Bengal panchayat elections: Guv sends strong message on poll-related violence

Kolkata (IANS) West Bengal Governor C.V. Ananda Bose on Saturday gave a strong message to State Election Commissioner (SEC) Rajiva Sinha to take adequate measures to prevent any form of violence in connection with the forthcoming panchayat elections…

Dalit family beaten by upper caste men for bathing at tubewell in UP's Khurja

Bulandshahr (Uttar Pradesh) (IANS) Four members of a Dalit family, including two minors and a former village head, were allegedly thrashed by upper caste men for bathing in a tubewell reservoir in Khurja city of Bulandshahr district, the police said…

J&K Police rescue 250 tourists stuck in Kashmir's Affarwat

Srinagar (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir Police have rescued at least 250 tourists, who were stuck in the Affarwat mountains after the Gulmarg Gondola car operations in North Kashmir's Baramulla district developed a technical fault, officials said…

60 rescued, one injured in Mumbai building blaze

Mumbai (IANS) At least 60 residents were rescued and one was injured in a major fire that broke out in a residential building in the congested Zaveri Nazar area of South Mumbai early on Friday, the BMC Disaster Control said.

The blaze took…

SC refuses urgent listing of plea challenging Internet shutdown in Manipur

New Delhi (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday refused to urgently list a plea challenging the Internet shutdown in violence-hit Manipur since May 3.

A vacation bench comprising Justices Aniruddha Bose and Rajesh Bindal noted that the Manipur…

Flutter as top MVA leaders Sharad Pawar, Sanjay Raut get death threats

Mumbai (IANS) Two top opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) leaders, Nationalist Congress Party President Sharad Pawar and Shiv Sena (UBT) Chief Spokesperson Sanjay Raut, have received fresh death threats from unknown persons, here on Friday.

Pawar…

Kharge, Rahul to attend Oppn meeting in Patna on June 23

New Delhi (IANS) Even as the first meeting of the like-minded opposition parties scheduled for June 12 got cancelled, the Congress on Friday said its president Mallikarjun Kharge and senior leader Rahul Gandhi will attend the meeting on June 23 in…

Online cricket betting racket busted, 20 held by Gujarat Police

Gandhinagar (IANS) The monitoring cell of the Gujarat Police has busted an online cricket betting racket and arrested 20 people, including its chief operative.

The main accused, Dhaval Somabhai Patel, a resident of Visnagar, was arrested in…

India, US to discuss ways to strengthen strategic partnership during PM Modi's visit

New Delhi (IANS) India and the US will discuss ways to strengthen their strategic partnership during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's upcoming visit to the country on June 22.

Both the countries will also discuss ways to enhance the strategic…

'Couldn't find a single toilet', K'taka woman writes to Prez Murmu on her ordeal

Chikkamagaluru (Karnataka) (IANS) A Karnataka woman's letter on how she was forced to attend nature's call in public in the absence of public toilets at a pilgrimage centre in Chikkamagalur district has gone viral on social media.

Jademma,…