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Tamil Nadu train robbery: Thieves target Chennai-bound Salem Express with Rs 342 crore onboard
According to DNA, the robbery was discovered when the Salem Express reached Chennai on Tuesday at 3:55 am. The cash was being transported in 226 boxes which were to be handed over to the RBI. The authorities are yet to officially confirm the actual amount that's missing or identify the culprits, Th
Mumbai Police submits report on Zakir Naik
The Mumbai police probing the alleged provocative speeches of Islamic televangelist Zakir Naik, who is under the scanner of various Central agencies as well, has submitted its report to Maharashtra Home department, a senior official said today. The report will now be vetted by the Home department
Security beefed up at RSS office in Delhi
Security has been beefed up at the RSS office here in the wake of the attack on a senior functionary of its Punjab unit. “A police team visited the RSS office in Jhandewalan here and sensitised functionaries about the security aspects following the Punjab incident,” DCP (Central) of Delhi Police
‘Shoot me’, but stop attacking dalits: PM
“If you want to shoot, shoot me,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, as he called for stopping the attacks on Dalits and the politics over it. Making an emotional appeal, he asked people to protect and respect Dalits who have for long been neglected by the society. “I would like to tell these
‘Angry’ Modi hits out against cow brigade, says most are ‘anti-social’
New Delhi: In his first comments on the violence against Dalits by cow vigilantes, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday strongly rebuked them, saying most of them are “anti-social” elements who are running “shops” in the name of cow protection, which makes him “angry”. He asked state governme
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