Dehradun: At least 24 pilgrims from Madhya Pradesh’s Indore district were killed and eight were injured when a bus fell into a gorge in Uttarakhand late yesterday night, police said. The bus was coming from Gangotri shrine before it fell into the gorge near Nalupani in Uttarkashi district. Three peopleContinue Reading
Imphal: Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh on Tuesday said the bodies of eight tribal activists killed in mob violence in September 2015 in the state’s Churachandpur district will be buried on Wednesday. Singh has been invited to the burial of the bodies of the activists which had been preservedContinue Reading
The Church of South India has expressed significant concern over a government recommendation that genetically modified mustard be made commercially available. The Department of Ecological Concerns of the CSI Synod said it was “anguished” to learn from the media that the Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change (through itsContinue Reading
Singh toured Manipur’s troubled hill districts to appeal for peaceContinue Reading
Thiruvanathapuram, Kerala: A court in Kerala’s Thiruvananthapuram has sentenced criminal Devinder Singh, popularly known as ‘Bunty Chor’, to 10 years in prison for burgling a city-based businessman’s residence in 2013. The criminal, who was convicted of the crime in April, was arrested by the Kerala police from a hotel in PuneContinue Reading
Uttar Pradesh: In an attempt to invert or modify social schemes launched by the Akhilesh Yadav government, the Uttar Pradesh government is set to end the 20% minority quota in about 85 schemes related to social welfare and rural development. This is not first decision taken by the new UPContinue Reading
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Mumbai: Two children aged eight and nine were stripped, tonsured and paraded wearing a garland of slippers for allegedly stealing a food packet from a shop in Ulhasnagar near Mumbai on Saturday. The accused shopkeepers not only assaulted and humiliated the two children, but also recorded their acts on mobileContinue Reading
Kochi: Kochi Metro is breaking new ground in gender justice by opening up employment opportunities to not only hundreds of women, but also the transgender community. Over 600 trained women from the Kudumbasree Mission have been employed to ensure smooth run of the first phase of the metro, to beContinue Reading
Imphal: Japanese ambassador to India Kenji Hiramatsu Sunday expressed “remorse” for the deaths caused by Japanese bombings in Manipur during World War-II. The ambassador is in Imphal for the 73rd anniversary of the Battle of Imphal, which took place during World War-II. A programme was organised by the Manipur tourismContinue Reading
