CPM leader among 7 arrested for kicking pregnant woman
February 15, 2018 A Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) leader and six others were arrested on Thursday for allegedly kicking a pregnant woman in the stomach. The incident took place in Kerala’s Kodenchery town in Kozhikode district. The victim had to undergo an abortion after she lost her child. It all began over a dispute over a compound border. […]
PNB: Scam has been going since 2011
February 15, 2018 Punjab National Bank MD and CEO Sunil Mehta addressing the media in Delhi on the Nirav Modi case. Highlights of the conference. Mehta said the scam was first detected by PNB officials in 2011 and had been reported to the concerned agencies. “We have initiated recovery; will honour all bonafide liability,” the […]
11 of 31 chief ministers in India charged with crimes and 25 are millionaires
New Delhi: Eleven out of 31 chief ministers from various states and union territories in India have criminal cases against them while 25 of them are millionaires, an analysis of their self-sworn affidavits furnished during the assembly elections has revelaed. The analysis, by Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and National Election Watch, found that of the […]
Human trafficking racket busted in UP; 7 children from Nepal rescued
Maharajganj, Feb 14 Seven children from Nepal were rescued and a man was arrested after a human trafficking racket was busted here by a team of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), a senior official said today. Acting on a tip-off, the SSB rescued the children, who were being taken to Sonouli on the Indo-Nepal border, and […]
Suspected IM militant arrested by Delhi police
The Delhi Police has arrested a suspected Indian Mujahideenm militant who had been on the run since the 2008 Batla House encounter, a senior officer said today. Ariz Khan was arrested by the Delhi Police’s Special Cell. Khan was present at Batla House, along with four others, and had managed to give police the slip […]
Congress distances itself from suspended Mani Shankar Aiyar after he hailed Pakistan
The Congress party on Wednesday distanced itself from the remark made by Mani Shankar Aiyar that he receives “much more hatred in India than the love he receives in Pakistan”, saying the suspended party leader doesn’t have any right to speak on the behalf of the party. “The remark is his own, he is suspended from the Congress […]
BJP leader files complaint seeking Mani Shankar Aiyar’s arrest
February 14, 2018 Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Supreme Court lawyer Ajay Aggarwal on Wednesday filed a complaint against suspended Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar seeking the latter’s arrest over his remarks on Pakistan. Aiyar, who was suspended by the Congress late last year after his ‘neech’ slur against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, again stirred a […]
Sunjuwan attack: India says Pakistan ‘will pay’ for Kashmir ‘misadventure’
New Delhi/Srinagar/Islamabad: India has warned Pakistan that it would pay for a deadly militant attack on an Indian army camp near Sunjuwan, Jammu and Kashmir, the latest violence in the disputed region to stoke tension between the nuclear-armed rivals. Pakistan responded by saying it was “fully committed and capable of defending itself against any act […]
Violence in Allahabad over Dalit student’s killing
Allahabad, Feb 12:Angered over the killing of a Dalit student of Allahabad University, students on Monday went on a rampage, setting fire to a bus. The angry students also laid siege to the house of District Magistrate Suhas L.Y., police said. Brutally assaulted by four men, Dalit student Dilip Saroj died on Sunday night after […]
Supreme Court stays FIR against Army officer accused in Shopian firing
The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the police from filing a First Information Report against Army Major Aditya Kumar in connection with the Shopian firing incident, ANI reported. Three civilians were killed in an Army firing in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district in January. The bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices AM Khanwilkar and DY Chandrachud issued […]
