Day: August 31, 2019

Maharashtra woman gets life term for murdering husband

8:00 pm August 31, 2019

Thane: A court here has sentenced a 38-year-old woman from Palghar district of Maharashtra to life imprisonment for murdering her husband, who was an alcoholic, in 2016. District Judge P P Jadhav on Friday convicted Chandrakala Bhoir for murdering husband Chandrakant Bhoir (35), with a sickle at their house in Khatkari wadi in Vada taluka. […]

Kejriwal did not take strong stand against CAA: Tharoor

Not Oxford English, but anti-Modi stand helped Cong-UDF victory: Muraleedharan

7:57 pm August 31, 2019

Thiruvananthapuram: In a fresh salvo targeting Shashi Tharoor, who had come under attack for his alleged “Modi praise”, party colleague K Muraleedharan once again made a veiled attack on the Thiruvananthapuram MP. Days after the KPCC directed party leaders to stop making public statements after a controversy broke out over Tharoor’s statement that Prime Minister […]

NRC Rejection Slip likely from Mar 20: Assam Government

AGP dissatisfied with final NRC

7:56 pm August 31, 2019

Guwahati: Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), a member of the ruling alliance in Assam, on Saturday expressed dissastisfaction over the final NRC in the state and said there is scope for its review in the Supreme Court, which supervised the updation process. The number of exclusions appear to be “ridiculuously small”, AGP president and state Agriculture […]

Yellow weather warning issued for Himachal Pradesh

Light to moderate rain at some places in Himachal

7:46 pm August 31, 2019

Shimla: Light to moderate rainfall occurred at isolated places in Himachal Pradesh, the meteorological department said on Saturday. Kumarsain received 21 mm of rain since Friday evening, followed by Palampur (9 mm), Jhanjeli (5 mm), Baijnath (4 mm) and Pandoh (2 mm). Una recorded the highest temperature in the state at 35.2 degrees Celsius, while […]

Teen forcibly married, kept captive since May by cousins

7:44 pm August 31, 2019

Bhadohi (UP): A 15-year-old girl was forcibly married three months ago and kept captive allegedly by her cousins in Uttar Pradesh’s Bhadohi district, police said on Saturday. The incident appear to be a fallout of a property dispute between the girl’s father, who works in Mumbai, and cousin Ramesh Dubey, a resident of Suriyawa town. […]