In a shocking incident, a mentally-challenged minor was tortured by his own relatives who tied a brick from his private parts as a punishment. The incident took place in Shahjahanpur on May 26. The relatives also attacked the boy's sister and other family members when they tried to complain about the ...
More than 50 civilian protesters were injured on Wednesday in clashes with security forces near the site of a gunfight with militants in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district. As soon as the firing exchanges started between the security forces and the holed-up militants in Tazipora (Mohammadpora) village, dozens of protesters ...
Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi's appeal to his party to win the trust of minorities, Quran - the holy book of Muslims - has arrived at the library of the BJP's Uttarakhand headquarters here. "I kept two copies of the Quran -- in English and Hindi -- along with the other...
At least 70 family members of slain Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists in West Bengal will attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony on Thursday, a state BJP leader said on Wednesday. The members will be taken to New Delhi by Rajdhani Express on Wednesday....
Former Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to include him in the new cabinet, citing his health issues. "During the last 18 months, I have had some serious health challenges. My doctors have enabled me to emerge out of most of them," Jaitley said in a ...
The Samajwadi Party is preparing for a major revamp even as rumbling of dissent begin to emerge from the ranks following its poor performance in the just-concluded Lok Sabha elections. Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav held a series of meetings over the ...
The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday issued provisional attachment orders for a Panchkula plot, which was allotted to the National Herald publisher Associated Journals Limited (AJL) by the then Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda. The ED confirmed the move that came under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act ...
Maintaining cleanliness should be a part of culture and people should work towards making Goa the cleanest state in India, Governor Mridula Sinha said on Wednesday on the eve of Goa Statehood Day. "We have to continuously renew and accelerate our efforts to keep our state ...
A special CBI court here on Wednesday convicted 16 accused in a multi-million-rupee fodder scam and jailed them for three to four years. According to a government lawyer, the Special CBI court of S.N. Mishra convicted the 16 persons for fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 37 crore from Chaib...
Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik on Wednesday launched the online registration of pilgrims for this year's annual Amarnath Yatra beginning on July 1. Malik is the Chairman of the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB) that manages the affairs of the annual pilgrimage to the Himalayan cave shine of Amarnath in ...
