India

Bhubaneswar, Jul 7: The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) strongly opposed the entry of non-Hindus into the Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri and said it would file a review petition in Supreme Court to reconsider its proposal on this, Odisha VHP top leader said on Saturday. The organisation's state working president Badrinath Patnaik told PTI that Puri Gajapati king Divyasingha Deb and Puri Shankaracharya

Srinagar, Jul 7: Police today filed a charge-sheet against four Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants in connection with the killing of three youth in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir in April this year. “The charge-sheet was filed in the Court of Principal District and Sessions Judge Baramulla against four Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorists,” a police spokesman said here. Three youth - identified as

Ahmedabad, Jul 7: Patidar quota agitation leader Hardik Patel and Gujarat MLAs Alpesh Thakor and Jignesh Mevani were booked by police on trespass and other charges after allegedly leading a "raid" at a house where they claimed that liquor was illegally stored, an official said today. Thakor, a Congress MLA, along with independent legislator Mevani and Patel, on Thursday "raided" the house of a

Aligarh, July 7: As a mark of protest, a section of Muslims in Gonda area on Friday offered namaz in the middle of muddy water. They offered namaz on a wooden platform surrounded with dirty water. Residents of Gonda road area protested against "uncleanliness" in the area which is flooded with muddy water, overflowing nullahs and drains. As a result vehicles are getting stuck causing traffic jam

Srinagar, Jul 7: Three civilians, including a teenage girl, were killed when army allegedly opened fire on protesters in Redwani area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Saturday. A police official said army's patrolling party opened fire upon a group of youth after they pelted stones on them in Hawoora area of Redwani, Kulgam, 70 km from here. In the incident, six persons suffered injuries, he

New Delhi, July 7: Security personnel rescued 25 minor girls from the Muzaffarpur-Bandra Awadh Express after a passenger tweeted to the Railways as he sensed the girls were in trouble. On 5 July, the passenger tweeted that he was travelling in the S5 coach of the train and noticed that around 25 girls, all juvenile, were 'crying and feeling insecure'. The passenger also mentioned Railway Minister

New Delhi, July 07: A Delhi Court on Saturday granted bail to Congress leader Shashi Tharoor in connection with the case of his wife Sunanda Pushkar's death. A Patiala House Court Judge said, "There is no requirement to file a formal bail. Anticipatory bail had been granted by the Session's Court." The public prosecutor and Tharoor's counsels opposed the applications moved by Bharatiya Janata

Kathmandu, Jul 7: Over 1,200 Indian pilgrims were moved to safety from Nepal's mountainous Simikot region on Friday, the Indian embassy here said, as efforts continued to evacuate those stranded in Hilsa while returning from the Kailash Mansarovar pilgrimage in Tibet amidst inclement weather. Those rescued from Simikot have been moved to Nepalgunj and Surkhet, the two towns close to the Indian

New Delhi, Jul 7: A high-level inquiry committee that was set up by the Jawaharlal Nehru University to probe the February 9, 2016 incident on campus, has upheld the rustication of student Umar Khalid and a fine of Rs 10,000 imposed on the then JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar. The JNU Student Union (JNUSU) condemned the recommendations of the high-level committee, calling it “a political conspiracy”

New Delhi, Jul 6: Indian banks are working very closely with various agencies, including in the UK, to recover maximum out of assets owned by Vijay Mallya after a British court allowed them to search and seize properties of the fugitive liquor baron, SBI MD Arijit Basu said today. "We have been able to come this far because of efforts that was taken in a very coordinated manner by all agencies