Meerut, Jan 10 (IANS) There is tension in Meerut over the killing of a mother who tried to save her grown up daughter from being abducted by goons. Even as security was tightened on Saturday, political parties have lambasted the Uttar Pradesh government over this horrific crime against women.
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) Since the Watergate scandal of the 1970s that rocked the US, there has been a tendency to name perceived wrongdoings with the suffix "gate", thus, it did not take much time in branding the narrative of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee reportedly entering premises under a probe agency's raid and personally retrieving documents as "I-PAC-gate".
Dhaka, Jan 9 (IANS) The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) on Friday raised serious concerns over the law and order situation in the country ahead of the February elections, criticising the performance of law enforcement agencies under the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government, local media reported.
Raipur/Dantewada, Jan 9 (IANS) In a significant boost to anti-Naxal operations and peace efforts in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region, 63 Maoist cadres, including 36 carrying bounties totalling Rs 1.19 crore, surrendered before security forces on Friday.
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday strongly condemned the "utterly irresponsible and unethical" conduct of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who "stands guilty of a serious penal offence," for allegedly "trespassing" into a private property under ED probe and also purportedly threatening the sleuths.
Kolkata, Jan 9 (IANS) The Union Home Ministry has sought a detailed report from the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on the sequence of events on January 8 in relation to the simultaneous raid and search operations by the central agency officials at the Kolkata office of the India Political Action Committee and the residence of I-PAC co-founder Pratik Jain.
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) In a fresh setback to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) President Lalu Prasad Yadav and his family members, a Delhi court on Friday framed charges against them in the alleged Railways land-for-jobs corruption case being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) Delhi Police on Friday arrested one more accused in connection with the violence that erupted during the municipal corporation’s demolition drive near the Faiz-e-Ilahi Mosque in the Turkman Gate area of the national capital.
Washington, Jan 9 (IANS) Federal prosecutors in New Jersey have charged two men with illegally voting in a presidential election and later lying under oath while applying for American citizenship, according to indictments returned by a federal grand jury.
Dhaka, Jan 8 (IANS) In yet another case highlighting the out of control law and order situation in Bangladesh, a Jatiyatabadi Swechasebak Dal leader was shot dead by gunmen in Dhaka Wednesday night, the police officials confirmed on Thursday.
