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If you love cow so much keep them at your shakhas: Nitish Kumar tells RSS & BJP

New Delhi: Amid the raging debate over so-called cow vigilantism, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday launched a scathing attack on BJP and RSS saying if they love “the gai (cow) and the nilgai so much they should keep them at their shakhas”. Kumar, who was at Ghatampur village in Kanpur t

Criminal in Uniform: Police Inspector arrested for raping 16 year old girl

Hyderabad: A police sub-inspector from Osmanabad has been arrested for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl at gun point here, police said today. Prem Sukhdev Bansode (26), presently posted at Vishrambaug police station in Sangli district, was arrested here late last night, Additional SP Deepali G

'Yeh Padosi Hai Ki Maanta Hi Nahi': Rajnath Singh's Jab At Pakistan in Parliament

Home Minister Rajnath Singh, in an acerbic comment on Pakistan while telling parliament about his brief and tense visit to Islamabad, said today: "All our PMs have done their best to improve relations with our neighbours but yeh padosi hai ki maanta hi nahin hai (this neighbour never l

Mumbai-Goa bridge collapse: Army joins relief operations

Raigad, Aug.3 (ANI): The armed forces joined rescue operations in Maharashtra's Raigad district after a colonial-era bridge was washed away in the early hours of Wednesday in a river overflowing due to recent heavy rains. (Bhatkallys News Service)

Much-awaited GST Bill all set to be approved by RS today

New Delhi, Aug. 3 (ANI):The much awaited Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill is all set to be approved by the Rajya Sabha today. Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will move four amendments to the Constitution (122nd Amendment) Bill, meant for the rollout of the GST in the Rajya Sabha, when it is

Curfew continues in Kashmir

Srinagar, Aug.2 (ANI): Kashmir remained under curfew on Tuesday almost a month after the killing of Hizbul Mijahideen commander Burhan Wani, which triggered the worst outbreak of violence in the Valley in almost six years. (Bhatkallys News Service)

Aurangabad arms haul case: Abu Jundal, six others sentenced to life

Mumbai, Aug 2 (ANI): Sayed Zabiuddin Ansari, alias Abu Jundal, a key plotter of the 26/11 terror attacks, was on Tuesday awarded life imprisonment in the 2006 Aurangabad arms haul case. (Bhatkallys News Service)

Anandiben's resignation a 'drama' to cover up failures: JD (U)

New Delhi, Aug.2 (ANI): Dubbing the resignation of Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel as a 'drama' by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to hide its failures, the Janata Dal (United) on Tuesday said the state government has miserably failed to keep law and order situation in check. (Bhatkallys N

Hindu religion in danger because of its ‘protectors’: Udit Raj

New Delhi: Close on the heels of “rumours” of some Dalit families planning to embrace Islam after they were allegedly denied entry into a Tamil Nadu temple, BJP MP Udit Raj on Saturday claimed the Hindu religion is in “danger” not because of conversion but because of its “so-called protectors”. T

Woman arrested for selling four-month-old son for Rs three lakh

New Delhi: A woman has been arrested along with two others for allegedly selling her four-month-old son for Rs three lakh in Bihar’s Rohtas district, police said on Friday. Sunita Devi, a native of Bhartiganj area, sold her son for Rs three lakh to one Priya Pandey of Ghaziabad on Thursday, but l

Owaisi brothers amassing huge Illegal wealth, Congress seeks probe

Greater Hyderabad Congress Committee (GHCC) Minorities Department Chairman Shaik Abdullah Sohail on Friday accused Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) leaders of amassing huge illegal wealth by misappropriating funds of Darussalam Educational Trust. In a media statement, Abdullah Sohail said tha

Madhya Pradesh: Muslim women beaten up by right-wing group on suspicion of carrying beef

In yet another instance of cow vigilante groups taking law into their own hands in BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh, two Muslim women were assaulted at Mandsaur railway station on Tuesday on suspicion that they were carrying beef. A video that surfaced on Wednesday showed Salma Ismail Mewati, 30, and Sha

Serial killer asks cops “Just Google my name”

‘Don’t waste your and my time interrogating me. Just Google ‘psycho killer Amit’ and you will get all the answers’ PATNA: Bihar police arrested a 35-year-old psychopathic serial killer on Sunday. He has allegedly murdered 22 people in Patna, Vaishali and other districts of the state. Avinash S

For Emirates Plane's Emergency Landing, Mumbai Coast Guard Rushed Ships

For Emirates Plane's Emergency Landing, Mumbai Coast Guard Rushed Ships MUMBAI: , July 26,2016:Plane headed from Dubai to Maldives, smoke seen on board Emergency landing in Mumbai, all passengers safe Coast Guard prepped ships for rescue in case plane crashed into sea A plane headed from Dubai t

National Investigation Agency to investigate IS suspect held in West Bengal

Kolkata : The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is formally taking over the probe of suspected IS operative Mohammad Masiuddin who was arrested by the West Bengal CID earlier in the month. Masiuddin, alias Musa, was nabbed by CID on July 4 from a train in Burdwan and his subsequent interrogatio

Raj Thackeray wants Sharia law to check crimes against women

Ahmednagar(Maharashtra):Slamming the BJP-led state government over the gangrape and murder of a minor girl here, MNS chief Raj Thackeray today said there was a need for a law like Sharia (Islamic) to check serious crimes against women and children. He said the hands and legs of those who rape and

We don't need third party for Kashmir: Rajnath Singh's message to Pakistan

Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday took a dig at Pakistan and said that after talking to Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, they had decided that they did not need interference from a third party to restore peace in the Valley. Attacking Pakistan on its role in Kashmir, he said, "i

Salman Khan poaching case: Court to pronounce verdict on Monday

Jaipur: The Rajasthan High Court in Jodhpur is expected to pronounce on Monday its verdict in the blackbuck and chinkara poaching cases related to actor Salman Khan, officials said on Sunday. Salman has appealed before the high court challenging the lower court’s verdict that had handed him one a