Counting begins for J&K municipal polls

Jammu/Srinagar (IANS): The counting of votes for the recently concluded municipal polls began in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday.

Poll officials said that the counting started at 8 a.m., and all the results would be declared later in the day.

Immersion Procession takes 2 Lives in UP

Lucknow (IANS) Violence and communal clashes have been reported from many parts of Uttar Pradesh during the idol immersion procession of Goddess Durga, police said on Saturday.

A minor girl and a teenage boy died while a woman…

Police begin probe as train mows down 58 Dussehra revellers in Punjab

Amritsar (IANS): The Punjab Police has launched an investigation into the Dusshera tragedy here on Friday evening in which a local train crushed at least 58 people while watching the burning of a Ravana effigy from a railway track.

The incident…

10 vehicles torched in Palamau clashes

Ranchi (IANS) Ten vehicles were torched and more than 11 people were injured in clashes that broke out between two communities during the idol immersion procession of Goddess Durga in Jharkhand's Palamau district, police said on Saturday.

Maoists torch 6 vehicles in Jharkhand

Ranchi (IANS): Maoist Guerrillas on Saturday torched six vehicles involved in the repair work of a canal in Jharkhand's Hazaribagh district, police said.

A private company was involved the work at Chauparan. 

Some 25 guerrillas…

7 soldiers injured in J&K IED explosion

Srinagar (IANS) Seven soldiers were injured when militants triggered an improvised explosive device (IED) in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, police said on Friday.

The explosion took place when an armored Army vehicle was…

Women skip Sabarimala temple after huge protests

Sabarimala (Kerala) (IANS) Huge protests by hundreds of devotees at the entrance of Sabarimala temple forced the Kerala Police accompanying two women on Friday to call off their journey towards the Lord Ayyappa shrine.

At 10.50…

Big B to pay off loans of over 850 UP farmers

Mumbai (IANS) Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan says over 850 farmers from Uttar Pradesh have been identified, and their loans to the tune of Rs 5.5 crore will be taken care of.

"A list of over 850 farmers from Uttar Pradesh…

Train kills 12 Dussehra revellers in Punjab

Amritsar (IANS) In a terrible disaster, at least 12 people watching the burning of Ravan effigy were mowed down by a train here in Punjab on Friday, police said.

A large number of people were watching the Ravan effigy in flames…

Train runs over 50 Dussehra revellers in Punjab

Amritsar (IANS) In a terrible disaster, at least 50 people watching the burning of a Ravan effigy from a railway track were crushed by a speeding train here in Punjab on Friday, triggering anger in the area and nationwide outrage.

A large number…