A BJP councillor was hacked to death today by unidentified assailants In Bengaluru’s Anekal district, police said. “BJP councillor and Dalit leader Srinivas Prasad, popularly known as Kithaganahalli Vasu, was stabbed with sharp weapons around 5 am,” Bengaluru Rural Superintendent of Police Vinit Singh told news agency PTI. Speaking about the motive behind the crime, Mr Singh said, “It is […]
» Read moreDeepa Jayakumar, the niece of J Jayalalithaa, on Sunday alleged that she is being harassed to prevent her from contesting bypoll in R K Nagar Assembly seat to be held on April 12. Apparently referring to AIADMK chief V K Sasikala’s camp, she said, “Right from the day I announced that I will be contesting in R K Nagar Assembly […]
» Read moreBJP leader Manohar Parrikar will be sworn in as chief minister of Goa on Tuesday. “I have tendered my resignation as Defence Minister and have sent it to the PMO. I will be taking the oath (as Goa chief minister) tomorrow evening, along with the cabinet ministers,” Parrikar told PTI on Monday. Asked how many ministers would be sworn in, […]
» Read morePunjab Congress president Amarinder Singh will take oath as Chief Minister on March 16. On Sunday, he met Governor V.P. Singh Badnore here and staked claim to form a government, after being unanimously elected leader of the Congress Legislature Party. “We have been invited [to form the government] and the swearing-in ceremony will take place on March 16,” Capt. (Retd) […]
» Read moreA bus speeding away from the scene of a hit-and-run accident plowed into dozens of street musicians in the Haitian city of Gonaives on Sunday, killing a total of 34 people, officials said. Fifteen people also were injured in the incident in Gonaives, a city of some 300,000 people located about 150 km northwest of the capital Port-au-Prince. “First, the […]
» Read morePakistan is set to conduct its first national census in 19 years which will begin on Wednesday with the assistance of over 200,000 troops. Army spokesman Major General Asif Ghafoor and Minister of State for Information Marriyum Aurangzeb addressed a joint conference about preparation for the sixth census, which will be conducted in two phases and will be completed on […]
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