Nearly 300 students of a government high school here Tuesday boycotted classes and staged a dharna demanding immediate opening of a recently built railway under bridge at a level crossing, which would help them avoid a two-km detour.
Author: PTI
Accusing Pakistan of trying to destablise India by sending terrorists across the border, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said security forces in Jammu and Kashmir have been asked not to fire first, but to retaliate without counting the bullets, if provoked.
The Centre was giving special treatment to Andhra Pradesh as it was fully committed to the state’s comprehensive development but the Chandrababu Naidu government was still making a fuss in the name of special category status, said Union Minister Rajnath Singh.
Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao Tuesday assured Rs 1 lakh farm loan waiver, besides increasing assistance under the Rytu Bandhu scheme to Rs 10,000 per annum from the current Rs 8,000 if the TRS was voted to power once again.
A woman thrashed a bank manager in Karnataka’s Davangere district publicly for allegedly seeking sexual favours for sanctioning a loan with the video of the incident going viral Tuesday.
In separate cases, over three kg gold worth Rs 98.32 lakh was seized Tuesday at the Anna International Airport here.
The protesters, who were few in numbers at Nilackal, ran from the spot when the police initiated action in the early hours today when they tried to block buses from the key entry point to the temple.
With the The #Metoo movement gaining momentum, Tamil poetess and filmmaker Leena Manimekalai Tuesday alleged that film director Susi Ganesan locked her up in his car about 13 years ago and threatened her to accompany him to his apartment.
India’s Suraj Panwar clinched a silver in men’s 5000m race walk event in the ongoing Youth Olympic Games to open the country’s medal account in athletics here.