Government bus rams into private bus in Bareilly, 6 dead, several injured
Bhatkallys News | Jan 10,2017 Bareilly -- In Uttar Pradesh six people have been killed and several others injured after a bus rammed into another parked on National Highway-24 in Bareilly district. The stationary bus was a private bus while the one that collided with it was a Uttar Pradesh State
Akhnoor: Terrorists kill three workers in attack on GREF camp near LoC
IN WHAT is being described as a major security lapse, at least two terrorists sneaked in nearly 2 km across the Line of Control (LoC), entered a General Reserve Engineer Force (GREF) camp at Battal, killed three sleeping workers and escaped without facing any resistance early Monday. According to se
Two-day Chintan Baithak of RSS starts in Ajmer
Jaipur:The two-day Chintan Baithak of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) started in Ajmer today to discuss matters of the organisation. Sources said that RSS general secretary Bhaiya ji Joshi and BJP leaders including state BJP president Ashok Parnami and state Home minister Gulab Chand Kataria ar
SC seeks NHRC reply on plea to prevent torture of prisoners
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on a plea seeking direction to frame an effective law to prevent torture and inhuman treatment of prisoners in custody. A bench of the Chief Justice J.S. Khehar, Justice D.Y. Chandrachud and Justice L.
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind voices concern over SC judgment
New Delhi: Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) on Saturday voiced concern over the Supreme Court judgment that banned the use of religion and caste to seek votes and claimed the order can be “misused”. On January 2, a seven-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court said that religion, race, caste, com
Man charged for molesting sleeping woman on Air India flight to US
WASHINGTON: An Indian national allegedly groped a female passenger while she was asleep on a Air India flight from Mumbai to New York in the US. Ganesh Parkar, 40, appeared in a federal court in New Jersey on last week and was released on $50,000 unsecured bond and has been put under house arrest
Triple talaq evil, use it to divorce the gun: RSS leader
Amid a raging debate on triple talaq, senior RSS leader Indresh Kumar today described the practice as “evil” and used it as a metaphor to appeal to the youth of Kashmir to divorce the gun and shun violence. “Talaq is evil… And teachings of prophet also say no to it. So, if you want to say talaq,
Sidhu likely to join Congress soon
New Delhi: After his wife joined the Congress, former BJP MP Navjot Singh Sidhu is also likely to join the party soon. Sources said the move may materialise soon after Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi arrives back from his visit abroad. Gandhi is likely to return to Delhi tomorrow. Sources
FIR against Sakshi Maharaj for ‘population control’ remarks against Muslims
NEW DELHI: An FIR has been filed against controversial Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Sakshi Maharaj for his recent shocker blaming Muslims for population boom in the nation. Sakshi Maharaj yesterday stirred a fresh controversy saying, “this population rise in not because of the Hindus. Populati
SC bars parties from seeking votes on religion: Can politics stay separate from identity issues?
First Post | 2 Jan 2017 New Delhi -- Can democracy work in India without giving groups — particularly those at the bottom of the social pyramid — the opportunity to bargain for a better deal by mobilising the crowd around identity? The answer, again, is no. That is the reason the Supreme Court’s
Pakistan prepares to take issue of alleged Indian spy to UN
India and Pakistan will begin the new year facing off again over alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav who is currently in Pakistan's custody. As Islamabad prepares to present a dossier before UN on the alleged terrorist activities of Jadhav, India has issued yet another note verbale to Pakistan fore
Petrol price hiked by Rs 1.29, diesel by Rs 0.97 per litre
Petrol price was on Sunday hiked by Rs 1.29 per litre and diesel by Rs 0.97 per litre respectively with effect from midnight tonight. Petrol in Delhi will cost Rs 70.60 per litre from midnight tonight as against Rs 68.94 currently, while a litre of diesel will cost Rs 57.82 compared to Rs 56.68 at p
Akhilesh camp declares him SP head
Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh on Sunday expelled his cousin, general secretary Ramgopal Yadav for the “illegal” act of making Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav the new “national president”. This was Mr. Ramgopal’s second expulsion in three days, and his third in the last three m
NRIs can exchange old notes till 30 June 2017
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Saturday said that it will introduce a facility for exchange of old specified bank notes for Indian residents and NRIs, who were abroad from November 9 to December 30. According to a RBI notification, Indian residents, who were abroad during November 9 to Decemb
UP Yadav war: Mulayam calls truce, reinducts Akhilesh, Ram Gopal Yadav
Lucknow: A day after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and Samajwadi Party general secretary Ram Gopal Yadav were suspended from the party for six years over disciplinary grounds, the duo’s expulsion was revoked on Saturday. “With Netaji’s order, the expulsion of Akhilesh Yadav and Ram
ED files money laundering case against Zakir Naik, IRF
THE ENFORCEMENT Directorate (ED) has registered a case of money laundering against controversial preacher Zakir Naik and his organisation Islamic Research Foundation (IRF). The agency’s Mumbai zonal office has registered an ECIR, which is equivalent to an FIR, against Naik and others after taking co
MBBS students may have to clear examination to be eligible to practice
New Delhi: MBBS students in India will soon have to clear National Exit Test (NEXT) before being eligible to practice anywhere in the country, an official said on Friday. The provision is part of a bill drafted by the Health Ministry, following suggestions by a high-powered Committee led by Niti
Demonetisation: Normalcy has been resorted to a large extent, says Arun Jaitley
New Delhi:Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the currency situation has stabilised to a great extent but did not give any indication on lifting curbs on cash withdrawal from banks and ATMs though the 50-day window of demonetisation ended on Friday. “RBI has sufficient stock to inject a lot more c
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