Two militants, who attacked a police party, were killed in exchange of fire in north kashmir’s Handwara area on Monday evening. A police official said the two militants were “killed in a brief shootout” at Rajwar, Handwara. The militants fired upon a joint party of police and the army near Galganzer. “The attack was repulsed and both the militants were […]
» Read moreAt least 218 people were killed in Iran and Iraq when a magnitude 7.3 earthquake jolted the region on Sunday, state media in the two countries said, as rescuers searched for dozens trapped under rubble in the mountainous area. State television said more than 214 people were killed in Iran and at least 2,500 were injured. Local officials told state […]
» Read moreThe Australian Academy has revoked an award to disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein that it intended to give him in 2013. Mr. Weinstein was announced as the first recipient of an outreach award at a time when the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) was expanding its international profile. The award, however, was never presented. In a statement […]
» Read moreAn RSS activist was hacked to death at Guruvayur on Sunday noon. The deceased has been identified as Nenmini Anand (28), who was the second accused in the murder of DYFI activist Faizal in November 2013. The BJP has called a hartal on Monday in Guruvayur and Manaloor assembly segments to protest against the murder. According to preliminary reports, Anand […]
» Read moreA tourist boat on the Krishna river capsized around 5 p.m on Sunday in Vijayawada, killing ten people. The boat was heading to Pavithra Sangamam near Ibrahimpatnam from Bhavani Island. Five persons who were stranded under the overturned boat had died by the time the rescue teams reached them. Twenty others are said to be missing. The boat, belonging to […]
» Read moreThe Congress on Sunday won the Chitrakoot Assembly bypoll in Madhya Pradesh with its candidate Nilanshu Chaturvedi defeating his nearest BJP rival Shankar Dayal Tripathi by a margin of 14,133 votes. While Mr. Chaturvedi polled 66,810 votes, Mr. Tripathi got 52,677 votes, returning officer A.P. Dwivedi said. The counting of votes polled began at around 8 a.m. amid tight security […]
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