Honour killing: girl shot dead by father in UP
In a suspected case of honour killing, a girl was allegedly shot dead by her father in Baniyather area, police said on Monday. The 22-year-old girl was shot dead by her father Ram Chandra, with a country-made fire-arm in Narauli town last evening, station officer Kunj Bihari Mishra said. Prima... read more »
Rediscovering Janamashtami: Cong’s grand plan to counter Hindutva
A personal tragedy has pushed back the Congress from immediately implementing its politically significant decision of celebrating all important religious festivals at the party State committee offices. Till now, the only religious function the Congress organised was, believe it or not,... read more »
RK Puram landlord held for molesting Manipuri girls
In a shocking incident, two girls from Manipur were allegedly molested by their landlord in South Delhi’s R.K. Puram area on Sunday evening. On the basis of the girls’ complaint, the police registered a case under sections of 354 (molestation) of the IPC and arrested the accused. A... read more »
Strong quake hits remote area in southwest Iran
TEHRAN, Iran — A strong, magnitude 6.1 earthquake jolted a sparsely populated mountainous province near Iran’s border with Iraq on Monday, Iranian state television reported. There were no reports of fatalities but a local official said there were injuries and that the temblor had caused... read more »
