Four dead as boat capsizes in UP's Ballia

Ballia (Uttar Pradesh) (IANS) At least four people were drowned as a boat with 30 people, mostly women and children, capsized in river Ganga in Uttar Pradesh's Ballia district on Monday morning, officials said.

Several families had gathered…

4 shooters of Lawrence Bishnoi gang arrested in Punjab

Chandigarh (IANS) The Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF) of Punjab Police has arrested four shooters of Lawrence Bishnoi gang, Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said here on Monday.

The accused have been identified as Mehfooz alias…

Fresh violence in Manipur, security tightened, curfew relaxations curbed

Imphal (IANS) After fresh violence in Manipur's Imphal East district on Monday, army and paramilitary forces further tightened security while period of curfew relaxation has been curbed, officials said.

A police official said that some…

Intel agencies expose role of Yasin Malik's wife in organising protests against G20 meet in Kashmir

New Delhi (IANS) Indian intelligence agencies have learnt that the wife of incarcerated senior Hurriyat leader Yasin Malik, Mushaal Mullick had also asked the international community to boycott the G20 meeting in Kashmir.

Mushaal had even threatened…

Pak using ISI, propaganda units & terror networks to disrupt G20 meeting in Kashmir

New Delhi (IANS) A report by the intelligence agencies has revealed that Pakistan-based terrorist outfits, ISI, and their agents in India have been pressed into action to defame the country on international platforms and disrupt the G20 meeting in…

4 dead, several feared missing as boat capsizes in UP

Ballia (IANS) At least four people were dead and about two dozen others feared missing after a boat carrying some 40 persons capsized in the Tamsa River in Uttar Pradesh's Ballia district on Monday.

The bodies of four women have been retrieved…

Largest number of G20 delegates attending Srinagar meeting

Srinagar (IANS) Largest number of G20 delegates have registered for the three-day working group's meeting in J&K's Srinagar city although some countries are not coming for logistic reasons, the Union tourism secretary, Arvind Singh told reporters.

Happy at Centre's decision on Rs 2000 note: Chidambaram

Chennai, May 21 (IANS) Senior leader of the Congress party and former Union Minister for Finance P. Chidambaram said that he was happy at the Union government's decision to withdraw the Rs 2000 currency note from circulation.

He said that…

'We don't care': BJP reacts to K'taka minister's 'probe into scams' remark

Bengaluru (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Karnataka on Sunday criticised the ruling Congress after a Cabinet minister said that all scams and scandals that surfaced during the tenure of the previous government would be probed.

Karnataka…

Dinesh Gope, supremo of banned Maoist outfit PLFI, arrested in Delhi

New Delhi (IANS) Jharkhand-based Maoist outfit People's Liberation Front of India's supremo (PLFI) Dinesh Gope, who had a reward of Rs 30 lakh on his head, was arrested in Delhi following a raid by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on…