Fr. Stan Swamy 08.10.2020Ranchi The National Investigation Agency on Thursday arrested human rights activist Stan Swamy from Ranchi, Jharkhand, his colleagues said. Swamy, a Jesuit priest has previously been questioned in the Bhima Koregaon case.…
Novodaya student kidnapped
HAJIPUR: Even as schoolchildren from different parts of the state during an interaction with CM Nitish Kumar at a function in Patna on Wednesday sought to know from him why was it that police could…
Bus drags woman to death
KOLKATA: Shiburani Sarkar, 64, had accompanied her 78-year-old husband Sudhangshu to his former office at 4, Church Lane on Tuesday afternoon to collect his pension. The two deposited the cheque at the United Bank of…
Hopes fade for Punjab's "holiday brides"
HOSHIARPUR: They were called the 'holiday brides', but they never had anywhere to go. Now, even their children have nowhere to go as entire generations grow fatherless. At 32, Balwinder Kaur of Sherpur Pucca village…
'Reforms must in Naxal-hit areas'
NEW DELHI: The dichotomy between tough police action and development in states where naxalism is rampant and spreading came to the fore yet again on Wednesday when the government told MPs demanding better policing that…
Call to conserve the Western Ghats
The Western Ghats is in the news again. The Ghats, a biodiversity hotspot, is one among the 595 places identified by scientists as areas where "extinctions are imminent."A new study reports that "extinctions of species…
Tipper lorry claims another life
Thiruvananthapuram: A 30-year-old motorist was killed when the car he was driving collided head-on with a tipper lorry near Vazhamuttom, on the Kazhakkuttom-Inchivila NH 47 bypass, on Wednesday. According to the traffic police, the deceased…
Supreme Court acquits four RSS activists in murder…
Helper at a mosque in Kesavadasapuram mudered All the witnesses were examined after nearly 10 yearsNone of the accused was arrested at the scene of occurrence New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday set aside…
Bench pulls up advocates for damaging public property
"Do you think there is nobody to question you?" asks judge MADURAI : "You are daring enough to damage court property. Do you think there is nobody to question you?" These were the words of…