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Four of a family, guard found murdered in northeast Delhi

New Delhi, October 7: Five people, including at least three women, were found murdered at a house in Mansarovar Park in northeast Delhi on Saturday morning. Four of the deceased belonged to the same family. The family members have been identified as Nupur Jindal (35), Anjali Jindal (33), Urmila (
600 ceasefire violations along India-Pak border so far in 2017, highest in last decade
New Delhi: Pakistan has violated the ceasefire over 600 times so far this year, the highest in the last one decade, an official said Pakistani troops have opened fire on Indian territories more than 600 times till September 30. Eight civilians and 16 security personnel were killed in the firing,
Rajasthan: Muslims forced to leave village after threats from upper caste Hindus

October 7, Dantal About twenty Muslim families left their village in western Rajasthan following alleged threats from Hindu upper caste villagers, in a string of events starting with the murder of a folk singer, police said on Friday. The 200-odd Muslim people, including women and children, ar
Govt reduces GST rates on 27 items, gives relief to small and medium businesses

October 6, Three months after the rollout of the new indirect tax regime, the GST Council on Friday made sweeping changes to give relief to small and medium businesses on filing and payment of taxes, eased rules for exporters and cut tax rates on more than two dozen items. Businesses with annual t
Kids Unsafe In Capital: Class 1 Girl Raped At Delhi School By Cleaning Staff

October 6, New Delhi Within a month of the murder of 7-year-old student Pradhyumn Thakur inside a toilet in Ryan School and the rape of a 5-year-old girl by a peon in an east Delhi school, a six-year-old girl was raped, allegedly by a member of the housekeeping team, inside the toilet of a privat
Mahatma Gandhi assassination: SC appoints amicus curiae on plea seeking reprobe
The Supreme Court on Friday appointed senior advocate and former additional solicitor general Amrender Sharan as amicus curiae on a petition seeking reprobe into the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi. After a brief hearing, a bench comprising Justices S A Bobde and L Nageswara Rao appointed Sharan to
Farmers find novel way to protest land acquisition in Rajasthan
October 5, Jaipur Protesting against the Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) notice to acquire 1,300 bigha of agricultural land for a housing scheme, 22 farmers on Monday buried themselves neck-deep in sand pits at Ninder village on the outskirts of Jaipur. Families of hundreds of other farmers sat
UP gang-rape victim turns up at SSP’s doorstep with suspect’s severed ear, forces cops to file FIR

October 5, Aligarh Following a failed attempt to get a FIR registered on her gang-rape complaint, a woman reached the Aligarh senior superintendent of police’s office on Thursday with a startling piece of evidence – a severed ear. As the senior officer was not present, she produced the mutilat
We believed Modi, now feel betrayed: Raj Thackeray
Mumbai, Oct 5 (PTI) MNS chief Raj Thackeray today led a march to the Western Railway headquarters here to protest the recent stampede on a foot overbridge that left 23 people dead, and said he felt "betrayed" by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Thackeray addressed a gathering of protesters
Gujarat HC rejects Zakia Jafri’s plea against Narendra Modi in 2002 riots case
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat high court on Thursday rejected a petition filed by Zakia Jafri that challenged a clean chit given by the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) to then-chief minister of Gujarat Narendra Modi and other top politicians and bureaucrats. Jafri, whose husband
Four TN fishermen arrested by Lankan Navy

Rameswaram, October 05, Four Tamil Nadu fishermen were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy while they were fishing off Neduntheevu on Thursday. The fishermen from Pudukottai district were arrested for allegedly fishing close to the island nation. They were taken to Karainagar along with their boat
IAF women pilots set to fly Sukhoi-30 this month

October 3, New Delhi India’s first female combat aircraft pilots are likely to fly supersonic fighter jets after they finish the last leg of their training later this month, Indian Air Force officials told Hindustan Times on Tuesday. Three women are currently training on British Hawk advanced je
Jharkhand rural girls get football training in Spain with Real Sociedad

October 4, Jharkhand Barely five years back, Asha, 17, daughter of a roadside eatery owner in Jharkhand capital Ranchi’s Ormanjhi area, would have never dreamt of an overseas trip. Girls in her locality are often married off as teenagers. Life took a complete U-turn for the teenager after she join
MP police force farmers to strip, sit in underwear in station after protest

October 4, Madhya Pradesh Police in a Madhya Pradesh town allegedly rounded up a group of farmers and forced them to disrobe after a protest demonstration, according to leaders of the Congress backing the agitation, who have decided to approach the country’s human rights watchdog. Dozens of fa
Yogi Adityanath joins BJP chief Amit Shah's anti-Left Jan Raksha Yatra in Kerala
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has reached Kerala to join the BJP's Jan Raksha Yatra (or March for People's Protection), a day after party president Amit Shah launched its ambitious march from Kerala's Payyannur in Kannur district. "I am a worker of the BJP. If political killings h
Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan responsible for murders of BJP, RSS workers: Amit Shah
KANNUR: BJP President Amit Shah on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) in Kerala, saying Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan was responsible for the political murders of BJP and RSS workers in the state. Shah said as many as 120 BJP and RSS workers have been m
Rahul Gandhi describes Yogi as ‘Chaupat Raja’ on Taj Mahal controversy
New Delhi: As Taj Mahal was missing from the tourist itinerary of Uttar Pradesh, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday taking a jibe at Yogi Adityanath government termed it as ‘Andher Nagri, Chaupat Raja (Useless ruler of a town plunging into darkness)’ “The sun doesn’t lose any of its
Uttar Pradesh: Two arrested for slaughtering cow to incite communal violence against Muslim community

October 3, Gonda District, Uttar Pradesh A major communal violence averted by police with the help of local residents after two miscreants throw mortal remains of calves to incite communal violence. Accordingto police, the duo Ramsevak Dixit and Mangli Dixit took away the cow and the calf belo