Man sets afire house over brother getting govt job, 4 killed
Malda, (PTI) Angry over his younger brother securing a government job on compassionate grounds, a 30-year-old man allegedly set two rooms of their house on fire, killing four members of the family and injuring four others in West Bengal’s Malda district, police said Monday. The incident occurred at Madantola village under Manikchak police station, they said. […]
Both Houses of Parliament adjourned over CBI row
New Delhi,(PTI) The CBI-Kolkata Police row Monday washed out proceedings in both houses of Parliament, even as Home Minister Rajnath Singh termed the developments in West Bengal as “unprecedented” and warned that the Centre has powers to take action. After repeated adjournments, both the houses were adjourned for the day. In the Lok Sabha, Trinamool Congress […]
J&K: 72-year-old woman killed in wall collapse
Jammu (PTI) A 72-year-old woman was killed after a wall of her house collapsed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district in the early hours of Monday, police said. The deceased, Seetu Devi (72), was fast asleep when the debris fell on her, they said. There has been heavy snowfall for the last one week here. The […]
Police solves Sopore youth’s murder case, three arrested, two involved militants already killed
Handwara: Police on Monday claimed to have cracked the abduction and murder case of Sopore youth and arrested three persons in the case. Two militants involved in the case have already been killed, police said. According to police spokesman on October 3 last year Tawseef Ahmad Ganai alias Tan puj ,a resident of Harvan Tujjar […]
Teacher arrested on rape charge
Jajpur (Odisha), Feb 4 (PTI) A teacher of a state-run high school in Jajpur district has been arrested on charge of raping a colleague after promising to marry her, police said. Binod Bihari Sethy (35), who was acting as the headmaster in-charge of the high school at Sundaria, was arrested on Sunday on the basis of […]
Taliban to take part in ‘intra-Afghan’ talks in Moscow
Islamabad, (AP) The Taliban said Monday they will participate in what they call “intra-Afghan” talks in Moscow designed to bring together prominent Afghan figures, including former President Hamid Karzai, opposition figures and tribal elders but no Kabul government officials. The two-day meeting in the Russian capital, which starts Tuesday, is seen as another step in a […]
33 injured after bus falls into gorge in Himachal’s Kangra
Shimla,(PTI) Thirty-three people were injured after a private bus fell into a gorge at Gopalpur in Himachal Pradesh’s Kangra district on Monday, a district official said. The condition of eleven of them is critical. Ten of them have been referred to the Tanda Medical College and one to a hospital in the district’s Palampur sub-division, he […]
Save Hazare’s life, Sena tells govt as fast enters sixth day
Mumbai (PTI) The Shiv Sena Monday appealed to the BJP-led government to save the life of social activist Anna Hazare whose hunger strike entered its sixth day. The 81-year-old anti-graft crusader has been on hunger strike in his native Ralegan Siddhi village in Ahmednagar, over 240 kilometres from here, since Wednesday. Hazare, the face of the […]
Pak youth returns without visiting parental home, 3 weeks earlier then permit expires
Poonch: Kamran Aftab, 21, travelled from Pakistan administrated Kashmir via peace bus on January 28 to visit his parental home dwelled by his grandmother, uncle and other relatives at Galota Behrote in this mountainous frontier district. However, army did not allow him to travel to Galota Behrote, a village located ahead of […]
ISRO set to launch communication satellite GSAT-31 on Feb 6
Bengaluru (PTI): The Indian Space Research Organisation is all set to launch its 40th communication satellite GSAT-31 on Wednesday from the spaceport in French Guiana. The satellite with a mission life of 15 years will provide continuity to operational services on some of the in-orbit satellites and augment the Ku-band transponder capacity in Geostationary Orbit, the […]
