Thousands of members of the Christian community including religious leaders carried out a silent protest march from Bishop Sargent School to Tomlinson Church in Tumakuru city on Monday condemning the petrol bomb attack on Tomlinson Church. They urged the State government to arrest the culprit and to provide protection to their community. Head of Church of South India of Central […]
» Read moreUnion Ministers Piyush Goyal, Nirmala Sitharaman and M Venkaiah Naidu, former finance Minister P Chidambaram as well as SP leader Amar Singh were among 43 newly-elected and re-elected members of Rajya Sabha who took oath on Monday. New Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, former telecom minister Kapil Sibal, former minister and […]
» Read moreBJP leader and nominated Rajya Sabha member Navjot Singh Sidhu on Monday resigned from the House, fuelling rumours that he may join the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). “Navjot Singh Sidhu, nominated member, resigns from the Rajya Sabha,” tweeted Gurdeep Singh Sappal, OSD to Vice- President Hamid Ansari. Dr. Navjot Kaur, BJP MLA from Amritsar (East) and Chief Parliamentary Secretary (CPS) […]
» Read moreBengaluru Development Minister K.J. George resigned from the Cabinet on Monday evening, hours after a JMFC court at Madikeri ordered filing of FIR against him and two top police officers in connection with the alleged suicide of Deputy Superintendent of Police M.K. Ganapathy. The deceased officer had, in a television interview before his death, alleged harassment by the three. Chief […]
» Read moreA six-year-old boy died four days after he was thrashed allegedly by his senior, a 7-year-old, at a school in Hyderabad, police said. Mohammed Ibrahim, a class one student, suffered serious injuries after another boy, studying in class 3 in the same school, allegedly bullied, beat and kicked Ibrahim four times in stomach in the school on July 12. He […]
» Read moreAn earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 struck eastern Japan on Sunday and shook buildings in Tokyo, officials and witnesses said, but there was no danger of a tsunami and no immediate report of injuries or major damage. Earthquakes are common in Japan, one of the world’s most seismically active areas, which accounts for a fifth of the world’s earthquakes […]
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