British police investigating the killing of Indian student Anuj Bidve by a white man is not ruling out racism as a motive for the incident. The unnamed white man had a brief conversation with Bidve, 23, when he and his other Indian friends were moving towards the Manchester city centre.
Gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari's brother alleged on Wednesday that inhuman treatment was given to him while being transferred to Banda jail from Punjab, saying it could have been better had he been shot dead at a road crossing.
As the incident came to light on Tuesday, locals caught hold of Arjun and beaten him black and blue before handing over to police in a serious condition after which he was admitted to a local hospital.
Hidden close circuit cameras have also been installed at all major temples in Ayodhya.
The alarm raised at the naval base turned out to be a hoax after nothing was found.
Police cited the final post-mortem report that said Ansari died due to cardiac arrest.
Violence rocked Pakistan's biggest city on Tuesday as 13 people were killed in targeted shootings including five suspected Taliban activists, a Shia scholar and two Moroccan students at a religious seminary.
The Meghalaya police on Tuesday arrested 12 persons for their involvement in the August 16 killing of three persons for allegedly practicing witchcraft at Smit village about 8 kilometers from the city in East Khasi hills district.
So far, over 35 people have been arrested in connection with the violence.
Amid tight security, hundreds of Gujjars led by Kirorisingh Bainsla began their march from Gudla village, 400 km from Jaipur, to step up pressure on Rajasthan government to fulfil their demand for five per cent quota in state jobs.
The 3,064-page chargesheet, filed in a Jammu court under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and various sections of the Indian Penal Code, names self-styled commander of the Hizbul Mujahideen terror group Syed Naveed Mushtaq alias Naveed Babu and his alleged network of aides.
Singh had gone underground after resigning from the board two weeks ago ever since his name figured in the Class 12 toppers' scam.
Heavy police security had been deployed at various places following the large scale protests.
The groups clashed over the installation of a board and renaming of a chowk (intersection) in Phagwara, police said.
Why did the district magistrate take over an hour to order retaliatory firing on the murderous SBVS mob?
Awan, a resident of Mohalla Miana in Mianwali area of Punjab in Pakistan, was indoctrinated by Lakhvi at his residence in Rawalpindi, officials said.
Drones will soon perform a special task in the state capital apart from functioning as eyes in the sky with the Lucknow Police planning to use them for dispersing mobs.
Five teenagers have been arrested by the police on charges of gang rape of a minor girl following a first information report lodged by the victim's parents at the Basistha police station in Guwahati
Preliminary reports suggested a LPG cylinder may have burst, but the magnitude of the blast has given rise to speculation that explosives may have been stored in the building.
The students were booked under sedition charges after a complaint was filed by BJYM member Mukesh Lodhi.
The formal notification of handing over the case to the NIA is expected to be issued by the ministry soon, an official privy to the development said.
A 14-year-old girl who was gang-raped allegedly by two youth earlier this month in the neighbouring Raigad district, was also molested by a local Nationalist Congress Party leader on the very same day of the incident, the police said.
The home minister said he was deeply pained at the loss of precious lives during the agitation at Tuticorin.
The AAP alleged that it was an "orchestrated attack" and that police stood by as Kejriwal's car was targeted with rods and stones.
The bench asked the petitioner to withdraw the petition and termed it dismissed as withdrawn.
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The doctors in the Valley said there was no need to panic and dismissed the rumours.
Over 40 people died in rain-related incidents, majority of them in Uttar Pradesh, while incessant rainfall in Bihar left the streets of state capital Patna and other areas waterlogged and residences of at least two ministers marooned.
A bomb exploded Monday at a crowded market killing 13 people in the latest deadly attack in southern Philippines, officials said.
Bulk seizures of new currency continued on Saturday with some more incidents being reported, including one in which the IT department recovered Rs 5.7 crore cash in new notes secretly stashed inside the bathroom tiles of a hawala dealer in Chitradurga district in Karnataka.
Uneasy calm prevailed in areas around Jawaharbagh in Mathura a day after violent clashes between police and members of a sect claimed 24 lives as a large posse of police and paramilitary personnel kept strict vigil forcing locals to stay indoors.
A Janata Dal-Secular municipal councilor finds himself in trouble after a video footage purported to show him assaulting a woman, an Independent councillor, has gone viral.
Pinch your nerves, and trust the ghoul -- blood will be spilled; women, children, and grouchy old men will be dismembered! observes Sreehari Nair.
The children are cousins, one of whom is a student of class 6 and another a student of class 5.
The court on Wednesday directed the Varanasi chief judicial magistrate to ensure the presence of Dabbu Yadav, who failed to appear before the court in spite of receiving the summons, during the next hearing on Nov 10.
A motorcycle bomb targeted a senior judge in this southern Pakistani port city on Wednesday, killing seven people, including four security personnel.
As lakhs of Patels gather for a rally seeking reservations, Ahmedabad has 20,000 cops ready with water cannons, drones, surveillance cameras, bomb disposal squads and quick response teams to maintain law and order, reports Prasanna Zore/ Rediff.com from Ahmedabad.
Ten students of a government school in Gaya district fell ill on Saturday after having mid-day meals.
A multi-tier security cover has been put in place in the city for the swearing-in tomorrow of the Mufti Mohammed Sayeed-led BJP-PDP government.
Two first information reports were registered by the police at Siyana police station in Bulandshahr -- one over cow slaughter and the other on the mob violence in which a village man was also killed.
