreme Court which accepted the probe findings of the state police that a 26-year-old youth was killed by pellet injuries in 2016 and not shot at point-blank during massive protests as alleged by his father. The top court said […]
Woman carried husband on back for days, finally got disability certificate for him
Mathura: The past few months have seen Vimla Devi dedicatedly carrying her husband on her back to a government health centre everyday, from her home in Gita Vihar near Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura. Her husband Badan Singh’s right leg was amputated after a nerve-related illness. A free wheelchair from government hospital requires a disability certificate and Vimla […]
Fake website offers girls for ‘every taste, pocket’, spurs controversy
Mumbai: A fake website offering girls to cater to “every taste and pocket” clocked up more than 1,000 subscribers on its first day, highlighting the challenge of tackling sex trafficking in the country. StayUncle, a website that enables unmarried couples to book into hotels without hassle, launched the spoof site – staylaid.com – after tiring of […]
Senior doctor at AIIMS performs wrong operation, tampers documents
New Delhi: In a shocking incident of medical negligence, a senior doctor at AIIMS allegedly performed a procedure required for dialysis treatment on a 30-year-old woman who had complained of abdominal pain, and tampered with documents to cover up his fault. A committee has been formed under the chairmanship of Dean Dr Y K Gupta on […]
Plane carrying bodies of 38 Indians killed in Iraq lands in Amritsar
April 02, 2018 The special flight carrying the mortal remains of the 38 Indians killed in Iraq’s Mosul, lands in Amritsar. MoS MEA VK Singh who was on the flight back, when asked whether the kin of the Indians killed would be given jobs, said, “This is not a game of football. Both the state […]
Bharat Bandh protest: 4 killed in MP’s Gwalior, Morena; top 10 developments
Dalit organisations across the country have called a ‘Bharat bandh’ on Monday to protest a recent Supreme Court ruling “diluting” the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. The protests left four people dead in Madhya Pradesh’s Morena and Gwalior, where a curfew was later imposed. The Modi government on Monday filed […]
Amit Shah forms four-member BJP panel to look into situation in West Bengal
March 30, 2018 In the wake of violence over Ram Navami processions in West Bengal, Bharatiya Janata Party chief Amit Shah today constituted a four-member committee comprising senior party leaders, who would visit the state and submit a report to him in this regard. Shah condemned the violence in Asansol in West Bengal and said […]
BJP intensifying communal polarization: CPI-M
New Delhi, Mar 30 : Referring to rising communal disturbances in Bihar, the CPI-M on Friday accused the BJP of sharpening communal polarization following its rout in the Lok Sabha by-elections in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. “Widespread communal disturbances are occurring in most districts of Bihar,” a statement by the Communist Party of India-Marxist said, at […]
VK Singh to visit Iraq on Sunday to bring back remains of 39 Indians killed
March 30, 2018 Minister of State of ministry of external affairs General V K Singh (retired) will visit Iraq on April 1 (Sunday) to bring back the mortal remains of the 39 Indians who were killed by the Islamic State in Mosul. On March 20, External Affairs Minister in a statement in Parliament that the […]
