Woman IPS officer, YSRC MlA exchange heated words
Amaravati: Tirupati Urban Superintendent of Police R Jayalakshmi allegedly exchanged heated words with YSR Congress
MlA Narayana Swamy when the latter and his followers, tried to gherao her at a Government hospital in the temple town. A purported video of the incident, which occurred late on Friday night surfaced on Saturday.
‘Advani, Joshi tried to pacify crowd demolishing masjid'
Thane (Maha): Former Shiv Sena MP Satish Pradhan on Saturday said that he had seen lK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi pacifying the crowd and trying to prevent them from going ahead with the demolition of Babri Masjid.
5 killed as train hits car at unmanned level crossing
Bhadohi (UP): Five persons were killed when their car was hit by a speeding train at an unmanned rail crossing here this evening, bringing back memories of a similar mishap at a nearby place last year in which eight school children were killed and 14 injured.
National Conference leader Naik passes away
Srinagar: Senior National Conference (NC) leader and former speaker of Jammu & Kashmir legislative Assembly, Ali Mohammad Naik, passed away here at the age of 87. Naik was suffering from chest disease and breathed his last while being taken to a hospital last night.
One killed in accident on Gr Noida expressway
Greater Noida: One person was killed and three others injured on Saturday when a speeding bus hit a tractor near Panchsheel underpass on the Noida-Greater Noida expressway, police said. The accident happened at around noon when the bus of Noida Metro Rail Corporation (NMRC) hit the tractor, coming from opposite direction near the underpass, they said.
Mother of India's US envoy assaulted by grandson
New Delhi: The 86-year-old mother of Indian Ambassador to the US Navtej Sarna was allegedly assaulted by her maternal grandson in southeast Delhi's Greater Kailash area on Saturday over a property dispute, police said. The accused, Karan Dev Chopra, had been pressuring his grandmother Surjit Sarna for a greater share in property but when his demands were not met, he assaulted her, police said.
Cong approaches Delhi EC over opinion poll in ToI, Times Now
New Delhi: The Delhi unit of the Congress party on Saturday approached the State Election Commission against a leading media house that published and aired an opinion poll on the municipal elections. The Congress has sought action against the ‘Times of India' and 'Times Now' for "violating" the Election Commission Guidelines and its Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) by publishing and airing the opinion polls during the 48 hours before the polls.
‘PM felicitated wrong persons in name of martyrs families’
Bhubaneswar: The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Saturday accused the BJP of "dishonouring" martyrs families by inviting some "fake" persons to be felicitated by PM Narendra Modi. "It is a matter of great shame that fake persons were felicitated by Modi here in the name of honouring the freedom fighters families," BJD spokesman and former Minister S N Patro said in a statement.