Indore | A video has gone viral on social media showing a group of four women mercilessly beating up a young female employee of a pizza chain in Indore, despite repeated pleas by the latter to stop. In a video, the four women are seen beating the victim, an employee with Domino’s Pizza, with sticks and […]
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Assam BJP MLA triggers row after ‘piggyback’ ride
Guwahati | Assam BJP MLA from Lumding Assembly constituency, Sibu Misra, has triggered a controversy after a video went viral on social media showing Misra taking a piggyback ride on a water-logged street to inspect the flood situation in his locality. The netizens accused him of ‘insensitive’ behaviour, especially at a time when lakhs of people […]
Odisha: Journalist chained to hospital bed; photo goes viral
Bhubaneswar | In a shocking incident, a journalist from Odisha’s Balasore district, who was arrested for allegedly thrashing a cop, was chained to his hospital bed while undergoing treatment. A photo of the journalist, Lokanath Dalei, had gone viral on different social media platforms. In that picture, Dalei was lying down on a floor of the […]
Digvijaya Singh sentenced to one year jail in decade-old case, granted bail
Bhopal | The district court in Indore on Saturday convicted veteran Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Digvijaya Singh and six others in an 11-year-old case, and sentenced them to one-year imprisonment. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 on each of them. However, later on Saturday evening, all the convicted persons were released […]
Punjab CM receives complaint on corruption helpline, orders registration of FIR
Chandigarh | Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday said he has received a complaint on the newly-launched anti-corruption helpline. In a tweet, he said: “I received a complaint on our anti-corruption action helpline. Directed the authorities for immediate investigation, those caught asking for bribes will face severe consequences. Corruption won’t be tolerated in Punjab […]
Varanasi to get its 85th ghat, the NaMo Ghat
Varanasi | Varanasi will soon get its 85th Ghat, named NaMo. The NaMo Ghat has three pairs of hands, folded in ‘namaste’. NaMo, incidentally, is often used for Prime minister Narendra Modi. The two 25-feet-tall and one smaller ‘namaste’ statues have already been installed at one of the three promenades on the ghat. A 75-ft-tall statue […]
One killed, 20 injured in grenade attack in Srinagar
Srinagar | One person was killed and 20 others injured when militants attacked a security forces party in Srinagar city on Sunday, police said. Police said militants hurled a grenade at a joint party of the security forces in Amira Kadal area in the afternoon. “Twenty one persons were injured in this explosion including one cop […]
Son kills father for rejecting marriage proposal in Goa
Panaji | A 34-year-old man killed his father, after attacking him with an iron rod, after blaming the latter for rejecting marriage proposals, police said on Thursday. The accused Rajesh Gaonkar has been arrested under section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code, Deputy Superintendent of Police in-charge of Ponda sub district Chetan Patil told reporters. […]
Goa student returns home from war-torn Ukraine
Panaji | Rupal Gosavi, a Goan student caught in war-torn Ukraine, arrived at Goa’s Dabolim international airport on Tuesday. Gosavi, who was studying at the Ternopil National Medical University in Ternopil, Ukraine, had reached New Delhi earlier on Tuesday via a rescue flight from Romania. “We were contacted by the Indian Embassy in Ukraine and assured […]
2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case: 38 convicts sentenced to death, 11 get life imprisonment
Ahmedabad | A special court designated for the speedy trial of the 2008 Ahmedabad serial bomb blasts case on Friday sentenced 38 of the 49 convicts to death under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) and Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, while 11 others were given life imprisonment. Of the 77 persons arrested in […]