A four-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a peon inside a renowned ICSE Board school in suburban Malad following which the accused was arrested, police said on Tuesday. The peon allegedly sexually assaulted the girl inside a washroom of the school between August 1 and 4, Senior police Inspector of Dindoshi police station, Rajaram Vhanmane said. Her mother filed a […]
» Read morePrime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday congratulated Union Minister Smriti Irani and BJP chief Amit Shah on being elected to Rajya Sabha from Gujarat. While Mr. Shah made his maiden entry to the Rajya Sabha, Ms. Irani was reelected to the upper House in the polls held on Tuesday. “Congratulations to BJP president @AmitShah & ministerial colleague @smritiirani on getting […]
» Read moreBangladesh will soon open a new diplomatic station in Chennai. Official sources from Bangladesh said on Monday that the new post was likely to focus on medical tourism and educational centres that drew thousands of Bangladesh citizens to India every year. “The main focus of the new diplomatic station in Chennai will be to address the needs of Bangladeshi citizens […]
» Read moreA court on Monday sentenced 16 Somali pirates to seven years in jail for hijacking a fishing vessel which had sailed from Iran in 2011 and taking its Iranian and Pakistani crew hostage. “Sessions judge J C Jagdale sentenced the accused to seven years in jail for conspiracy, attempt to murder, kidnapping and offences under Unlawful Activities Prevention Act,” said […]
» Read moreAll the Congress legislators from Gujarat, who were camping at a private resort ahead of the Rajya Sabha polls, left Bengaluru in an early morning flight and reached Ahmedabad around 5 a.m. on Monday. As soon as they arrived, they were taken to a resort in Anand district. With the DGP of Gujarat having written to his Karnataka counterpart to […]
» Read moreA Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant was killed on Monday during an operation in Pulwama district of Kashmir. Security forces encircled Pulwama’s Samboora area on Sunday evening following information that militants were hiding there. A police official said a gunfight erupted after security forces came under fire from militants. “In the encounter, one Pakistani LeT terrorist known as Umer of the Abu […]
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