India, All india, 6th Aug 2018, News & Stories from India

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Four members of a family were found stacked atop each other and buried in a pit in the backyard of their house in Kerala's Idukki district. (Representational Image | AP)

Black magic, professional rivalry behind Kerala family murder, says police

Police said the murders were committed by Aneesh, who was a former helper of Krishnan, along with his aide Lijin.

06 Aug 2018 9:31 PM

The Bill replaces the Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance promulgated on April 21, following an outcry over the rape and murder of a minor girl in Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir and the rape of another woman at Unnao in Uttar Pradesh. (Photo: File | Representational)

Parliament passes bill to provide death penalty to child rape convicts

The Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill 2018, which was passed in the Lok Sabha on July 30, was approved by a voice vote in the Upper House.

06 Aug 2018 9:25 PM

The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Bill 2018 rules out any provision for anticipatory bail for a person accused of atrocities against SC/STs, notwithstanding any court order. (Photo: File)

Bill to restore original SC/ST atrocity law unanimously passed by LS

The law states that no preliminary enquiry will be required for registering criminal case and an arrest wouldn't be subject to any approval.

06 Aug 2018 9:13 PM

It was cleared by the Lok Sabha on August 2 superseding the amendments earlier carried out by the Rajya Sabha. (Photo: File)

Parliament passes bill to grant constitutional status to OBC commission

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah termed as 'historic' the passage of the bill.

06 Aug 2018 9:01 PM

The Supreme Court after taking on record the status report filed by the state government observed that this was not a fit case for grant of anticipatory bail. (Photo: File)

No pre-arrest bail, surrender by Aug 13: SC tells 2 Kerala priests accused of rape

4 priests - Abraham Varghese, Job Mathew, Dr Johnson Mathew and Jaise K George - were booked by crime branch for raping woman devotee.

06 Aug 2018 8:45 PM

Shashi Tharoor was addressing a seminar on 'Standing up to hatred, violence and intolerance in contemporary India' in Thiruvananthapuram on Sunday. (Photo: Twitter Screengrab)

PM can wear ‘outlandish headgear’ but not skull cap, says Tharoor; BJP seeks apology

Union Minister Kiren Rijiju demanded that the Congress should apologise for Tharoor's comments.

06 Aug 2018 8:24 PM

Shashi Tharoor further slammed PM Modi for his silence over the issue adding 'such incidents had increased as Modi had not come out openly and condemned the killings'. (Photo: File)

In today’s India, engine oil would be thrown at Swami Vivekananda: Shashi Tharoor

Tharoor also claimed that communal violence, killing in the name of cow vigilantism had increased in the last 4 years.

06 Aug 2018 7:27 PM

A Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) supporters reacts to a bulletin that was released about party president M Karunanidhi's health, in Chennai on Monday. (Photo: PTI)

Next 24 hours 'crucial' for Karunanidhi, supporters throng hospital

DMK chief Karunanidhi is on continuous monitoring and being treated with active medical support, the hospital added.

06 Aug 2018 7:09 PM

The final draft of the NRC was published on July 30 and included the names of 2.89 crore people out of 3.29 applicants with more than 40 lakh people being left out. (Photo: File | Representational)

People applied till August 31, 2015 eligible to make claims in NRC: official

The final NRC will be published only after disposal of all claims, objections, corrections and date for its publication will be fixed by SC.

06 Aug 2018 6:49 PM

Gandhi said the adoption and skill development programmes in a central facility would be much easier and it would also help in checking 'abuse and misuse' by NGOs who are running their own shelter homes with grants from the government. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Build single facility to prevent misuse by NGOs: Maneka to states on sexual abuse

Gandhi's suggestion came in the backdrop of the recent alleged sexual abuse of minor girls in Bihar's Muzzafarpur and UP's Deoria districts.

06 Aug 2018 5:47 PM

With Nooyi's departure, the rest of PepsiCo's senior leadership team will remain unchanged, the company said. (Photo: File)

PepsiCo's Indra Nooyi to step down as CEO, Ramon Laguarta to succeed

62-year-old Indra Nooyi will step down on October 3, 2018 after 24 years with the company. She will remain as chairman until early 2019.

06 Aug 2018 5:30 PM

Earlier on Monday, Rajya Sabha chairman M Venkaiah Naidu announced that elections to the post of the Deputy Chairman would take place on August 9. (Photo: ANI)

JD(U)’s Harivansh Narayan Singh likely to be NDA's candidate for RS Dy Chairman

Congress senior leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said that ideally the Deputy Chairman should be from the opposition parties.

06 Aug 2018 5:03 PM

Officially, the NIA has maintained that it had received an input about Rahman travelling to India, but officials in the know of the development said it was an example of cooperation between security agencies of the two countries. (Photo: Representational | File)

NIA arrests Habibur Rahaman 'handler' of LeT terrorist Shaikh Abdul Naeem

Rahaman, an alleged handler of Naeem, who was held in 2007 while trying to help 2 Pakistani and 1 Kashmiri terrorist infiltrate into India.

06 Aug 2018 4:40 PM

The sources said that the CJI assured the judges that he would consult Justice Gogoi and take up the issue with the Centre. (Photo: PTI | File)

SC judges meet CJI Dipak Misra over Justice KM Joseph's seniority issue

Justice Ranjan Gogoi, who is the senior-most judge after the CJI, was not present as he was on leave on today.

06 Aug 2018 4:18 PM

Deoria Police have arrested Girija Tripathi, the manager of the Vidhvansani Mahila and Balika Sanrakshan Griha and her husband Mohan after a raid by the local police late on Sunday. (Representational Image | PTI)

Girls taken away at night, returned crying: Minor who escaped UP shelter

10-yr-old girl escaped on Sunday night and revealed the horrors she and her inmates met in Deoria shelter home.

06 Aug 2018 4:04 PM

Siddique, a Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) worker, was attacked by two motorcycle-borne men in Uppala -- 600 km from Thiruvananthapuram -- late on Sunday night. (Photo: Representational)

CPI(M) youth wing member stabbed to death in Kerala

According to the police, Aboobacker Siddique - the victim - was stabbed on his stomach and chest, injuring his internal organs.

06 Aug 2018 3:07 PM

'If I had gone and shook hands with Modi, a fatwa would have got issued against me. But when he (Rahul Gandhi) hugged Modi, Congressmen didn't utter a word,' AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said. (Photo: File)

Fatwa would have issued against me if I shook PM’s hand: Owaisi takes jibe at Rahul

AIMIM chief said Rahul Gandhi embraced the same person against whom his party brought the no-trust motion.

06 Aug 2018 2:54 PM

Jet Airways in a tweet said on August 3 that its Mumbai-bound flight had aborted the take off and veered off the runway at Riyadh airport, but the airline had not specified any reason for it. (Photo: Representational | File)

DGCA suspends licence of 2 Jet Airways pilots for runway incursion at Riyadh

An official of aviation regulator DGCA had said that pilots aborted the take off after they were informed about a 'barrier' on the runway.

06 Aug 2018 2:41 PM

The police was called in by local people who were shaken by the tragic sight and took the bodies out of the river. (Photo: YouTube | Screengrab)

Andhra man throws 3 minor sons into river after fight with wife

Bodies of 3 boys - six, three and three months - were floating on Monday in river near village where the family lives.

06 Aug 2018 2:23 PM

'Muslim man's beard was shaved off. Those who did it, I am telling them and their fathers, even if you slit our throat, we'll be Muslims. We will convert you to Islam and will make you keep a beard,' Owaisi said. (Photo: PTI/File)

Will convert you to Islam: Owaisi to accused who cut Muslim man's beard

Strongly reacting to the Haryana incident, Owaisi said that he would make the accused grow a beard.

06 Aug 2018 2:18 PM

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