Six killed in hooch tragedy in Bihar, say police; villagers put toll at 22

Patna (IANS) At least six people have been killed and nine hospitalised after they consumed spurious liquor in Bihar's East Champaran ditrict, police said. However, villagers claimed that 22 people died due to the hooch tragedy.

Jayant…

India logs 11,109 new Covid cases

New Delhi (IANS) India recorded as many as 11,109 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, as per the Ministry of Health and Family Affairs' data on Friday.

The country's active caseload stands at 49,622, while the active cases are…

Minor stripped, made to chant religious slogans in MP's Indore

Bhopal (IANS) A 12-year-old boy was allegedly stripped and forced to chant religious slogans in Madhya Pradesh's Indore, a senior police official said on Friday.

The accused, who are also minors and known to the victim, have been detained,…

Asad & Ghulam fired with intent to kill, says FIR

Lucknow (IANS) The FIR lodged soon after the encounter with Asad Ahmad, son of gangster Atiq Ahmad, and shooter Ghulam in Jhansi, says that the police tried to catch the two accused alive.

The encounter took place on Thursday.

The FIR…

Turbulence in MP BJP: Ex-CM Kailash Joshi's son likely to jump ship to Cong

Bhopal (IANS) Former BJP minister and son of ex-Chief Minister (late) Kailash Joshi's son Deepak Joshi, who has been sidelined from the state politics for the last few years, is likely to join the Congress. The process of dialogues between Joshi…

Police intervention ordered in Amartya Sen-Visva Bharati land dispute case

Kolkata (IANS) Following the land dispute between Visva-Bharati University authorities and Nobel Laureate economist Amartya Sen over a 'disputed portion' of land in possession of the latter within the university premises, an executive magistrate…

ED registers FEMA case against BBC India

New Delhi (IANS) In a latest development in the BBC I-T raid case, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has now filed a FEMA violation case against the news broadcaster, sources claimed on Thursday.

The ED filed the case against BBC India for irregularities…

Akhilesh terms encounter of Atiq's son fake, slams BJP

Lucknow (IANS) Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday accused the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh of carrying out a 'fake encounter' to eliminate the son of gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad and his associate in Jhansi.

India has proactive approach now from reactive stance of past: PM

New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday took a jibe at the erstwhile UPA regime, saying that since 2014 (when the BJP-led government came to power) India has adopted a proactive approach as opposed to the reactive stance of the earlier…

'Christians are in danger, a false picture', Centre to SC on plea alleging attacks on minority

New Delhi (IANS) The Centre has brought on record data from eight states before the Supreme Court to claim that plea alleging increasing attacks on Christians across the country is an "attempt by the petitioners to paint a false picture", and petitions…