Tusker attacks a person, leaves him dead in Tarikere taluk

Tusker attacks a person, leaves him dead in Tarikere taluk

A 38-year-old person died after he was attacked by a wild tusker near Tanigebail in Tarikere taluk on Monday. The deceased has been identified as Akbar of Vartegundi. He is survived by his wife and two children. The incident happened even as Forest Department officials were engaged in efforts to drive away the tusker sighted … Read more

Will resign if one person who has not applied for NRC gets citizenship, says Assam CM

Will resign if one person who has not applied for NRC gets citizenship, says Assam CM

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. | Photo Credit: PTI Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on March 12 said that he will be the first to resign if one person, who has not applied for National Register of Citizens (NRC), gets citizenship. His comment comes after protests erupted across Assam with Opposition parties flaying … Read more

ED need not furnish person accused under PMLA with copy of grounds of detention at the time of arrest: SC

ED need not furnish person accused under PMLA with copy of grounds of detention at the time of arrest: SC

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) need not furnish a person accused under the PMLA with a copy of the grounds of detention at the time of his arrest, the Supreme Court clarified. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Supreme Court has clarified in a judgment that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) need not furnish a person accused … Read more

One person dead as portion of under-construction bridge collapses in Palanpur in Gujarat

One person dead as portion of under-construction bridge collapses in Palanpur in Gujarat

A portion of an under-construction bridge collapsed in Gujarat’s Palanpur on October 23, 2023. Video grab: Twitter/@ANI  One person was killed after a portion of an under-construction bridge collapsed in Palanpur town in Gujarat’s Banaskantha district on Monday and a search and rescue operation at the site was underway, officials said. Six concrete girders or … Read more

BJP functionary’s wife killed, another person injured in Chandrapur firing; two arrested

BJP functionary’s wife killed, another person injured in Chandrapur firing; two arrested

“The wife of a local Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) functionary was killed and a man injured when some persons allegedly fired at them in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur district,” police said on July 24. “The incident took place in Rajura tehsil on July 23 evening and two persons have been arrested in this connection,” an official from … Read more

‘Love Jihad’ cases uncovered during missing person investigations: Fadnavis 

‘Love Jihad’ cases uncovered during missing person investigations: Fadnavis 

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. File | Photo Credit: PTI Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Saturday said that a significant number of ‘love jihad’ (euphemism for interfaith relationships) cases had been uncovered during the investigation of missing person complaints in the State.  Mr. Fadnavis, who is also the State Home Minister, said that … Read more

Edappadi K. Palaniswami is sixth person to hold post of AIADMK general secretary

Edappadi K. Palaniswami is sixth person to hold post of AIADMK general secretary

Former Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami, now the sixth general secretary of the AIADMK, seen in Chennai on Tuesday | Photo Credit: RAGU R Edappadi K. Palaniswami, who assumed charge as general secretary of the AIADMK on Saturday, is the sixth person to hold the post. Former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, who died in December 2016, … Read more