Ten CRPF commandos belonging to its elite Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (COBRA) battalion were on Monday killed in a Naxal IED blast in the forests of Bihar’s Aurangabad district. Four of the ultras were killed in the encounter which lasted for nearly eight hours. A combing operation was launched in Aurangabad-Gaya forest areas to nab the naxals who attacked […]
» Read moreA 36-year-old woman was killed on Monday evening when a school bus hit the rear of the two-wheeler she was riding pillion on. According to the police, the school bus, belonging to Greenwood High School on Sarjapur Road, was not fitted with a speed governor, as is mandatory for all vehicles that ferry schoolchildren. The victim, identified as Meenakshi, was […]
» Read moreThree persons were arrested on Monday for their involvement in an attack on three elderly Sufi Muslims, including two women, and critically injuring them in western Bangladesh’s border town with India. Eight to 10 assailants attacked several ‘Bauls’ (mystic singers) around midnight on Sunday with sharp weapons, iron rods and bamboo sticks at their ‘Akhra’ (residing place) at Ektarpur village […]
» Read moreThousands 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) […]
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