India

Sopore, Aug 5: Three Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists were killed in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's Sopore this morning, police said. A soldier was also injured in the gunfight. The encounter began late last night after terrorists opened fire on the patrol party carrying out a search operation in North Kashmir's Amargarh area after receiving information about the presence of terrorists. "The

Dhanera, Aug 4: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi’s car was pelted with stones on Friday during his visit to the flood-affected town of Dhanera in Gujarat but he escaped unhurt, police said. Banaskantha Superintendent of Police Neeraj Badgujar said a man threw stones at Gandhi’s car, breaking its rear glass when he was on his way from Lal Chowk to the helipad. “We have detained the person who

Dehradun, Aug 4: A 23-year-old man was arrested for allegedly having sex with a cow at Pauri district’s Satpuli town where tension prevailed as right-wing outfits forced a shutdown of the market and staged a protest at the local police station. Police said swab samples are being tested in Pauri to confirm the incident. The report is still awaited. ABVP and Bajrang Dal activists hit the streets as

New Delhi, Aug 4: Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav on Friday cornered Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Bohojpur incident where a mob thrashed three people on suspicion of carrying beef in their truck. The RJD supremo said that he was eager to see what action the Prime Minister would take. "The Gau Rakshak thrashed people in the name of cow protection and beef in Bhojpur

New Delhi, Aug 4: The Delhi High Court today sought a response from journalist Arnab Goswami and his channel Republic TV on Congress MP Shashi Tharoor's plea to refrain from "misreporting" his wife Sunanda Pushkar's death and asked them to respect his "right to silence". Justice Manmohan issued notice to Goswami and Republic TV after Tharoor alleged that they continued to engage in "defaming and

New Delhi, Aug 3: A Delhi court today imposed Rs 10,000 as costs on NBA activist Medha Patkar for her repeated failure to appear before it in defamation cases filed by her and KVIC Chairman V K Saxena against each other. Metropolitan Magistrate Vikrant Vaid granted one last opportunity to the activist while warning that he will dismiss her complaint against Saxena if she again fails to appear. The

Rohtak, Aug 3: Many private schools in Rohtak district in Haryana had to declare holiday on Wednesday as their buses were deployed for the rally organised to welcome BJP national president Amit Shah. This has happened in spite of a recent ban imposed by the state on using school buses for political rallies. According to the report published on a national daily, State additional chief secretary

New Delhi, Aug 3: “Pranab Da, you have always been a father figure and a mentor to me," an emotional Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote in a letter to Pranab Mukherjee on his last day as president. The letter, which spells out the bond between the two leaders who come from different political ideologies, was shared by the former president on Twitter today. "On my last day in office as the

Betul (MP), Aug 3: Four persons were brutally thrashed by a vigilante group linked to a saffron outfit on the suspicion of being cow smugglers in a remote tribal village in Betul district, with the video of the incident going viral on social media. The victims, whom police consider as suspected cow smugglers, were arrested after the attack. However, the assailants were absconding, police said

New Delhi, Aug 3: The Congress today approached the Election Commission asking it to ensure the safety and security of its MLAs from Gujarat, ahead of the August 8 Rajya Sabha election in the state. The party also alleged that its MLAs from Gujarat, who have found a safe haven in a Karnataka resort, were being terrorised and intimidated by the central security forces, used by the central