Ranchi: Five women have been killed in a village in Jharkhand, 45 kilometres from capital Ranchi, reportedly on allegations of witchcraft. The village falls under Ranchi’s Mandar block. The police have confirmed the incident and say they have taken 50 villagers into custody. The cops also say that prima facie itContinue Reading
Bhopal: Seventy doctors and medical students accused in the Vyapam scam and lodged in Gwalior Central Jail have in a letter requested the President to allow them to commit suicide, saying they have been behind bars for long and their “future is dark”. They alleged they are victims of “judicialContinue Reading
As if being sexually abused weren’t traumatic enough, an Indian rape survivor from the state of Gujarat is being asked to endure a “purity test” involving her balancing an 88-pound rock on her head before she will be permitted to once again reside with her husband, reports VICE News. DesignedContinue Reading
Dimapur: “The demand letters come by March, April and we need to pay up within a month,” Akali, (name changed) a Dimapur-based entrepreneur said. Two more slips demanding payments – euphemistically called tax – issued by NSCN (IM) and other by Naga National Council (Accordist) lay on her table. TheContinue Reading
Khasi – An order of the East Khasi Hills district administration has become the ‘wind beneath the wings’ of birds and now they have their ‘fundamental right’ to fly. The district has become one of the few places where keeping or selling of caged birds is an offense, after Friday’sContinue Reading
The commission convened an emergency meeting on SaturdayContinue Reading
Ahmedabad: Chief Minister Raman Singh Friday admitted that the problem of Naxalism is putting a huge dent into the GDP of Chhattisgarh, as the government has to spend huge amount of money towards rebuilding infrastructure and inducting police personnel Singh was in the city today as his government has decidedContinue Reading
A global satellite for earth observation and disaster risk reduction — GlobalSat for DRR — proposed under the UN framework is to be dedicated to A.P.J. Abdul Kalam as a tribute to the vision of the celebrated rocket scientist and former Indian president who died July 27. This has beenContinue Reading
45 Dalit families were driven out of their land by dominant Boya community, who converted it to burial ground.Continue Reading
Prithika failed to finish the 100-metre race within the stipulated time of 17 secondsContinue Reading
