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Madhya Pradesh: Ex-UP CM Mayawati condemns gang-rape of tribal girl

Oct 02, 2020, at 09:32 pm

Lucknow/UNI: Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati on Friday condemned the gang-rape of a tribal girl in Madhya Pradesh's Khargaur and demanded strict action against the culprits.

Jammu and Kashmir: Indian Army jawan kills self in Uri

Oct 02, 2020, at 09:25 pm

Srinagar/UNI: An Army soldier died shot himself dead with his service rifle in the border town of Uri in north Kashmir district of Baramulla.

Maharashtra: Two farmers die by suicide in Nashik dist

Oct 02, 2020, at 08:57 pm

Nashik/UNI: Two persons, including a farmer, allegedly died by suicide in the district, police said on Friday.

Proud to be born in India of Gandhi: Mir Junaid on Gandhi Jayanti

Oct 02, 2020, at 08:26 pm

Srinagar/IBNS: Jammu and Kashmir Workers Party president Mir Junaid on Friday said he was proud to be born in the country of Mahatma Gandhi on the occasion of the 151st birth anniversary of the Father of the Nation.

PM Modi wishes speedy recovery of Donald Trump, Melania Trump from Covid-19

Oct 02, 2020, at 07:39 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi wished speedy recovery of US President Donald Trump and the First Lady of the country Melania Trump from Covid-19.

Air Marshal Vikram Singh takes charge as WAC Senior Air Staff Officer

Oct 02, 2020, at 07:23 pm

New Delhi/UNI: Indian Air Force (IAF) officer Air Marshal Vikram Singh has taken over as Senior Air Staff Officer, Headquarters Western Air Command (WAC).

Farmers will emerge victorious in their struggle against the farm sector bills: Sonia Gandhi

Oct 02, 2020, at 07:19 pm

New Delhi/UNI: On the occasion of the birth anniversary of Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi and former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri, Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Friday attacked the Centre over the farm sector laws and said that the government brought these farm laws without consulting anyone.

TMC delegation on way to Hathras stopped by UP Police

Oct 02, 2020, at 06:50 pm

Kolkata/Hathras/IBNS: A four-member Trinamool Congress (TMC) delegation, which was on their way to Uttar Pradesh's Hathras where a 19-year old woman was brutally gangraped and later died, was stopped by the police on Friday.

Maharashtra: Fire at shopping complex in Thane, no casualty

Oct 02, 2020, at 05:21 pm

Thane/UNI: At least six shops were gutted in a fire in a shopping complex of a housing colony at G B Road on Friday morning, the civic official said.

Shocked our conscience: Allahabad HC takes suo moto cognisance of Hathras case

Oct 02, 2020, at 04:07 pm

Prayagraj/IBNS: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has taken suo moto cognisance of the case pertaining to the fatal gangrape of a 19-year old woman in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras that has sparked a widespread outrage across the country.

Maharastra: Five of family commit suicide by jumping into waterfall in Yavatmal

Oct 02, 2020, at 03:19 pm

Nanded/UNI:  Five members of a family have allegedly committed suicide by jumping into the Sahastrakund waterfall near Murli village in Yavatmal district of Vidarbha.

Narendra Modi pays tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, Lal Bahadur Shastri on birth anniversaries 

Oct 02, 2020, at 03:01 pm

New Delhi: Indian PM Narendra Modi on Friday remembered 'Father of the Nation' Mahatma Gandhi on his birth anniversary.

Bhadohi Police arrests all three killers of minor girl within 7 hrs of crime

Oct 02, 2020, at 01:23 pm

Lucknow/IBNS: An 11-year-old Dalit girl was found murdered in eastern Uttar Pradesh's Bhadohi on Thursday, two days after a 19-year-old girl died of grave injuries inflicted on her by four upper-caste men and her hasty cremation by the state police at 2:30 am, keeping her family members locked in their home. However, the state police, which is under fierce criticism, caught the killers of the minor girl within seven hours of the crime.

Hathras SP says medical report doesn't confirm victim was raped

Oct 02, 2020, at 05:56 am

Hathras/IBNS: Aligarh Muslim University Medical College and Hospital's medical report of the Hathras Dalit woman, who succumbed to an assault by four upper-caste men, did not confirm rape, Superintendent of Police (SP) Vikrant Vir said on Thursday, reported media.

S Jaishankar to participate in second meet of India-Australia-Japan-US Ministerial on Oct 6

Oct 02, 2020, at 05:53 am

New Delhi/IBNS: The second meeting of the India-Australia-Japan-US Ministerial will be held on Oct 6 during the visit. 

Large gathering banned at India Gate amid massive outrage over Hathras incident

Oct 02, 2020, at 05:43 am

New Delhi/IBNS: All kinds of public gatherings have been prohibited in and around the iconic India Gate in central Delhi on Friday, the police informed in a tweet.

UP Police lodge FIR against Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi over Hathras march

Oct 02, 2020, at 04:56 am

New Delhi/IBNS: The Uttar Pradesh Police on Thursday lodged an FIR against Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra under the Epidemic Act, hours after they were detained on their way to meet Hathras gangrape victim’s family.

Major General Sonali Ghosal assumes charge of ADG Military Nursing Service

Oct 02, 2020, at 04:24 am

New Delhi/IBNS: Major General Sonali Ghosal assumed the charge of Additional Director General Military Nursing Service on Thursday.

Harsimrat Kaur Badal arrested in Chandigarh over protest against farm laws

Oct 02, 2020, at 04:22 am

Chandigarh/IBNS: Former Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal was on Thursday arrested as she tried to enter Chandigarh while protesting against the new farm laws.

Hathras incident: Victim's family alleges 'threats and pressure' by senior official

Oct 02, 2020, at 03:02 am

New Delhi/IBNS: The family of the 19-year-old girl, who died two weeks after she was brutally gangraped in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras, has alleged 'threats and pressure' from a senior district official.

Absconding mastermind of Assam Police recruitment scam held

Oct 02, 2020, at 01:51 am

Guwahati/UNI: One of the alleged masterminds in Assam Police recruitment examination question paper leak scam, Diban Deka, has been arrested by police from Barpeta district late last night, while two accomplices of another absconding mastermind have been apprehended by the CID.

Jammu: Corporation assigns 150 autos for door-to-door garbage collection

Oct 02, 2020, at 12:32 am

Jammu: Cleanliness is a crucial activity needed to be followed by any city administration during this time of COVID-19 and Jammu is no exception to it.

Mamata Banerjee lashes out at BJP government in UP over Hathras incident

Oct 02, 2020, at 12:13 am

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Uttar Pradesh over the kind of treatment meted out to the 19-year old girl who had suffered a fatal gangrape, as the outrage grew across the country.

Congress leader Ahmed Patel tests Covid-19 positive

Oct 01, 2020, at 11:37 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel tested positive for Novel Coronavirus or Covid-19.

Bangladesh Foreign MinisterAK Abdul Momen expresses satisfaction over Indo-Bangladesh JCC meeting

Oct 01, 2020, at 11:35 pm

Dhaka:  Bangladesh foreign minister AK Abdul Momen has expressed his satisfaction over the recent Bangladesh-India Joint Consultative Commission (JCC) meeting.

As lockdown eases, migrant workers cross Nepalgunj border to arrive in India

Oct 01, 2020, at 11:18 pm

Kathmandu/Nepalgunj: The easing of the COVID-19 imposed lockdown has now made   22,000 Nepali migrant workers arrive in  India via Nepalgunj border point in the last four weeks, media reports said.

India, China further agree to maintain close consultations

Oct 01, 2020, at 11:07 pm

New Delhi/UNI: India and China on Wednesday positively evaluated their sixth round of military talks that held on September 21, the diplomats of two countries agreed to continue to maintain close consultations at the diplomatic and military level.

Maharashtra won't tolerate Hathras rape-like incidents: Uddhav Thackeray

Oct 01, 2020, at 10:48 pm

Thane/UNI: Tacitly slamming the Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday asserted that incidents like Hathras rape will never be tolerated in his state while crimes against women will be dealt with strictly.

Assam: Woman gangraped in Palladam, three arrested, hunt on for three more

Oct 01, 2020, at 10:43 pm

Tiruppur/UNI: A 22-year-old woman from Assam was gangraped near Palladam in this district and police have arrested three people in this connection here last evening.

Kashmir: Two soldiers killed, 4 injured after Pakistan violates ceasefire in Kupwara

Oct 01, 2020, at 10:38 pm

Srinagar/UNI: Two army personnel were killed and four others were injured as Pakistani troops violated ceasefire and resorted to unprovoked and indiscriminate firing and shelling in the frontier district of Kupwara on Thursday, a defence ministry spokesman said this afternoon.