IMPHAL — An Assam Rifles Colonel, his family members and three jawans were killed in a massive ambush staged by unidentified militants in Manipur’s Churachandpur district on Saturday, police said. According to official sources, the driver of the Colonel’s vehicle was also gunned down, taking the overall death toll to seven. Police said the incident […]
MUMBAI — Lashing out at Kangana Ranaut, Mahatma Gandhi’s great-grandson Tushar Gandhi has described the actor as an “agent of hate” and even criticised the Prime Minister’s Office. “‘Padma Shri Kangana Ranaut is an agent of hate, intolerance and rabidity. It is not surprising that she feels that India got its freedom in 2014. Hate, […]
NEW DELHI — BJP MP Subramanian Swamy has been critical of the Narendra Modi government’s handling of the standoff with China over Ladakh ever since it started last year. From accusing the Modi government of not being transparent on Ladakh to demanding India go to war to evict the Chinese, Swamy has been the loudest […]
NEW DELHI — Actor Kangana Ranaut kicked off a firestorm on Thursday for declaring that India attained freedom in 2014, when the Modi-led government came to power, and describing the country’s Independence in 1947 as “bheek”, or alms. The “Manikarnika” actor, known for her provocative and often inflammatory statements, was once again the centre of […]
RANCHI — Two Kashmiri traders were assaulted and forced to shout “Jai Shri Ram” and “Pakistan murdabad” in Hathikhana colony under the Doranda police station in Ranchi. The victims are Bilal Wani (35) and Sabir Batt (36), both residents of Pahalgam police station area of Jammu and Kashmir. Wani has lodged a complaint with Doranda […]
LUCKNOW — The All-India Shia Personal Law Board (AISPLB) has demanded the arrest of Shia Central Waqf Board member, Waseem Rizvi, for blasphemy, disruption of peace, law and order. The board also sought a ban on Rizvi’s speeches, writings and disrespectful activities against the Quran and Prophet Muhammad. It further sought termination of Rizvi’s waqf […]
LUCKNOW — A 22-year-old Muslim youth was found dead inside a police station in Kasganj district of Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday. According to a report by Indian Express, Altaf, a labourer, was brought to the Kotwali police station for questioning in an elopement case of a minor Hindu girl. A resident of Nagla Syed in […]
MUMBAI — Mumbai Police has arrested a 23-year old software engineer from Hyderabad for giving online rape threats to Indian skipper Virat Kohli’s 10-month-old daughter Vamika following team’s loss against Pakistan in T20 World Cup. The man, identified as Ramnagesh Alibathini, is being brought to Mumbai. According to the police, the accused is a Hyderabad […]
HYDERABAD — Leader of the opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led BJP government at the Centre of destroying the Indian economy through demonetisation. “On this day (November 8) in 2016, the Prime Minister announced the decision to ban currency notes in the denomination of Rs 500 and […]
SUKMA — Four CRPF personnel were killed and three others injured after their colleague opened fire at them in a camp of the paramilitary force in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district on Monday, a police official said. The incident took place at around 3:15am in the camp of the Central Reserve Police Force’s (CRPF) 50th battalion in […]