TN's Villupuram tense as Dalits barred from entering state govt-controlled temple

Chennai (IANS) Tamil Nadu's Villupuram was tense on Monday after caste Hindus did not let Dalit community members enter the local Shri Dharmaraja Draupati Amman Temple at Melpathi village.

The temple, interestingly, is controlled by the…

RTI reply: 'No commonly delineated' LAC between India-China

Mumbai (IANS) As India and China with increasing frequency grunt and growl at each over their territorial rights, an RTI reply has said that there is actually no 'Line of Actual Control' between the world's two most populous nations.

Maha: Lightning bolts, drowning claim 14 lives in 48 hours

Mumbai (IANS) As unseasonal rains and hailstorms lashed different parts of Maharashtra, at least 13 persons were killed in lightning-related incidents and one due to drowning, across the state in the past 48 hours, officials said here on Monday.

28 booked for 'rioting', trespass' to offer namaz on govt property in UP

Lakhimpur Kheri (Uttar Pradesh) (IANS) Twenty-eight persons, three named and other unnamed, have been booked for 'rioting' and 'criminal trespass' by police for allegedly installing loudspeakers and offering mass prayers on a state…

Health Minister Chairs Review meeting over Covid cases: Directs special monitoring of people coming from 8 states

Ranchi: The health department is on alert mode regarding the increasing cases of corona in Jharkhand. A meeting was held under the chairmanship of Health Minister Banna Gupta through video conferencing with all the deputy commissioners and civil surgeons…

JMM takes swipe over BJP’s Secretariat Gherao Program

Ranchi: The ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha has taken a swipe over the upcoming Secretariat Gherao program of the BJP which is slated on Tuesday.

Addressing a press conference here JMM leader Supriyo Bhattacharya said that many agencies were made…

State BJP incharge asks partymen to ensure success of Secretariat gherao program

Ranchi: BJP state in-charge Dr Laxmikant Bajpai reached Ranchi on his three-day visit on Sunday. After arriving at the BJP state office he addressed a meeting of workers engaged in arrangements for the secretariat gherao program which has been organised by…

US bases Indian students helping people in Jharkhand

Ranchi: Shresht Rawat is a student of Upper St. Clair High School, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, studying in 10th Grade and enrolled in International Baccalaureate (IB) Middle Years Programme (MYP). For his MYP Project, last year Shresht decided to help people…

Kerala Police probe PFI, SDPI link in train fire case

Thiruvananthapuram (IANS) Even as the accused in the Kozhikode train fire case, Shahrukh Saifi has deposed before the investigators that he had planned the attack on his own, police have not taken that version at all.

Sources in the Kerala…

Kerala BJP leaders visit Bishop houses on Easter in a move to woo Christians

Thiruvananthapuram (IANS) The BJP leaders of Kerala, including Union Minister of State for External Affairs V. Muraleedharan and party national executive member and former state president, P.K. Krishnadas paid visits to the Bishop houses in the state.