At least four Hindu pilgrims were killed and 12 others injured when a high tension wire fell on a bus in Bihar’s Banka district Sunday, police said.
A district police official said nearly 50 ‘kanwariyas’ or Hindu pilgrims were travelling in the bus when the incident occurred near Sahebganj Bazar. The injured were admitted to a local hospital.
Angry over the incident, local residents blocked roads and attacked an electricity sub-station to protest.
Andhra Pradesh deputy chief ministers KE Krishna Murthy and Nimmakayala China Rajappa on Sunday met Governor ESL Narasimhan and submitted a letter protesting the formation of Telangana State Council for Higher Education.
Palestinian Ambassador to India Adli Shaban Hassan Sadeq Sunday urged the Indian government to take a clear stand against Israel’s aggression in Gaza and support the cause of Palestinians.
He also appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take up the issue with US President Barrack Obama during his upcoming visit to America.
Addressing a news conference here, the Palestinian ambassador and Mazin Al-Masoudi, In-charge, League of Arab States Mission, wanted India to pressurize the US to strongly condemn Israel’s atrocious stance on Palestine and prevent it from further aggressions.
A Hamas delegation arrived in Cairo Sunday for talks with Egyptian mediators on a possible ceasefire in Gaza.
The six-member delegation is led by senior Hamas official Ezzat al-Rishq, and came to Egypt after a short visit to Qatar, Xinhua quoted official news agency MENA as saying.
In mid-July, Egypt proposed an initiative for a cease-fire between Israel and Hamas.
The initiative was rejected by Hamas which demanded a comprehensive solution and an end to Israel’s six-year-long blockade of the enclave.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today gave an autograph to a 10-year-old Indian girl here, who is seeking to set a new world record for the maximum number of autographs from world-famous personalities.
Manashi Sharma, a fifth grader at the Kendriya Vidyalaya, got the autograph from Modi who wrote: “Serve humanity when you grow up, little girl; because this is the best work, service is religion”.
The girl had also taken an autograph from External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj when she visited Nepal a few days back.
Congress today dubbed AAP’s rally here as a “damp squib” and accused its leader Arvind Kejriwal of again trying to “mislead” the people of Delhi “to grab power” following his “misadventure” in the Lok Sabha polls.
In a stinging attack on Kejriwal, senior Delhi Congress leader Mukesh Sharma said the AAP leader held the rally only to demand holding of assembly elections in Delhi when the people in the city were reeling under escalating prices of vegetables, fruits and essential commodities.
A day after JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar condemned BJP MP Vijay Goel for his alleged ‘anti-Bihari’ remarks, BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi today charged the former Chief Minister with twisting the coments with an eye on Assembly bypoll in Bihar.
“Nitish is needlessly trying to twist Goel’s remarks to rake up a controversy for votes in the bypoll to ten Assembly seats in Bihar to be held later this month,” the former deputy chief minister said in a statement.
Former India captain Kapil Dev has criticised the team for cropping catches that allowed England’s batsmen to take control of the third Test in Southampton.
As a result, India lost by 266 runs, squandering their lead in the five-match series that now stands at 1-1. The
visitors had won the second Test at Lord’s by 95 runs after the first Test in Nottingham was drawn. The fourth Test begins in Manchester on Thursday, August 7.
The likes of Alastair Cook and Ian Bell, struggling for form, scored runs finally as did debutant Jos Buttler and
An FIR was lodged today for model code violation against Ram Vilas Saday, the Samajwadi Party candidate from Raj Nagar assembly bypoll in Bihar’s Madhubani district, a police officer said.
Saday and his supporters were travelling in a four-wheeler after putting up banners and posters seeking votes when police intercepted them at Bhagwanpur Chowk and found he had not obtained pass from the election authorities for vehicle, Raj Nagar police station in-charge Satyendra Kumar said.
The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) here will stop selling entry tickets and issuing visitor passes from August 5 till August 20 due to security reasons, in view of the forthcoming Independence Day.
“Due to security reasons in view of the forthcoming Independence Day, the sale/issue of visitors’ entry tickets and passes at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport will be banned effective August 5 to August 20, as per the directions of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security issued to all the Indian airports, including RGIA,” a statement from RGIA said.
A 17-year-old student set ablaze herself after parents scolded her when she refused to do house work.
According to Malakpet police, the deceased M Bhavani (17) an student D/o Lingaiah of Salimnagar Malakpet committed suicide by setting herself on July 30, immediately rushed to OGH for treatment where she was died on Sunday early hours while undergoing treatment the police said.
Deceased parents told the police that the girl got angry after they scolded her when she refused to do the house work and not listen for her mother words.
A-43-year-old man died after committed suicide by hanging at his residence on Kukatpally police station limits.
According to Kukatpally police, the deceased P Govind Reddy, an Security Guard Resident of KPHB, had committed suicide by hanging at his residence on Saturday night hours due to ill health.
Kukatpally police registered a case and dead body shifted to Gandhi Hospital Mortuary for post-mortem, after autopsy deceased body handed over to his relatives. (INN)
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held one-on-one talks with his Nepali counterpart Sushil Koirala at the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers at Singhdurbar here Sunday afternoon, officials said.
Koirala warmly welcomed Modi and expressed hope that his visit, the first by an Indian prime minister in 17 years, would greatly contribute to the strengthening and promotion of bilateral relations and cooperation, said a statement issued by the Nepal’s Prime Minister Office.
Hindi was the lingua franca as Narendra Modi became the first Indian prime minister to visit Nepal in 17 years, holding talks and addressing MPs in that language.
“Hindi was used in all conversations between Indian and Nepalese leaders including bilateral talks,” Foreign Minister Mahendra Pandey told IANS.
Modi and his Nepalese counterpart Sushil Koirala conversed in Hindi during their one-on-one, soon after the Indian prime minister’s arrival here.
Indian shuttler Parupalli Kashyap clinched a hard-fought men’s singles gold medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games here Sunday.
The second seeded Indian beat sixth seed Zi Liang Derek Wong of Singapore 21-14, 11-21, 21-19 at the Emirates Arena in just over an hour.
R.M.V. Gurusaidutt had won the bronze in the same category Saturday.
(IANS)
In yet another case of honour killing, a young woman and her husband have been brutally murdered for marrying against the wishes of her family in Punjab, police said today.
According to police, Zaheer Iqbal of Ashraf Town Chakwal, some 300 kilometres from here, had an affair with Mariam Bibi of neighbouring town Karar. Both were in their early 20s.
Zaheer’s family sent marriage proposal to her family but they did not agree to it.
About two weeks ago Zaheer and Mariam contracted court marriage.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi won the hearts of millions in Nepal Sunday when he began his address to parliament in Nepali, describing himself as “a good friend of Nepal”.
Taking most people by surprise over his choice of language, Modi told the country’s parliament that he was very happy to be in Nepal.
“Years back, I came here for pilgrimage. There is a popular saying that once you visit Nepal, your entire life will be changed,” Modi said, as MPs clapped.
Former “American Idol” contestant Michael Johns has died from a blood clot in his ankle.
An administrator of his fan page, Michael Johns Online on micro blogging site Twitter, confirmed the news of the Australian-born singer’s death on Friday, reports people.com.
“It is with a heavy heart and inconsolable sadness that we confirm the passing of our friend Michael Johns,” the administrator tweeted Saturday.
“Our family is devastated by the passing of our beloved Michael, a wonderful husband, son, brother, uncle, and friend,” his family said.
A miscreant, wanted by police in over a dozen criminal offences including loot of over Rs 12 lakh from a post office, was arrested following an encounter in adjoining Seraikela-Kharswan district today, a police
officer said.
Subhraj Mahato, who was sustained injury in the leg in the encounter, was rushed to M G M Hospital, where he was
admitted, said Sub-Divisional Police Officer (Chandil), Vimal Kumar.
Kumar said Mahato and one of his accomplice Vikas Das have fired six rounds on police team, which retaliated with
three found firing in self-defence.
Members of the newly-constituted Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (HSGPC) Sunday continued their siege of Kurukshetra’s Gurdwara Chatti Patshahi on the second day of their bid to take over the Sikh shrine.
Even though there were not many people from the HSGPC side till afternoon, tension built up after 3 p.m. as some protestors tried to breach the police barrier near the gurdwara. However, police prevented them from proceeding ahead.
Going by a research, counterfeit designer goods may be flooding internet and our wardrobes too!
Vestiairecollective.com, Europe’s social site for the resale of designer and premium fashion, has released a study that shows that 61 percent of women online marketplace shoppers have been misled into purchasing counterfeit designer goods, or knew at least one person who had accidentally bought a fake designer item through internet, reports femalefirst.co.uk.
A Pakistani woman cricketer has alleged she was tortured by her former brother-in-law who also subjected her to extortion demands.
Nida Rashid Dar, 27, today told reporters that she had virtually been detained at her house and was unable to go the ground for practice for upcoming tour of Australia.
“I have been constantly receiving threats from my former brother-in-law Junaid Sindhu and the police have yet to
provide me a foolproof security,” she complained.
In an FIR registered with the Gujranwala police, the all-rounder who made her debut in 2010 against Ireland,
India men’s hockey team lost 0-4 to Australia in the final and had to be content with a silver medal on the final day of the 20th Commonwealth Games at the Glasgow National Hockey Centre here Sunday.
Two goals on either side of the break gave the Australians their fifth consecutive Commonwealth gold.
Drag flicker Chris Ciriello scored a hat-trick of penalty corner goals while Eddie Ockenden chipped in with one.
Australia had beaten India 8-0 in the final in Delhi four years ago, resulting in India’s only previous hockey medal, a silver, in the Commonwealth Games.
(IANS)
Indian shuttler Parupalli Kashyap etched his name in gold in the record books winning his first major championship by clinching the yellow metal at the Commonwealth Games here Sunday.
The second seed emerged victorious in the men’s singles final against Singaporean sixth seed Zi Liang Derek Wong to turn the bronze he won four years ago in New Delhi into a gold. The 27-year-old won 21-14, 11-21, 21-19 in just over an hour at the Emirates Arena.
Indian steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal has made a bid to buy a mountain in Britain sparking protests from the locals, media reported.
The London-based NRI businessman has bid over 1.75 million pounds ($2.94 million) to purchase “Blencathra” mountain, also known as Saddleback, lying in Northern fells mountain range in Britain’s Lake district, the dailymail reported Saturday.
The Earl of Lonsdale, the local division, has reportedly accepted the offer and said he has been forced to sell the land to settle a 9 million pounds tax bill.