An Indian-origin woman and her grandparents died and her two children were injured after a fast-moving blaze swept through their home in Queens, New York City, a media report said. Harleen Maggo and her paternal grandparents Ragvir Kaur-Kainth, 82, and Pyara Kainth, 87, died in the incident late on Saturday. Ms. Maggo’s two children, an eight-year-old girl and a six-year-old […]
» Read moreSixty alleged supporters and members of the outlawed Communist Party India (Maoist) surrendered to the police in Narayanpur district of Chhattisgarh on Thursday. “Impressed by Chhattisgarh’s surrender and rehabilitation policy for the Maoists, 60 Maoists surrendered in presence of senior police officials in Narayanpur today,” Narayanpur district police said in a statement. Most of the Maoists and their supporters, who […]
» Read moreWoman and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi on Tuesday proposed amendment of an existing “scheme” for boys, who have been raped or sexually exploited, to be compensated on the lines of a similar law for girls. She also announced a study on male survivors of child sexual abuse — a first-of-its-kind study exclusively for males. “Another much neglected sphere of […]
» Read moreIndia has won an election to a crucial non-governmental organisation committee in the UN after garnering the highest number of votes besides getting elected by acclamation to other subsidiary bodies in five separate polls. The UN’s Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) held elections to a number of its subsidiary bodies on Monday. The ECOSOC focusses on advancing the three dimensions […]
» Read moreA married man allegedly raped an 8-year-old girl at Soro area in Balasore district on Sunday. The incident comes a day after a similar incident rocked Nilagiri area of the district, police said. The girl was returning home from a community function at Kherana village on Saturday when a 48-year-old man allegedly dragged her to a lonely place and committed […]
» Read moreAn Army jawan who has been missing for the past few days is suspected to have joined a terrorist group in Jammu and Kashmir. Sources say the man, Mir Idrees Sultan, has joined the Hizbul Mujahideen. A resident of Safnag in Shopian, Sultan was a part of the Army’s 12 JAKLI (Jammu and Kashmir Light Infrantry), and stationed in Bihar. […]
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