India
Indian hockey legend Mohammad Shahid, who was being treated in a private hospital in Gurgaon, passed away today due to multiple organ failure. “He breathed his last at 10:45 this morning. It was multiple organ failure that led to his passing away. He will be taken to Varanasi and last rites will be performed there […]
In sharp reaction to atrocities of Dalits in Una, wrath of Dalits is prevailant in Saurashtra region, in Gariadhar of Bhavnagar incident of road blocking is reported. Dalits demand for stern action against accused in the atrocities case of Una. Particularly in Saurashtra region, in Junagadh, Jamnagar, Gariadhar there are largescale protests made by Dalits. […]
Today in Ahmedabad, more than 200 BSP Bahujan Samaj Party workers went near Chandkheda to block Mehsana Highway. House of BJP MP Kirit Solanki in ranip area was gheraoed by BSP workers. Yesterday’s wrath of Dalits has spread from Saurahstra to Ahmedabad. Police has reached at Ranip. SC ST and OBC trying to stage demonstration […]
In wake of a Dalit family being assaulted for allegedly skinning a dead cow in the Gir Somnath district, Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel has ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe in the matter. The Chief Minister called for a designated court to be set in consultation with the High Court for speedy […]
Two security boats of the Indian Navy, which are used for patrolling of Mumbai waters, today sank at the naval dockyard following a fire that broke out in one of them. Navy sources said that there was no loss of life or collateral damage to other naval assets in the harbour and that a board […]
Navjot Kaur, wife of cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu, today said his resignation from the Rajya Sabha meant he has also quit the BJP and the only option left for him was to join the Aam Aadmi Party. A day after Navjot Sidhu dealt a blow to BJP in Punjab by resigning from Rajya Sabha, his […]
Cases pertaining to matrimonial disputes can now be transferred out of Jammu and Kashmir by the apex court for ensuring access to justice to litigants, the Supreme Court today ruled. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur considered the fact that the local laws of Jammu and Kashmir do not provide […]
A woman injured in clashes between security forces and protestors in South Kashmir succumbed at a hospital, taking the death toll in the ongoing unrest to 42, even as curfew remained in force in the Valley today. Neelofar was injured in retaliatory firing yesterday after the protestors pelted stones at an Army vehicle in Qazigund. […]
Senior IAS officer B K Prasad, who probed the Ishrat Jahan missing files case, has got two- month extension with Prime Minister Narendra Modi reducing the three-month period sought by Home Minister Rajnath Singh. In a letter to Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha, Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi has said that finding Prasad’s replacement will not […]
The Supreme Court today accepted major recommendations of the Lodha Committee on reforms in BCCI including a bar on ministers and civil servants and those above 70 from becoming its members but left it to Parliament to decide whether it should come under RTI and betting on the game should be legalised. The apex court […]
