Bengal panchayat polls: AISF candidate shot dead in Bhangar

Kolkata (IANS) An All India Secular Front (AISF) candidate, Mohammad Mohiuddin Molla, was shot dead on Thursday in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district when he arrived at the block development office to file his nomination for the Panchayat…

Cong-led K'taka govt to amend Anti-Conversion Law

Bengaluru (IANS) The Congress-led government in Karnataka on Thursday announced to amend the Anti-Conversion Law.

The announcement was made after the cabinet meeting in Vidhana Soudha. Karnataka Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister H.K. Patil…

Wrestlers case: Delhi Police to soon submit report in court

New Delhi (IANS) Investigators in the wrestlers' case will soon submit chats, videos and statements of over 150 witnesses in court, a Delhi Police source said on Wednesday.

According to the source, police have collected several videos,…

Nine killed by militants in Manipur

Imphal (IANS) At least nine villagers were killed and 25 others injured when suspected militants attacked Khamelock village in Imphal East district and fired indiscriminately, police said on Wednesday.

Unofficial sources put the death toll…

Militants gun down 11 people in Manipur

Imphal (IANS) At least 11 people were killed and 23 others injured when suspected militants attack the Khamelock village in Manipur, police said on Wednesday.

A police official said that heavily armed militants attacked the village late on…

Dream to strike it rich & 'love angle' behind Rs 8.49 cr heist in Punjab, claims police

Chandigarh (IANS) It was the dream to strike it rich, a 'love angle' between the masterminds and a woman-led gang behind the Punjab's 'biggest heist' of Rs 8.49 crore in the office of CMS Info Systems Ltd, a cash management firm,…

Jaishankar meets US NSA Jake Sullivan, discusses preparations for PM Modi's visit

New Delhi (IANS) External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Wednesday met visiting US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan here and discussed the preparations for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's upcoming visit to Washington on June 22.

Taking…

Farmers' protest: Cong slams Centre over ex-Twitter CEO's claims over 'raiding' its office

New Delhi (IANS) Congress on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on the BJP-led NDA government over the remarks of former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, and said that the government threatened to shut down Twitter and raid the homes of their employees during…

Jitan Ram Manjhi's son Santosh Kumar Suman resigns from Nitish cabinet

Patna (IANS) Santosh Kumar Suman, Bihar Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe Welfare Minister and son of Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) patron Jitan Ram Manjhi on Tuesday resigned from the state cabinet.

Suman and his father met with state Finance…

Bengal panchayat polls: Trinamool-AISF clashes turn Bhangar into battlefield

Kolkata (IANS) Bhangar in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district turned into a battlefield on Tuesday following violent clashes between activists of the Trinamool Congress and the All India Secular Front (AISF) over nomination for the upcoming…