Dehradun/Gopeshwar: A glacier broke off in Joshimath in Uttarakhand's Chamoli district Sunday, causing a massive flood in the Dhauli Ganga river and endangering the lives of people living along its banks. Massive destruction is feared. More than 150 labourers working at the Rishi Ganga power...
Jajpur/Rasulpur: The mystery shrouding the death of Ramadevi Women’s University student Jharaphula Nayak is getting deeper with each passing day as police claimed that Rakesh Swain, the prime accused in the case, killed her, a report said. A police probe confirmed that the deceased did...
Chandigarh: Farmers protesting against the Centre's new agriculture laws blocked national and state highways at several places in Punjab and Haryana in response to the call given by the farmers' unions for a nationwide 'chakka jam' Saturday. Though the three-hour blockades ended peacefully, yet the...
New Delhi: Amid the continuing deadlock between the Centre and farmer unions and a countrywide 'chakka jam' (road block) called by agitating farmers, the situation at Singhu border protest site in Delhi was peaceful even as internet connectivity was suspended as a precautionary measure Saturday....
New Delhi: The Delhi Police intensified security at all border points of the city as thousands of personnel including paramilitary forces have been deployed to deal with any situation emerging out of the nationwide 'chakka jam' being held Saturday by the farmers protesting the Centre's...
Washington: There is no indication that India has given up on the extradition of David Coleman Headley, the Mumbai terror attack accused, attorney of his co-accused Tahawwur Hussain Rana has told a US court. Rana, 59, a childhood friend of Headley, is facing extradition request...
Washington: The total number of global coronavirus cases has topped 105.3 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.29 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update Saturday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that...
Ghazipur: Going firm on their demand for repeal of the new agri laws, hundreds of farmers spent another night in the cold and withstood spells of drizzle Thursday at Ghazipur, their heavily-secured protest site at the Delhi-Uttar Pradesh border. Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh...
New Delhi: As the deadlock in the Lok Sabha continued for the 4th straight day with the Opposition protesting against the three contentious farm laws, Agriculture Minister Narendra Tomar said the issue will be resolved as the government is ready to hold a separate discussion...
New Delhi: Putting up a strong defence of the new farm laws, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar said Friday the government’s offer to amend them to assuage farmers’ sentiments did not mean they had any flaws. The agriculture minister asserted that none from the protesting...
The demonstration by scores of policemen and officers outside the Delhi Police headquarters on 2 November to protest against some...
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More than three years after ethnic violence erupted in Manipur, there is no let-up in the spiral of killings, displacement,...
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The BJP appears to be clueless as to how to handle the people’s fury and the Opposition’s mega rally at...
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By Aakar Patel My thesis is that the Indian state under Hindutva is incompletely communal. I have written about this...
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