Guwahati — A 63-year-old woman was stripped naked and beheaded by a mob of nearly 200 people in Bhimajuli village of Assam’s Sonitpur district today. The woman, who had been branded a witch, was dragged out of her home and taken to a nearby stream, where she was stripped andContinue Reading
Bijuliban — It’s been five days since suspected ULFA militants killed Nandalal Shah, 65, and his daughter, Kajol, 18, in Bijuliban, a village about 48 kilometres from Tinsukia town. Four other members of the family, who were injured in the attack, are still undergoing treatment at the Assam Medical CollegeContinue Reading
Indore: Ten people have died so far due to the heavy rainfall in western Madhya Pradesh. Over 6,000 people have been evacuated so far from areas affected by flash floods. Schools in Ujjain to remain closed. District Additional Superintendent of Police A P Singh said that 12 members of threeContinue Reading
Geneva:India is among top three countries after the Philippines and China where large number of people were forced to flee their homes due to disasters as 19.3 million people were displaced globally last year alone, a Norway-based global humanitarian group’s report said today. In the last seven years between 2008Continue Reading
New Delhi — A 16-year-old girl in South Delhi’s Mehrauli area was dragged to a park and raped by two youths on July 6. The victim was returning home via an unlit lane after her tuition classes at around 7.30 pm when the accused and his friend raped her. EveryContinue Reading
Alappuzha — The Viswha Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Sunday ‘converted’ 39 people from 11 dalit Christian families to Hinduism as part of its controversial ghar wapsi programme in Kerala’s Alappuzha district on Sunday. The ceremony was held from 6 am to 10 am at Nallaveetil Bhadrakali temple near Cheriyanadu inContinue Reading
Chandigarh: Previous owners of the land over which Industrial Model Township (IMT) Rohtak was built were stunned after they received cheques for Rs 2, Rs 5, Rs 10 and Rs 12 as royalty from the Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (HSIIDC). Their land was acquired in 2006. WhileContinue Reading
Aizawl — The ebbing of militancy in Tripura has had a positive effect in the neighbouring state of Mizoram. As Tripura exited AFSPA with the number of extremist-related incidents, civilian deaths, security personnel deaths, kidnappings and encounters falling to zero this year, Mirzoram, too, saw the number of kidnappings byContinue Reading
Ahmedabad : While deliberations may be on to partially relax prohibition in the special economic zone (SEZ) area of the Gujarat International Finance-Tec City (GIFT), the upcoming policy on tourism in the state is not likely to make any relaxations on that. Gujarat has a prohibition law in force sinceContinue Reading
New Delhi — Hailing the victory of BJP led National Democratic Alliance in the 2014 general elections as a “revolution” in the country, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) patron Ashok Singhal claims that India will be a Hindu nation by 2020. Mr Singhal said, “I was at the Sai Baba AshramContinue Reading
