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Kolkata/IBNS: Attacked by marauding mobs, Hindus from villages fled in boats and roads to adjacent district Malda as Islamic violence claimed three lives and destroyed properties in Muslim-majority Murshidabad district reeling under a firestorm of protests against the Centre's Waqf (Amendment) Act.
Lucknow/IBNS: A property dealer and his business partner have been arrested for allegedly murdering a woman over a property dispute in Uttar Pradesh's Etawah, media reports said.
As Bengal's Murshidabad has turned into a battlefield due to violence over the Waqf (Amendment) Act, local Trinamool Congress MP and former cricketer Yusuf Pathan has received flak for an Instagram post in which he is seen relaxing and enjoying a cup of tea.
Kyiv/New Delhi/IBNS: A Russian missile hit the warehouse of an Indian pharmaceutical company in Kyiv, the Ukraine embassy in New Delhi said on Sunday.
The Principal Sessions Court in Kerala's Pathanamthitta city on Friday awarded life imprisonment to 29-year-old ambulance driver Noufal who was found guilty of raping a 19-year-old patient while she was transported to a COvid care centre in 2020.
Bengaluru: The caste census commission in Karnataka has recommended a significant increase in the reservation quota for Other Backward Classes (OBCs), suggesting it be raised from the current 32 percent to 51 percent, media reports said.
Chennai: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has appointed Nainar Nagendran as the new president of its Tamil Nadu unit, replacing K Annamalai, media reports said.
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has begun proceedings to seize properties linked to Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi in the ongoing National Herald money laundering case, according to media reports.
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Friday directed the deployment of central paramilitary forces in Murshidabad to restore order following large-scale communal violence across several districts in West Bengal over the Waqf Amendment Act.
At least two people have died amid the ongoing protest against the Waqf Amendment Act in West Bengal's Muslim-dominated Murshidabad district, media reports said on Saturday.
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has appealed to people to maintain "peace and harmony" as the Muslim-dominated Murshidabad district is on boil over the violent anti-Waqf Act protests.
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 2011 tweet blaming the then Congress-led UPA government over its foreign policy went viral after 26/11 Mumbai terror attack accused Tahawwur Rana's extradition by the United States.
Baharampur/Kolkata/IBNS: Over 110 have been arrested so far by the West Bengal Police over the violent anti-Waqf Act protests in the Muslim-dominated Murshidabad district of the state, media reports said.
Chennai/IBNS: Union Home Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) strongman Amit Shah on Friday responded to the reports claiming K Annamalai was planned to be removed as the party president in Tamil Nadu to strike a deal with the AIADMK.
Jaish-e-Mohammad commander Saifullah and two other suspected Pakistani terrorists were killed during an anti-militancy operation conducted by the Indian Army in Jammu and Kashmir's Kishtwar district, officials said on Saturday.
New Delhi/IBNS: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar Friday responded to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's comments on the extradition of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks mastermind Tahawwur Hussain Rana, terming it "a big step" in ensuring justice to victims and their families.
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal's Murshidabad turned into a battlefield once again on Friday as violence broke out during a Waqf protest rally in Samserganj.
Chennai/IBNS: Tamil Nadu's two opposition parties, AIADMK and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), came together to contest the state elections under the leadership of former chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS), Union Home Minister Amit Shah said at a joint press conference in Chennai on Friday.
The Indian government has presented a fleet of 6 school buses to the Government of Sao Tome and Principe, officials said on Friday.
The Indian consulate in Melbourne was targeted after it was vandalised by unknown miscreants on Thursday, officials said, forcing Indian authorities to raise the issue with their Australian counterpart.
Authorities used dummy code for the Gulfstream G550 jet that brought the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks accused Tahawwur Rana from the US to India on Thursday, media reports said.
Indian President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday said India is expected to become a 5 trillion dollar economy in the coming years, and she hopes that the country will achieve the target in partnership with 'friends' like Slovakia.
Kolkata/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone and inaugurated various development projects worth over Rs 3,880 crore in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh on Friday.
Kolkata/IBNS: A massive march to the School Service Commission (SSC) office was conducted by teaching and non-teaching staff who lost their jobs owing to the Supreme Court order that cancelled the entire 2016 recruitment process.
A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Friday sent the 26/11 Mumbai attacks accused Tahawwur Rana to 18-day custody, hours after he arrived in India following his extradition from the US.
New Delhi: The first cohort of 40 “Purple officers” of the Indian armed forces—trained with a focus on joint operations across the Army, Navy, and Air Force—completed their course at the Defence Services Staff College in Wellington, Tamil Nadu, on Thursday.
Islamabad/IBNS: Pakistan has distanced itself from 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks accused Tahawwur Hussain Rana's case of facing trials in India, stating that he is currently a Canadian national and has not renewed his Pakistani citizenship for over two decades, media reports said.
New Delhi/IBNS: A 23-year-old law student died by suicide in Uttar Pradesh's Jhansi after her romantic relationship failed, media reports said on Thursday.
New Delhi/IBNS: The extradition of 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks accused Tahawwur Rana from the US has sparked a political slugfest with the Congress claiming that the process was started during the UPA rule in 2009 and, therefore, the NDA government should not take the entire credit.
New Delhi: Home Minister Amit Shah has described the successful extradition of Tahawwur Rana, an accused in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, as a demonstration of the Modi government’s diplomatic capability and unwavering pursuit of justice.
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