The police said the mini-truck was carrying Kabaddi players and their supporters of Sendhpur village in Bonai block.
Sri Lanka accuses fishermen from Tamil Nadu of straying into their territorial waters, while the latter maintain they are only fishing in their traditional areas, especially around Katchatheevu, an islet ceded to Colombo in 1974.
"He (Geelani) will try his level best to represent the voices and concerns of the subjugated Kashmiris," Hurriyat spokesman Ayaz Akbar said.
The new challenge for rescue operations at the site is rainfall. The administration, last night, took precautions to create a drain for water inflow and protected the site of drilling.
Prashanth Nair, who heads the Kozhikode district administration in Kerala, has been criticised by politicians for keeping an active virtual profile, but he has no qualms about it.
Posted at Tiruchengode in Namakkal district, Vishnupriya was found hanging at her private room in the DySP office.
Odisha’s claim is that rasgulla was first served at the 12th-century Lord Jagannath Temple. This makes it at least three centuries old in Odisha, while Bengal only traces it back 150 years.
The employees were trapped inside tunnel No 4 of Kiratpur-Nerchowk four-lane project near Bilaspur in Himachal Pradesh since September 12.
The organisation refutes the accusations, saying it only believes in “democratic means of protest” and does not propagate violence.
Sharma has been facing a vigilance probe into alleged irregularities in appointments in Education Department when he was PRO to the then deputy CM.
Police said Munna Singh, lodged at the Jaunpur jail in a murder case, was sent to Lucknow for treatment of dehydration on recommendation of the jail’s doctor.
The perversion of the concept of secularism in India has resulted in the terming of nationalists as communal and people with communal thinking being hailed as secular: RSS
The dams have seen substantial jump in their stock, rivers have breached their embankments, lakes are overflowing and wells have risen to the brim.
Family members of Fayaz Ahmad Bhat blame security forces.
Kerala Conress chief Sudheeran conveyed to Sonia that he wants to continue the revamp of the organisation.
Hamid Ansari talked about the concept of “committed bureaucracy” prevalent during his service days.
Also played a role in 2014 ambush that killed 11 CRPF men
A member of the BJP Central Election Committee, Shahnawaz Hussain says victory in the Bihar polls is very important for Modi and the party.
The recent row over ban on the sale of meat in Mumbai during a Jain festival has exposed a faultline that goes to the gut of the matter — a growing veg vs non-veg divide in the city, and how politicians have made a meal of it.
Even while the Left in neighbouring Kerala has succumbed to pressures, the DMK has never taken part in Hindu festivals.
Parrikar adopted the Amethi village under Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojna.
It was December 1911 and George V at his coronation durbar announced that the imperial capital would shift from Calcutta to Delhi. It sent out a message that they were the worthy successors to the Mughals. The commission to construct the new capital was given to two of England’s most celebrated architects, Edwin Lutyens and […]
Edamaruku says M M Kalburgi’s murder and the threat to his own life are an outcome of growing intolerance in India to critical enquiry.
Alamgir, a student leader and a final year student of Bachelor of Social Work (BSW), was shot at on the main road near the varsity's Chemistry department.
Rationalist groups in India fight not just superstitions, ‘godmen’, ‘ghosts’, ‘spirits’ or social injustice. As profiles of several across India show, threats are a constant presence.


