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BJP wants Kashmir without Kashmiris: Digvijay
Panaji: Accusing the BJP of mismanaging the volatile situation in Jammu and Kashmir, Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh on Saturday said that it wanted Kashmir without the Kashmiris, while his party wanted to win over the people too along with the state. “As far as the Congress party is c
Patiala House Court violence: Three charge sheets filed
New Delhi, July 23 (ANI): Delhi Police has filed three separate chargesheets accusing three lawyers and suspended BJP legislator O.P. Sharma of the violence in the Patiala House Courts complex in February. The police had earlier registered four separate first information reports (FIR) on the Febru
Ragging forces 18-year-old to end life
Kozhikode, July 23, 2016:An 18-year-old B.Sc student has ended life after been allegedly fed up of harassment and ragging by senior students. The victim, Asnas, was found hanging in the bathroom of her house on Friday morning. The incident took place in Vatakara, India. Asnas was a B.Sc second
Radio news broadcast completes 89 years
New Delhi, July 23 (ANI): The radio news broadcast completed its 89 years today with first ever news bulletin in the country being aired from the Bombay Station on July 23, 1927. The first bulletin was aired by a private company called the Indian Broadcasting Company. Around a month later, another b
Rajnath Singh meets different delegations in Srinagar
Srinagar, July 23 (ANI):Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, who is on a two-day visit to Srinagar to take stock of the prevailing situation in the state, on Saturday held meetings with several delegations, including representatives from different communities and industries. Singh, who arrived here
Hyderabad court sends IS suspect to judicial custody till July 26
Hyderabad : The Nampally Court in Hyderabad on Saturday sent one of the Islamic State terror suspects arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to judicial custody till July 26. Earlier this month, the NIA had busted an Islamic State (IS) module comprising of five persons from Hyderabad
Artist S H Raza passes away
Agencies | New Delhi | 23 July, 2016 Celebrated modern Indian artist Syed Haider Raza passed away on Saturday. He was 94. The iconic progressive artist died in the capital following a prolonged illness. He was kept in the ICU of a private hospital here for two months. Raza was considered one of
Hope condition of Kashmir will improve soon: Nirmal Singh
New Delhi, Jul 23, 2016:Home Minister Rajnath Singh's visit to capital city of Jammu and Kashmir is a welcome move. His decision to spend the weekend meeting Kashmiris, ranging from groups of youth to retired IAS officers from the Valley, may seem cosmetic, but it signals that the Centre is empathet
Gwalior: Three-year-old kid rescued from borewell declared dead
New Delhi: A three-year-old boy who fell into a borewell on Friday in Kheri Gaon village of Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh has been declared dead at a hospital. The boy, Abhi Pachori, accidently fell into the borewell which is about 28 to 29 feet deep on Friday evening. In a picture tweeted by ANI on Sa
Sharif waiting for Kashmir to Join Pakistan
Muzaffarabad (Pakistan): Pakistanis are waiting for the day when Jammu and Kashmir becomes a part of Pakistan, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif declared on Friday. In his first public address following his return from London after open heart surgery in May, Sharif urged Kashmiris in Pakistan “not to f
28 years after separation, two Dubai women find mother in Hyderabad
THE Hyderabad Police on Thursday helped two daughters reunite with their mother, 28 years after they were separated. Nazia Sayeed, now 60, last saw her daughters Ayesha (33) and Fatima (32) before her UAE-based husband divorced her in 1988 and handed her an air ticket to Hyderabad. In January, th
Maharashtra, Kerala cops arrest Zakir Naik's 'aide' for recruiting youths for IS
NAVI MUMBAI/KALYAN: The Kerala police along with the Maharashtra anti-terrorism squad arrested Arshid Qureshi , alleged to be a member of Zakir Naik 's Islamic Research Foundation (IRF), on Wednesday night for recruiting Kerala youths for the terror outfit Islamic State. If his links with IRF are
Rajnath condemns atrocities on Dalits in Gujarat's Una
New Delhi, July 21 (ANI):Condemning the atrocities on Dalits in Gujarat's Una, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said what has happened in Gujarat is highly condemnable and such incidents must not be repeated. Speaking in the Rajya Sabha, Singh said, "Keeping in view seriousness of th
Delhi Police arrests car thief during delivery of stolen BMW
New Delhi, July 21 (ANI): Two thieves were caught on camera carjacking a BMW while driving in an Audi, also stolen, in Noida's posh colony of Sector 17 A on July 15. The West Delhi police has arrested one of the two thieves who stole a BMW from Noida Sector 17 on July 15. His name is Robin alias
For cow vigilantes, Dalits are soft target: fact finding team
Ahmedabad, Jul 21 (PTI) A fact finding team which visited Gujarat's Una town in connection with the brutal assault of Dalits, has claimed to have found a new trend among 'cow vigilantes' to show bravado by making a particular Dalit community as their "soft target". The incident of beating up of s
NIA seeks assistance from six countries in investigation against suspect IS operatives
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has sought assistance from six countries, including the US, UAE and Canada, in its ongoing investigation against various suspected Islamic State (IS) operatives and their terror activities in the country. The probe agency disclosed this in its c
PM Modi’s image in ‘top 10 criminals list’; Google to face criminal action
A district court has issued a notices to global search giant Google, its CEO and its India head for portraying Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a search query. The query which became topic of discussion back in June 2015, listed an images of PM Modi (among others) when a search query for ‘top 10 crim
Kashmir unrest: Curfew continues, newspapers refuse to publish despite permission
Srinagar, July 20 (ANI):With the curfew in the Valley dragging into its 12th day on Wednesday, life in Jammu and Kashmir continued to be in a state of paralysis even though incidents of violence between locals and the security forces show no sign of cooling down and the death toll of civilians conti