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Muzaffarnagar, Jan 21: The Uttar Pradesh government has sought information on the possibility of withdrawing nine criminal cases pending in a court here against BJP leaders in connection with 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots, according to a letter to the district magistrate by a senior state official. The cases were filed against UP Minister Suresh Rana, former Union minister Sanjiv Balyan, MP Bhartendu

Gurugram, Jan 21: In a shocking incident, a woman principal of a private school was shot dead by a Class XII student inside her office in Haryana’s Yamuna Nagar on Saturday. The boy was caught by the public as he tried to escape and was handed over to the police. The student of Swami Vivekanand Public School walked into the office of principal Ritu Chhabra around 11.30 a.m. and fired four shots

Five years after the deaths of three Dalit youths in a case of ‘honour’ killing in Ahmednagar’s Sonai village, the Nashik sessions court on Saturday sentenced six people to death. The court had last week convicted six of the seven accused for the murder of Sachin Gharu (24), Sandeep Thanvar (25) and Rahul Kandare (20) on January 1, 2013. Their mutilated body parts were found in a septic tank. The

Dhaka, Jan 20: A Rohingya leader has been shot dead by unknown assailants at a refugee camp in Bangladesh's Ukhiya. According to the Dhaka Tribune, a gang of miscreants opened fire on a 35-year-old Mohammad Yusuf, leaving him critically injured on Friday night. Yusuf was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries. Another leader was also reportedly attacked in the same night

Mangaluru, Jan 20: Though the crime rate in Mangaluru is very less compared to other prominent cities of India, the coastal Karnataka’s port city is being defamed by certain vested interests through mass media and social media for reasons better known to themselves, said T R Suresh, the Commissioner of Mangaluru City Police. Speaking at an interaction programme organized by the Bearys Chamber of

Mangaluru, Jan 20: Though the crime rate in Mangaluru is very less compared to other prominent cities of India, the coastal Karnataka’s port city is being defamed by certain vested interests through mass media and social media for reasons better known to themselves, said T R Suresh, the Commissioner of Mangaluru City Police. Speaking at an interaction programme organized by the Bearys Chamber of

London, Jan 20: The rapid growth of US shale producers will shortly knock Saudi Arabia from second to third place among the world’s oil-producing titans, with only Russia ahead, the International Energy Agency said on Friday. With Venezuelan output plummeting amid political and economic turmoil, the IEA indicated the Kingdom could lose its number two position in 2018. “Very soon US crude

The Vishwa Hindu Parishad seems to be divided over the recent controversy regarding VHP international working president Pravin Togadia. Many in the central leadership have started maintaining a distance after the recent allegations by Togadia on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the central government, while many VHP leaders have decided to stand by him. Meanwhile, RSS is reportedly mulling to

New Delhi, Jan 20: In an appalling incident from Uttar Pradesh's Saharanpur district, cops on night patrol were caught on camera refusing to help two accident victims lying in pool of blood to 'avoid blood stains in car'. The police officials can be heard asking the people to 'hold on', when they were trying to lift the boys off the road. Reportedly, the two youths were riding a motorbike when

Experts have officially confirmed that as many as 102 unfired rockets found in an open well at a farmhouse in Nagara village, Hosanagar taluk in Shivamogga district belonged to the era of Tipu Sultan, the visionary South Indian ruler. The rockets used by the glorious Mysuru kingdom during the Anglo-Mysuru wars, especially in the last two of them during the reign of Tipu Sultan, are considered the