Wed, 12 Jul 2017 13:00:12
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today exuded confidence that the peace would be restored soon in the Darjeeling Hills, facing violent stir for the last 27 days for a separate state of Gorkhaland.
"We will not let Darjeeling burn like this. I am saying that peace will be reinstated there soon and I am focused on that," she said at a programme here.
Blaming the BJP-led government
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Wed, 12 Jul 2017 12:57:57
The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended a stay, granted by Madras High Court on May 23 notification by the Centre that banned buying of animals from markets for slaughter, to the whole country.
A bench of Chief Justice J S Khehar and D Y Chandrachud passed its order after the Union Government represented by Additional Solicitor General P S Narasimha submitted that the Centre was reconsidering the
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Wed, 12 Jul 2017 12:53:18
In a shocking incident, a woman, currently in her 50's, was today found to be 'confined' in a room in her parents' house for the last twenty years for her 'abnormal behaviour' in Candolim village near here, the police said.
The woman, locked in a dark room which has been her world for the last two decades, was rescued after an NGO alerted the police.
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Wed, 12 Jul 2017 12:40:29
Saleem Mirza, whose bus came under attack in Kashmir’s Anantnag on Monday night, said it was divine power that helped him get through the ordeal.
“God gave me the strength, he gave me the strength to save lives. All of a sudden, they (terrorists) started firing on us, but I kept on driving and did not stop,” said Mirza who was driving the bus.
Survivors from the attack recounted how Mirza ha
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Wed, 12 Jul 2017 07:47:48
After the announcement of 2nd PU results in March 2017, few students have applied for the revaluation. Interestingly, the re-evaluation results have brought up the two students of Anjuman PU college for women, Bhatkal at the 1st and 2nd rank in the entire Uttar Kannada district. Earlier, three of the students from the district were at 1st rank, but they dropped to the second rank after revaluation
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Tue, 11 Jul 2017 19:49:27
Bantwal: Criminal cases have been slapped against five local leaders of Hindutva group by the Dakshina Kannada district police for their respective ........
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Tue, 11 Jul 2017 18:37:58
Fourteen people are feared dead in a massive landslide triggered by incessant rains in Arunachal Pradesh's Papum Pare district today, a senior official said.
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Tue, 11 Jul 2017 18:35:12
The terror attack on Amarnath pilgrims shows "utter contempt" for human life, Amnesty International today said and called for those behind the attack to be found and punished.
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