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- India
Assam rape prime accused dies, villagers refuse burial
Guwahati: The prime accused in the rape of a minor girl allegedly escaped from police custody, jumped into a pond and died on Saturday morning at Dhing in Assam’s Nagaon district, police…
- Telangana
Prisoners given tasks in jail based on caste: Prof GN Saibaba
Hyderabad: Former Delhi University Professor GN Saibaba has endured it all. Finally free after falsely being implicated in a Maoist-links case against him in 2014, he has spent a decade inside the…
- Telangana
Eatala, Ram Chander Rao in race for BJP Telangana president post
Hyderabad: The Bharatiya Janata Party’s Telangana unit is likely to see a change in leadership within the next two months. If party sources are to be believed, the names of ex-MLC Ram…
- India
Indian-registered bus with 40 passengers plunges into Nepal river
Kathmandu: At least 18 Indian pilgrims who arrived in Nepal from Maharashtra for a 10-day tour were killed after a tourist bus veered off the highway and fell 150 metres into the…
- India
ASI survey of Wazukhana ‘not permissible’: Gyanvapi management to Allahabad HC
Prayagraj: An ASI survey of the Gyanvapi Mosque Wazukhana is not permissible as there is a Supreme Court order that the area should be preserved, the mosque management committee has told the…
- India
Delhi police has withdrawn security of women wrestlers: Vinesh Phogat
New Delhi: Top Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat on Thursday said that the Delhi police has withdrawn the security of the women wrestlers who are set to testify against former WFI chief Brij…
- Telangana
‘Adani-Pradhani’ looting nation: Telangana CM Revanth joins anti-Adani protest
Hyderabad: Joining the Congress high command’s call to protest against Industrialist Gautam Adani, Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy called for the removal of the SEBI chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch over her alleged…
- Andhra Pradesh
Solvent leakage led to reactor blast at Andhra pharma unit
Visakhapatnam: Preliminary investigation showed that leakage of solvent led to the reactor blast at a pharma unit in Andhra Pradesh’s Atchutapuram Special Economic Zone that claimed 17 lives and left 35 others…
- India
HC takes suo motu cognisance of Badlapur sexual abuse case; hearing on Thursday
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court has taken suo motu (on its own) cognisance of the alleged sexual assault of two four-year-old girls at a school in Badlapur town of Maharashtra’s Thane district.…
- India
151 sitting MPs and MLAs face cases of crimes against women: ADR
New Delhi: As many as 151 sitting MPs and MLAs have declared cases related to crimes against women in their election affidavits, with West Bengal having the highest number of lawmakers facing…
- India
Badlapur: Internet suspended, schools remain shut after protest against sexual abuse
Thane: In the wake of a massive protest at Badlapur in Maharashtra’s Thane district over the alleged sexual abuse of two kindergarten girls, internet services in the town were suspended while most…
- India
Doctor’s rape: TMC MP vows to back ‘people’s protest’
Kolkata: TMC MP Sukhendu Sekhar Roy may have avoided further confrontation with his party’s government in West Bengal after deleting a social media post on the alleged rape and murder of a…
- India
Sexual assault of 4-yr-old girls: Protesters in Badlapur storm school building
Mumbai: Thousands of protesters on Tuesday blocked railway tracks at Badlapur station in Thane district and stormed a local school building after the alleged sexual assault of two four-year-old girls by the…
- India
Centre takes U-turn on lateral entry positions, asks UPSC head to cancel ad
Union Minister Jitendra Singh sent a letter to the chairperson of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on Tuesday, asking him to cancel the recent advertisement for lateral entry positions. The letter…
- India
SC orders formation of national task force for safety of doctors
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the formation of a national task force to suggest measures for the security of medical professionals across the country, observing that the safety of…
