A Special CBI Court in Kerala has sentenced two police constables to death and three others to three years each in jail for a custodial death case dating back to 2005. The two police constables, K Jithakumar and S V Sreekumar have also been fined Rs 2 lakhs each. They were found guilty in the …
Read More »
Cayman Islands, a 102 square mile island located in western Caribbean sea, is an autonomous British territory which has been dubbed as an offshore financial haven for many international businesses and wealthy individuals. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has been defined as an “a country or jurisdiction that provides financial services to nonresidents on a scale that is incommensurate with …
Read More »
“Three bombers with explosive belts targeted Sweida city alone, while the other blasts hit villages to the north and east,” said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Rami Abdel Rahman, the head of the Britain-based Observatory, said the group then followed up with further attacks in the province. AP The assault, which the Observatory said also wounded more than 30 …
Read More »
After violence was witnessed all over Mumbai on Wednesday, the Maratha Kranti Morcha, that led the quota stir, called for a Mumbai bandh but withdrew the call afternoon. On Wednesday morning several incidents of violence in Mumbai and its neighbouring areas were reported. A shutdown was called later in the day remains in effect in Thane and Navi Mumbai. The …
Read More »
Kerala has been ranked the best governed Indian state in the Public Affairs Index (PAI) 2018 released by the think tank Public Affairs Centre (PAC). Kerala which scored 0.526 in the index was closely followed by two other southern states, Tamil Nadu and Telangana,with scores of 0.517 and 0.514 respectively. Himachal Pradesh and Karnataka also made it to the top …
Read More »
Those who traverse the Bengaluru-Malavalli-Kollegal Road to reach temples and hill stations of Chamarajanagar district, have heard of one name spoken of with reverence as they enter Malavalli taluk: Kere Kamegowda. Here, Kamegowda is a legend, and it is easy to find his residence, located inside Dasanadoddi hamlet which is full of hattis (traditional makeshift house of shepherds). But it …
Read More »
Sonagachhi, where thousands of women work in the sex trade in abysmal conditions, has struck a blow for the girl child. The city’s biggest red-light area can now boast of its first women’s football team. Christened ‘Amra Padatik’, the team will start training from the first week of August. The initiative, taken by Durbar Mahila Samanwaya Committee, which has been …
Read More »
It took Alwar police more than three hours to travel 6km while taking a critically injured victim of lynching, Rakbar Khan, to the nearest hospital, the Community Health Centre (CHC) in Ramgarh, on Saturday. Rather than save the life of the 31-year-old youth allegedly lynched by cow vigilantes on Friday night, the two cows recovered from him seemed to have …
Read More »
The Uttar Pradesh Police have busted a fake-degree racket and arrested five members of a gang that would prepare forged marksheets and certificates of private universities based in Delhi, Rajasthan, Punjab, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh and UP in only 10 minutes. These forged documents looked as good as the real ones, down to the university hologram and watermark. BCCL/Representational Image The …
Read More »
After attacking PM Modi with scathing remarks and criticism, RaGa went on to hug him, thereby inviting a pandemonium and thunderous applause in the parliament. Read more Here’s more top news of the day: 1) Rs 1,484 Crore Have Been Spent On PM Modi’s 84 Foreign Trips Since He Took Office In 2014 PM Modi’s diplomatic trips may bring foreign …
Read More »
