- Monday, May 05, 2025
Five-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been constituted by the Divisional Commissioner, Lucknow to probe the Unnao incident, where a rape survivor was set on fire by five persons on Thursday. "I visited the spot in Unnao on Thursday evening and constituted a five-member SIT led by Unnao ASP Vinod…
A HOLY man wanted by Indian police on sex assault charges has said he has created a new country for Hindus that will fight global warming, offer free healthcare, and promote gender equality and vegetarianism. Nithyananda Swami, who once had thousands of followers that included film stars and politicians in…
TELECOM giant Vodafone Idea will have to be closed down if the government doesn't provide relief that the company has sought, the group’s chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla said on Friday (6). "We will have to shut shop," Birla said on a query about the course of action for the company…
Indian police shot dead four men on Friday who were suspected of raping and killing a 27-year-old veterinarian near Hyderabad city, an action applauded by her family and many citizens outraged over sexual violence against women. However, some rights groups and politicians criticised the killings, saying they were concerned the…
The 27th anniversary on Friday of the Babri Masjid's demolition here is likely to be a low key affair with both Hindu and Muslim religious leaders downplaying the occasion and tight security measures being in place, less than a month after the Supreme Court's contentious verdict in the land dispute…
THE 'encounter' killing of the four men accused in the rape and murder of a woman veterinarian in Hyderabad touched a deep chord on Friday with 400,000 tweets and counting in just a few hours, some cheering and others concerned at what they saw as one more instance of vigilantism.…
NON-Muslim refugees, who have come from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan after facing religious persecution, will not be treated as illegal immigrants and will be given Indian citizenship when the proposed amendments to the six-decade-old Citizenship Act come into effect. The new law, however, will not be applicable to Assam, Arunachal…
INDIA'S central bank kept interest rates on hold Thursday (5), defying expectations of a sixth consecutive cut this year to jumpstart the economy after quarterly growth plunged to its lowest level since 2013. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said the benchmark repo rate the level at which it lends…
THE Hero Group and Birmingham City University plan to establish an institute in India. The project, Munjal BCU School of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (MBSI), will come up in the northern Indian city of Ludhiana. The institute will promote entrepreneurship and innovation in the country’s Punjab state and will cater to…
The Rajya Sabha on Thursday unanimously condemned the setting afire of a rape survivor from Unnao in Uttar Pradesh with chairman M Venkaiah Naidu saying "we must send out a signal" to the entire country that on such incidents, action should be taken promptly, swiftly, adequately so that similar things…
