India

Tribals from about 200 villages of Dantewada last week had launched the indefinite protest against mining in a hill revered as the shrine of a local deity.

Pakistan fully closed its airspace on February 26 after the Indian Air Force struck a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorist training camp in Balakot.

While sitting with his relatives in their hotel room, they decided to shoot a video on a mobile phone by posing with a country-made pistol, accidentally pressing its trigger.

Delhi University Entrance test 2019 will be conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) from June 30 to July 5 in 18 centres across India.

The deceased, Anju Suthar and Shamkar Chaudhary, both aged 21, were allegedly in a relationship before the woman got married sometime ago.

While 59 people died being trapped inside, mostly due to suffocation, around 103 people were seriously injured in the resulting stampede in the 1997 fire tragedy.

Continued exposure to 48-50 degrees and beyond leads to a severe breakdown of muscle and even death, as seen in the case of the four elderly passengers in Jhansi.

According to the eyewitnesses, the elected representatives began to recite the national anthem. However, after a few seconds some of the members abruptly stopped singing the anthem and instead started singing 'Vande mataram'.

Celebrations are held on various ghats along the sacred river on the festival of Ganga Dussehra. While some ghats throng with huge, festive crowds, others, less known, will offer a quiet, pious respite this Gangavataran.

An Amnesty spokesperson said the authorities had not given permission to the human rights organisation for holding a press briefing on alleged misuse of the controversial Public Safety Act.

Police said that occupants of the ill-fated bus hailed from Maharashtra and were heading to Uttrakhand on a pilgrimage via Vidisha.

Prashant Kanojia was released from Lucknow jail on a personal bond of Rs 20,000 and two other bonds of Rs 20,000 each.

Officials said the work on the closure of open borewells would continue for a couple of days more and Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has sought reports from deputy commissioners.

Malik said the problem of militancy exists in Kashmir not only due to unemployment among youth, but also because politicians have been misleading the people for the past several decades.

Navlakha, along with four otehr activist, was booked under provisions of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) and the Indian Penal Code (IPC) in connection with Bhima-Koregaon violence case.

According to MeT officials, the cyclone is expected to be closest to the Saurashtra Coast by June 12 and between June 12 and June 14, the western-most parts of Saurashtra and Kutch region in Gujarat could witness strong winds and heavy rains.