India

Patna, Jan 15: Family members of the Dalits who were killed in 1999 in Bihar's Arwal district, allegedly by the outlawed, upper -caste militia Ranvir Sena men, are disheartened and devastated over the release of all the accused. Etwaria Devi, in her late 50s, lost her husband Ganga Paswan and another relative Nanhu Paswan in the massacre of 22 Dalits Jan 25, 1999, at Shankar Bigha village. A court

Mumbai, Jan 15: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) cut interest rates on Thursday by 25 basis points to 7.75 percent in a surprise inter-meeting cut, yielding to growing signs of slowing inflation and a flagging recovery. The wholesale price index for December, released on Wednesday, rose just 0.11 percent year-on-year compared with a 0.6 percent jump forecast by economists in a Reuters poll

Rampur, Jan 14: A local court today sent Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi to one year in jail for violating prohibitory orders during the 2009 Lok Sabha polls. Judicial magistrate Manish Kumar held Naqvi guilty under sections 143 (unlawful assembly), 341 (wrongful restraint) and 342 (wrongful confinement) of IPC, 7 Criminal Law Amendment Act and Section 144 of CrPC. Eighteen others were also

New Delhi, Jan 14: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today said there was no controversy in the sacking of Avinash Chander as DRDO chief and it was he who recommended that the position should be held by someone from a "slightly younger generation" and not by someone on contract. Noting that the tenure of Chander had ended in November, he said it was extended on contractual basis due the previous

Bengaluru, Jan 14: The High Court has quashed the FIRs filed by the police against the chief executive officers (Karnataka circle) of mobile service providers Airtel, Aircel, Idea and Tata Docomo for not verifying customers’ documents before issuing them SIM cards. The FIRs were filed by the Malleswaram, HAL and Indiranagar police against the CEOs under sections 419, 420, 468 and 470 of the IPC

Lucknow, Jan 14: At least 30 bodies, which were ostensibly disposed of in the Ganga river as part of last rites by their kin, surfaced after the water receded near Pariyar ghat in neighbouring Unnao district, prompting administration to order an inquiry into it. Inspector general of police (law and order) A Satish Ganesh said that around 20-25 bodies were recovered near Pariyar ghat in Safipur

New Delhi, Jan 14: The Congress, reeling under a series of defeats in recent elections, has now pegged its hopes for its revival through an agitation against the “dictatorial tendencies” of the Narendra Modi government, particularly the ordinance to amend its pet land acquisition law. The Congress Working Committee (CWC), the party’s top decision-making body, on Tuesday decided to oppose

Srinagar, Jan 13: In a new political twist in Jammu and Kashmir, National Conference today formally offered support to PDP in a letter to Governor N N Vohra for forming a government that could break the logjam of over three weeks. "@JKNC_has written to Governor Vohra Sahib reiterating our offer of support to @jkpdp and asking him to call us before deciding the assembly viability," National

New Delhi, Jan 13: Swadeshi Jagran Manch, the economic wing of the RSS, has come out against the land acquisition ordinance and today urged the Narendra Modi government to amend the measure keeping interests of farmers in mind. SJM has especially opposed in the ordinance the scrapping of social impact assessment (SIA) and food security measures, which were part of the land acquisition Act passed

New Delhi, Jan 13: BJP today slapped a show cause notice on party's Unnao MP Sakshi Maharaj asking him to explain why action should not be initiated against him for his controversial remarks in the recent past. The notice has been sent on the direction of BJP president Amit Shah and Sakshi has been asked to respond within 10 days his position on why he continued to make "controversial statements