An Afghan official says a Taliban attack has killed four local policemen and wounded seven in the country’s eastern Ghazni Province. Arif Noori, spokesman for the Provincial Governor, says the attack took place on Tuesday morning when the insurgents targeted a security post belonging to the local police force in the district of Jaghatu. There was no immediate claim of […]
» Read moreIndia has won an election to a crucial non-governmental organisation committee in the UN after garnering the highest number of votes besides getting elected by acclamation to other subsidiary bodies in five separate polls. The UN’s Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) held elections to a number of its subsidiary bodies on Monday. The ECOSOC focusses on advancing the three dimensions […]
» Read moreA married man allegedly raped an 8-year-old girl at Soro area in Balasore district on Sunday. The incident comes a day after a similar incident rocked Nilagiri area of the district, police said. The girl was returning home from a community function at Kherana village on Saturday when a 48-year-old man allegedly dragged her to a lonely place and committed […]
» Read moreAn Army jawan who has been missing for the past few days is suspected to have joined a terrorist group in Jammu and Kashmir. Sources say the man, Mir Idrees Sultan, has joined the Hizbul Mujahideen. A resident of Safnag in Shopian, Sultan was a part of the Army’s 12 JAKLI (Jammu and Kashmir Light Infrantry), and stationed in Bihar. […]
» Read moreTwelve incumbent MLAs have been denied ticket by the Congress to contest the Legislative Assembly elections scheduled on May 12. They are N.Y. Gopalakrishna (Ballari Rural), Chimmankatti (Badami), Makbul S. Bagwan (Vijayapura City), K. Shivamurthy (Mayakonda), Manohar T. Tahsildar (Hanagal), G. Ramakrishna (Gulbarga Rural), Basavaraj N. Shivannnavar (Byadagi), H.P. Rajesh (Jagalur), B.M. Nagaraj (Siriguppa), G.H. Srinivas (Tarikere), K. Shadakshari (Tiptur), […]
» Read moreBJP State president and Visakhapatnam MP K. Haribabu said the TDP’s snapping of ties with his party was clearly part of Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu’s political strategy but not an act of fighting the injustice purportedly meted out by the Central government to Andhra Pradesh. In fact, Mr. Naidu’s meeting with Congress leaders in New Delhi and the dialogue […]
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