India

Opposing a blanket ban, manufacturers say firecrackers are not responsible for the spike in air pollution.

The key Indian concerns is China's objection to the application to designate Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Azhar as terrorist under the Al-Qaeda Sanctions Committee of the United Nations Security Council.

Most of the deaths were reported from the Northern Railway zone at 7,908, followed by 6,149 deaths from the Southern Railway zone and 5,670 deaths from the Eastern Railway zone.

In a minute-long video, Saurabh Madan alias Mithu claims from an undisclosed location that there were no lapses from his side.

The rape survivor and her husband had gone to Bihar to meet a Tantrik whose medicines were said to help conceive a male child.

The woman was forced to alight from the KSRTC bus near Pamba and escorted to safety in a police jeep.

In comparison to Delhi, fuel rates in bordering states like Uttar Pradesh and Haryana are cheaper, he said.

The victim’s granddaughter said three villagers forcibly entered their house at night and attacked the old woman.

Speaking to News18, Chidambaram also says the Modi government is adopting “threatening tactics” to keep regional parties away from the Congress.

Local police too corroborated the claims of the eyewitnesses and said that not just the train was travelling at a high speed, there were no reports of stone pelting at the site of the incident.

The campaign was launched on Saturday by NGO Children's Rights Initiative for Shared Parenting (Crisp) to protest against the #Metoo movement.

On Friday, the victim’s father had complained to the poet against his daughter’s regular ordeal on her way to coaching classes. Firozabadi first advised them to approach the police, but when they seemed hesitant, he decided to take it upon himself.

Embarking on the journey, the woman had clarified that she had come to the Lord Ayyappa shrine as a devotee and not as an activist.

In a statement, Raghubar Das prayed for peace of the souls of the deceased and strength to their family members at this hour of grief.

He was found teasing girls and women in an inebriated condition Thursday night on Mahanavmi in Vikrampur Bande village.

Punjab CM Amarinder Singh announced compensation of Rs five lakh each to the kin of the deceased in the Amritsar train accident and said he was rushing to the spot to personally supervise rescue and relief operations.