India

When the FIR of the case was being read out in the court today, the High Court bench commented that the police had not named some of the accused in the riot case.

Tamil Nadu president of National South Indian River Interlinking Agriculturists association, about 200 farmers took part in the agitation. Interlinking of rivers is vital for improving the livelihood of agrarians

The Home Ministry is against Memon's mercy petition and said he should be hanged at the earliest, said sources.

Kalam died on Monday after suffering cardiac arrest while delivering a lecture at a management school in Shillong.

The rape accused Vijay and his accomplice Rajendra sprinkled kerosene on the girl in Ahraula Nawazi village under Gunnaur police station area and set her ablaze after their efforts to coax her for a compromise failed.

Delhi government on Wednesday announced that it will introduce the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) model in an improved form in the national capital.

The terrorists entered India on the intervening night of July 26 and 27 and used Ravi river to cross over, sources said.

After crossing Ravi river they sneaked into Punjab before reaching Talwandi and planted five IEDs at Talwandi on the Amritsar-Pathankot railway line.

According to intelligence sources the attackers were from Pakistan based terror group Lashkar-e-Toiba.

Condemning Monday's terror strike in Gurdaspur, Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad said security forces are fully equipped and motivated to counter evil designs of the Pakistani establishment.

On a day Punjab's border district of Gurdaspur was hit by a terror strike, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said India wants to have cordial relations with Pakistan but will give a befitting reply if national pride is challenged.

"The timing of the attack, methodology and location are all eerily similar to attacks in the border belt of Jammu," said Abdullah in another tweet.

Shocked over one fatality every four minutes in road accidents in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said his government will soon implement a road safety policy and cashless treatment for accident victims.

The four-day fair, slated to begin on January 28, will be held at NSIC Grounds, Okhla, New Delhi.

Dhumal again raked up the issue of loans raised by CM and his family members from a "private individual" and said that it was strange that the six-time chief minister has no faith in government financial institutions.