India, All india, 13th Sep 2018, News & Stories from India

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Social activist Stephen Mathews is on a hunger strike for the past six days demanding the arrest of rape accused Jalandhar Bishop Franco Mulakkal. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Activist Stephen Mathews on hunger strike, demands arrest of Jalandhar Bishop

Group of nuns seeking action against Bishop Mulakkal said they would continue their six day old protest till justice is delivered.

13 Sep 2018 8:50 PM

'Kerala government is not taking any action as they do not want to break the cordiality between the church and the authorities as elections are approaching,' brother of the Kerala nun said. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Politicians backing rape accused Jalandhar priest: Nun's brother

Brother of Kerala nun also questioned police inaction and said, 'Police have not done anything in the past 78 days.'

13 Sep 2018 8:25 PM

Hitting out at the Congress, Nirmala Sitharaman said letters were written to the Reserve Bank of India and State Bank of India during the UPA's rule to help Mallya. (Photo: File | ANI)

Motivated allegation: Sitharaman slams Cong for demanding Jaitley’s resignation

Sitharaman said the demand for Jaitley's resignation is a strategy to deflect attention from UPA govt's 'cronyism and favouritism'.

13 Sep 2018 8:18 PM

President Ram Nath Kovind has appointed Justice Ranjan Gogoi as the next Chief Justice of India following the retirement of Justice Dipak Misra on October 2. (Photo: File | PTI)

Ranjan Gogoi appointed as next chief justice, to take charge on October 3

Justice Gogoi will be Chief Justice till November 17, 2019. He will be administered the oath of office by President Ram Nath Kovind.

13 Sep 2018 7:37 PM

The HC observed that the investigation by the probe team in the case is satisfactory and hence it doesn't need to be handed over to CBI. (Photo: File)

Kerala nun rape: Victim's family threatened, offered money to drop case, says lawyer

Public prosecutor, however, stated that 'round the clock security has been provided to the victim since July 2018 at St Francis Convent.'

13 Sep 2018 6:40 PM

At least 488 people have died in Kerala due to the rains and flood this monsoon, which hit 14 districts of the state. (Photo: File | AP)

Kerala seeks Rs 4,700 Cr as compensation from Centre for flood damage

Kerala govt has sent a memorandum to Home Ministry giving details about loss of human life, properties, infrastructure and crops.

13 Sep 2018 6:36 PM

Kerala High Court posted the Kerala nun rape case for September 24. (Photo: File)

Kerala HC expresses satisfaction over police probe into nun rape case

The HC earlier had sought to know the steps taken by the state government to ensure the safety and security of the nun.

13 Sep 2018 6:29 PM

Kerala legislative assembly Speaker P Sreeramakrishnan said, "If there is any complaint against any MLA, member or a minister inside or outside the Assembly, the ethics committee is bound to examine the matter and submit a report to the Speaker." (Representational | PTI)

Kerala nun rape case: Ethics committee to examine MLA's 'prostitute' remark

Independent MLA PC George recently stoked controversy after he called a nun, who accused the Bishop of alleged rape, a 'prostitute'.

13 Sep 2018 6:16 PM

Uttar Pradesh DGP O P Singh said that the arrested Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist had plans to launch an attack on occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

UP ATS arrests Hizbul terrorist planning attack on Ganesh Chaturthi

The suspect named as Qamar Uj Zama was arrested on a tip-off from the National Investigation Agency (NIA).

13 Sep 2018 5:27 PM

Addressing party workers of five Lok Sabha constituencies via the NaMo app, Prime Minister Modi said the BJP's biggest strength is its party workers. (Photo: File)

'Mera Booth Sabse Mazboot': PM Modi's mantra for party workers for 2019 polls

"Wind blowing in favour of BJP, even stronger than in 2014. Oppn parties holding hands to save themselves from being blown away," Modi said.

13 Sep 2018 5:21 PM

Earlier, Mamata Banerjee had said, 'I wanted to go to Chicago. I could not go there because of an unholy conspiracy hatched by certain people. This incident has given me a lot of pain.' (Photo: File)

BJP, RSS ‘forced’ organisers to cancel Mamata Banerjee’s US visit: TMC

External Affairs Ministry dismissed reports that Banerjee was denied permission to visit Chicago to attend World Hindu Conference.

13 Sep 2018 5:11 PM

BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra claimed that Rahul Gandhi was on the backfoot in the case of Kingfisher Airlines and its promoter Vijay Mallya as well as the entire Gandhi family traveled on the airline and their travel was upgraded to business class for free. (Photo: File)

Not Mallya, seems Gandhis owned Kingfisher Airlines in proxy: BJP hits back

BJP's Sambit Patra showed purported confessional statement of hawala trader, alleged Rahul Gandhi had links with shell company.

13 Sep 2018 5:03 PM

We are reviewing (Chabahar project) in the context, in particular of Afghanistan, and in the spirit that the idea of our sanctions are not to punish partners or to imperil partners, but to bring a price tag for Iran's malign behaviour," Alice Wells, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia said. (Photo: File | AP)

US reviewing India's development of Chabahar port, says official

Chabahar port is being considered a gateway to golden opportunities for trade by India, Iran and Afghanistan with central Asian countries.

13 Sep 2018 4:58 PM

Nancy married Jeetendra in April this year. However, after staying at his residence for some time she decided to come back to her parents' house. (Photo: ANI)

Akshay Kumar-starrer ‘Toilet: Ek Prem Katha’ plays out in real in MP's district

Nancy decided to leave her in-laws' residence and come back to her parents' house after she was forced to defecate in open.

13 Sep 2018 4:43 PM

Painkiller Saridon and skin cream Panderm are among the roughly 6,000 brands whose manufacture, sale and distribution have been immediately banned. (Representational Image | Pixabay)

Saridon, 327 other combination drugs banned to avoid health risk

The ban follows recommendation of DTAB which said in a report that taking the 328 FDCs would be a health risk.

13 Sep 2018 3:01 PM

In video, former DMK corporator Selvakumar is seen repeatedly kicking one woman, while the other three try to stop him. (Screengrab | ANI)

In video, former DMK corporator repeatedly kicks woman at salon in Tamil Nadu

Selvakumar has suspended from party’s primary membership. Police have arrested him for his horrendous act.

13 Sep 2018 2:47 PM

A cordon and search operation was launched by security forces this morning in Arampora area of Sopore in the north Kashmir district after intelligence input about presence of militants in the area, a police official said. (Representational image)

J&K: Encounter underway in Baramulla, two terrorists killed

One of the terrorists was the mastermind behind the Sopore IED blast in which four policemen were martyred, the J&K police said.

13 Sep 2018 2:35 PM

Further alleging “collusion” between Arun Jaitley and Vijay Mallya, Congress president Rahul Gandhi demanded resignation of the Finance Minister. (Photo: Twitter | @INCIndia)

Jaitley 'lying', Cong leader saw Mallya 'talking discreetly' to FM: Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi asked why Arun Jaitley didn’t inform CBI or ED when Vijay Mallya informed him about going to London.

13 Sep 2018 2:04 PM

Security forces have begun a search operation. (Representational image | PTI)

CRPF jawan injured during search operation in Jammu, encounter underway

One Central Reserve Police Force jawan has been injured.

13 Sep 2018 12:59 PM

Political parties performed Ganesh puja at their respective offices on Thursday. (Representational Image)

Ganesh Chaturthi in Hyderabad: 18,000 cops deployed to oversee festivities

Governor of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh ESL Narasimhan and Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao greeted people on eve of the festival.

13 Sep 2018 12:55 PM

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