Patna : Police have filed a fresh case against the main accused in the rape of 34 minor girls in a shelter home, Brajesh Thakur, after 11 women were reported missing from another of his shelter home in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district. An FIR was filed against Thakur’s NGO Sewa Sankalp Va Vikas Samiti on a […]
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I suffered by joining hands with Modi-led BJP: Mehbooba
Jammu : Former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said on Monday that Jammu and Kashmir prospered when Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the Prime Minister but she had suffered now despite joining hands with the BJP led by Narendra Modi. Addressing a public meeting here to commemorate the 19th foundation day of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), […]
Three CRPF troopers injured in J&K grenade attack
Srinagar : Three CRPF troopers were injured in a grenade attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag town on Monday, police said. Militants hurled a grenade at a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) bunker in Sherbagh area of Anantnag, a police officer said. “Three CRPF jawans injured in this explosion have been shifted to hospital and […]
Over 40 lakh excluded from Assam citizenship list
Guwahati : Over 40 lakh of the 3.29 crore applicants have been excluded from Assam’s draft National Register of Citizens (NRC) released on Monday, sparking concerns about their future and triggering a nationwide political row. Applications of 2.89 crore have been approved in the draft list of citizens, which forms part of a long-running campaign […]
Three women arrested in Alwar with large quantity of beef
Jaipur : Three women were arrested in Rajasthan’s Alwar with 40 kg beef on Monday, police said. Govindgarh police station’s Sub Inspector Dhara Singh told IANS that police received a tip that beef was being packed in polythene bags in the house of Khaleel to be sold, and raided the location where they found cow […]
Seven of family commit suicide in Ranchi
Ranchi : Seven members of a family committed suicide here, police said on Monday. Deepak Kumar Jha, working with a leading private company, committed suicide along with his parents, brother, wife and two children, a police officer said. Police found the bodies of the two brothers hanging from the ceiling fan in their rented accommodation. […]
Bodies of teenage girl, friend recovered in Udhampur
Jammu : The state police on Monday took out the bodies of a teenaged girl and her friend from a canal in Udhampur district. The police said the girl was aged 14 years and the boy 21. Their bodies were removed from a canal in Chenani area of Udhampur district. The father of the girl […]
BSF ‘divyang’ will pedal through Himalayas
Shimla : At least 40 ‘divyang’, comprising mainly Border Security Force (BSF) personnel who suffered disability in various operations, will participate in a 10-day 700-km bicycle expedition next month, pedalling through cold deserts of Himachal Pradesh, the BSF said on Monday. The expedition, which will be flagged off at the state capital on August 5, […]
Rajasthan allots land for first cow sanctuary
Jaipur : The Rajasthan government has allotted 320.42 acres of land to Mohanlal Buladevi Ojha Gaushala, a private trust, to develop the first cow sanctuary of the country in Napasar in Bikaner district, said Ashok Vij, joint Director, Animal Husbandry, Bikaner. The allotted land can accommodate around 10,000 cattle, Vij said, adding even stray animals […]
Patna road cave-in: PIL seeks action against guilty
Patna : A public interest litigation (PIL) petition was filed on Monday in the Patna High Court over the caving in of a part of a road here following heavy rains that lashed the state capital on Saturday-Sunday. The petition was filed by a senior advocate of the high court, Manubhusan Pratap Sengar, seeking a […]