Kusum Singla, 31, an IBM employee, was murdered two days ago by a man she had befriended on social media and invited to her Bengaluru apartment, the police said today. They said they have swiftly solved the murder with the arrest early this morning in Haryana of a man called Sukhbir Singh. Ms Singla was found dead in her south-east […]
» Read moreThe police on Monday registered cases against four persons in connection with the death of Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula. Unconfirmed reports suggest that the cases were booked against a Union Minister and three others, charging them with abetment to suicide under Section 306 of the IPC. Section 144 has been imposed at the University of Hyderabad campus. Sources suggested […]
» Read moreYSR Congress MP Mithun Reddy was arrested at the Chennai airport early morning on Sunday for allegedly assaulting an Air India official last November. The MP was arrested at the airport at 2am on Sunday and later produced in the Srikala court. He had been taken into a 14-day judicial custody in Chittoor. According to reports, a criminal case was registered […]
» Read moreForty-five whales have died after they washed up on a beach in Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu last night. Around 36 more have been rescued. Fishermen and officials dragged many of the whales back into the sea but they kept returning to the beach around 600 km from Chennai, say officials. Experts say the whales may have traveled thousands of kilometers from […]
» Read moreThe Supreme Court on Tuesday issued an interim stay on the Centre’s January 2016 notification allowing Jallikattu and bullock cart races. The Bench of Justices Dipak Misra and N.V. Ramana prima facie agreed with the arguments made by a batch of petitioners, led by Animal Welfare Board of India, that Jallikattu is “inherently cruel” and bulls cannot be used or […]
» Read moreCivil Aviation Minister P. Ashok Gajapathi Raju on Tuesday said Andhra Pradesh is poised to become a big tourism hub of India due to proactive policies being pursued by the State Government. Union Minister for Aviation P. Ashok Gajapathi Raju and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu participated in the discussion on Tourism in Andhra Pradesh – An economic […]
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