20 Indians kidnapped as pirates attack tanker in West Africa

New Delhi (IANS) A crew of 20 Indians aboard the oil tanker MV Duke has been kidnapped by pirates in Gulf of Guinea in West Africa.

V Ships Ship Management (India) Pvt Ltd., managers of the oil/chemical product tanker Duke, reported that contact…

Battle for Jharkhand: Polls conclude peacefully for 15 seats in 4th phase with 62.54 turnout

Ranchi: Once again in Jharkhand, the voters have won over the diktats of the Maoists as they turned up in large numbers to cast their ballots in the fourth phase of the elections in the state which concluded peacefully on 15 seats in which average…

Migrants won't automatically become citizens: MHA source

New Delhi (IANS) No migrant, specified in the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, will automatically become a citizen of India and each one will have to apply online, Home Ministry sources said on Monday.

The new Act applies to people of six non-Muslim…

Don't let vested groups divide India: Modi on CAA

New Delhi (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a series of tweets on Monday has said while dissent is an essential part of democracy, violence is not. He was articulating government's stand on the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act.

"Violent…

Unnao rape: Sengar convicted, Shashi acquitted

New Delhi (IANS) On a day, when the most brutal rape happened on the streets of the national capital, another daughter from Uttar Pradesh got justice as former state legislator Kuldeep Singh Sengar was convicted on Monday by a Delhi Court.

While…

Jharkhand Assembly polls: 28.56% voter turnout - 11 am

Ranchi (IANS) Jharkhand recorded 28.56 per cent voting till 11 a.m. in the fourth phase of the Assembly polls on Monday.

According to the Election Commission data the highest polling has been recorded in Bagodar with 34.63 per cent and the…

EC seeks report on Rahul's 'Rape in India' remark

New Delhi (IANS) The Election Commission of India has sought a report from Chief Election Officer in Jharkhand over Rahul Gandhi's 'Rape in India' remark, the Commission said on Monday.

The Jharkhand CEO has been asked to submit…

Tripura tribal bodies, royal scion move SC against CAA

Agartala (IANS) Different tribal-based parties including a CPI-M's frontal body and Tripura's royal scion have decided to move the apex court against the new Citizenship Amendment Act, claiming that the new law is against the interest of the…

BJP may move court against Mamata for anti-CAA remarks

Kolkata (IANS) West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party chief Dilip Ghosh here on Sunday said the BJP would hold protests in the city and the districts against the rampant vandalism by "Bangladeshi infiltrator Muslims" and threatened to move the court against…

Anti-CAA protesters obstruct key highways in Bengal

Kolkata (IANS) Anti-CAA protesters took to the streets for the third day at a stretch in West Bengal, as they felled trees and burnt tyres to obstruct key national and state highways on Sunday.

At one place in 24 Parganas North district,…