Ex-Chief Secy Andaman & Nicobar at epicentre of job-for-sex racket

Chennai (IANS) Senior IAS officer and former Chief Secretary of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Jitendra Narain is at the epicentre of a sexual allegation in which 20 women were allegedly taken to his Port Blair residence in a job-for-sex racket. Some…

Din rages to 'topple' Gandhiji from Indian currency note pedestal

Mumbai (IANS) A day after Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's demand to add images of Goddess Laxmi and Lord Ganesh on Indian currency notes (ICN), clamour grew on Thursday among various political parties to 'topple' or 'overcrowd'…

100 Punjabi workers stranded in Abu Dhabi without passports

Chandigarh (IANS) At least 100 Punjabi immigrant workers have been stranded in Abu Dhabi without passports, and were seeking help from the Indian government for their safety and early evacuation, according to the media reports.

Their family…

10 fear stricken Kashmiri Pandit families abandon homes in J&K's Shopian district

Srinagar (IANS) Driven by fear in the aftermath of Kashmiri Pandit Puran Krishan Bhat's killing by terrorists, about 10 families of local Pandits have left their homes in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district and shifted to Jammu.

Bhat…

Coimbatore car blast: Stalin convenes high-level meeting of officials

Chennai (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin convened a high-level meeting of officials on Wednesday in the wake of the Coimbatore car blast in which a 25-year-old youth, Jameesha Mubin, died and five of his accomplices arrested under UAPA.

Lingayat seer suicide case takes political turn, police begin probe

Ramnagar, (Karnataka) (IANS) Police in Karnataka have started a probe into the suicide of a 45-year-old Lingayat seer in Ramnagar district after preliminary inquiry revealed that he was being harassed by a local politician, sources said on Tuesday.

As countdown starts for WB panchayat polls, TMC has a lot to answer for

Kolkata (IANS) As the West Bengal State Election Commission has blown the bugle for the three-tier panchayat polls in West Bengal in March next year, political circles feel that the rural civic body polls would be under totally different circumstances…

Pak militants outnumber locals in J&K, training 'hybrid' terror outfits

New Delhi (IANS) The increased number of foreign (Pakistani) terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir has added to the challenges of Indian security agencies, which revealed that the said terrorists are working to prepare hybrid terrorists in the Valley. The…

Court of Inquiry to probe Army chopper crash in Arunachal, 4 out of 5 bodies found

Itanagar (IANS) Army authority has constituted a Court of Inquiry to investigate the causes of the crash of an Advanced Light Combat helicopter of the Indian Army in Arunachal Pradesh's Upper Siang district, and bodies of four of the five personnel…

Normal life thrown out of gear in Kolkata as protests intensify against late-night police action

Kolkata (IANS) Normal life in parts of Kolkata and Salt Lake collapsed in phases on Friday following waves of protests over the late-night police action to remove protesters agitating in front of the West Bengal Board of Primary Education (WBBPE)…