Maharashtra: Seven drown in two incidents in Thane, Pune
In two separate incidents, seven people including four children drowned in Maharashtra's Thane and Pune districts on Friday, officials said.
In two separate incidents, seven people including four children drowned in Maharashtra's Thane and Pune districts on Friday, officials said.
Holi or Yaoshang is traditionally held for five days in Manipur and it formally began on Friday evening with the burning of straw huts built at the famous Shri Govindaji temple complex in Palace Compound and at a few other localities.
A 23-year-old woman was arrested at Taliparambu in Kerala's Kannur on Friday under the POCSO Act for allegedly sexually exploiting a 12-year-old schoolgirl.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath stated on Friday that the "country has seen how forces try to stop" festivals like Holi and Diwali and "obstruct" events like Maha Kumbh and said "but no one has been able to stop this tradition".
Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K.T. Rama Rao on Friday asked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi if he has the courage to take action against Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy over his 'secret' meeting with the BJP leaders.
Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij said on Saturday that 216 persons have been arrested in connection with the communal violence in the Nuh district of the state.
Two days after the Punjab Police busted a cross-border drug smuggling racket and recovered six kilogram (kg) heroin, a follow-up investigation into the case on Saturday led to recovery of four kg heroin concealed beneath the road in a village Bute Dian Chhana in Mehatpur, Jalandhar.
The Mumbai Police have filed a case against a NRI businessman from Tanzania after an actress-cum-anchor accused him of rape on multiple occasions luring her with marriage, officials said here on Saturday.
'Some healing touch to the wounds of Sikh community', says SAD.
In a massive raid and search operations, ACB sleuths raided the mayor's house in Adarsh Colony on Hatwarda Road till late last night and seized Rs 41.55 lakh.
