A blast at a voter registration centre in Afghanistan’s restive east on Sunday killed at least 13 people and wounded 33, a health official said, capping a bloody week in the war-torn country. The bomb had been placed in a tent being used to register voters on the grounds of a mosque, marking the latest attack on preparations for the […]
» Read moreIn a shocking incident, a twelve-year-old rape victim gave birth to a premature baby girl on Monday. The critical delivery took place at Mumbai’s JJ Hospital. The victimised child had not even attained puberty while giving birth. Meanwhile, the baby weighed 1.4 kg at birth and was shifted to the hospital’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. With the available medical history, […]
» Read moreThe special Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court in Mumbai on Wednesday sentenced all the nine convicts, including gangster Chhota Rajan and shooter Satish Kaliya to life imprisonment in the journalist Jyotirmoy Dey murder case. Earlier the court acquitted journalist Jigna Vora, who had been accused of instigating the murder, and Paulson Joseph. J Dey was shot dead […]
» Read morePrime minister Narendra Modi challenged him to speak for 15 minutes on the achievements of his party in Karnataka without reading from paper. Addressing a public rally in Chamarajanagar district in poll-bound Karnataka, Prime Minister Modi said, “I challenge you (Rahul Gandhi) to speak for 15 minutes on the achievements of your government in Karnataka without reading from any piece […]
» Read moreA 6-year-old girl was allegedly raped by a juvenile in Baberu area in Banda, Uttar Pradesh, the police said on Tuesday. According to a complaint filed by the victim’s father, their 17-year-old neighbour abducted the girl on Sunday and raped her, they said. An FIR has been registered in the case, the police said, adding efforts are on to trace […]
» Read moreThe National People’s Party (NPP), a regional entity that former Lok Sabha Speaker Purno A Sangma had formed, won the adjourned election to the Williamnagar Assembly constituency in Meghalaya on Tuesday. The victory has taken the seat tally of NPP, an ally of the Bharatiya Janata Party, to 20 in the State’s 60-member House with an effective strength of 59 […]
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