1 year ago
Abducted Reliance employee's family demands CBI probe
Patna, Dec 3 - A day after the police claimed to have solved the murder of a Reliance Communications employee, the family members of the victim have demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into the case. Deepak Kumar, a deputy general manager with Reliance Communications went missing Friday last week from Patna's Shrikrishna Puri area, according to a complaint filed by his family member ... read more

1 year ago
Law college students protest police inaction, court asks for report
Chennai, Nov 13 - Law college students across Tamil Nadu held demonstrations and pelted stones on government property Thursday to protest alleged police inaction during a clash between students in the city law college that left three students seriously injured. The high court has ordered the state government to file a detailed report on the incident by Tuesday. The violent protest by law college ... read more

1 year ago
Probe ordered into violent clash between Chennai law students
Chennai, Nov 13 - The Tamil Nadu government Thursday suspended nine policemen and the principal of the government law college here for failing to control a violent clash between students, and announced a probe into the incident by a retired Madras High Court judge. Law Minister Durai Murugan told the assembly that P. Shanmugham, a retired judge of the Madras High Court would investigate Wednesda ... read more

Patna | 3 years ago
Bihar legislators walk the ramp to promote khadi
Patna, Jan 30 - Nearly a dozen young legislators of Bihar Tuesday night walked the ramp here for a fashion show aimed at promoting khadi to mark the death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.Hundreds of people in the audience, mostly youths, were amazed as the legislators, mostly from the ruling combine of Janata Dal-United - and the Bharatiya Janata Party -, displayed colourful designer khadi clothes a ... read more

Patna | 3 years ago
Bihar legislators to walk the ramp to promote khadi
Patna, Jan 28 - Nearly a dozen young legislators in Bihar are practising hard to walk the ramp for a fashion show to promote khadi to mark the death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi Jan 30.These legislators, mostly from the ruling Janata Dal-United - and the Bharatiya Janata Party -, took part in a two-hour rehearsal to learn the art of modelling.'We are upbeat and happy to do something unusual and t ... read more

Tinsukia | 3 years ago
Army scours Assam jungles to hunt for ULFA
Tinsukia, Jan 10 - Indian Army Tuesday kept a fleet of helicopters on standby as thousands of soldiers scoured the jungles in the violence-torn northeastern state of Assam hunting for separatists blamed for a recent wave of attacks targeting Hindi-speaking people that killed 72.An Assam government spokesman said three militants of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom - were killed and thre ... read more

3 years ago
Hindi-speakers flee Assam as panic looms large
Tinsukia -, Jan 10 - Trains and buses are packed tight with Hindi-speaking migrant workers fleeing violence-torn Assam despite a massive military crackdown on separatists after 72 people were killed, officials said Wednesday.A government spokesperson said three more militants of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom - were killed in gun battles since Monday as some 10,000 army, police and p ... read more