A woman was among five people wounded in firing by unidentified assailants after a scuffle with residents of Imphal West district’s Konjen Hajari Leikai late Saturday, reports K Sarojkumar Sharma. Sources said about 20 unidentified people arrived in the neighbourhood in two SUVs and some two-wheelers and barged into the house of Kh. Satyajit,...
Read MoreThe governing Congress party in Chhattisgarh has announced its first list of 30 candidates for the upcoming state assembly elections. While all 12 members of the Bhupesh Baghel ministry have been retained, eight legislators have been dropped and replaced with new faces. The party has also included state party president Deepak Baij as a...
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Read MoreA gynaecologist in a government hospital was arrested in Maharashtra’s Kolhapur this week for performing an abortion on a woman who claimed her in-laws forced her to undergo the procedure. Inspector Gajendra Lohar of Kagal police station told TOI that Dr Digvijay Abhay Patil was arrested on the basis of the woman’s statement that...
Read MoreCongress’s first list for MP polls comes nearly two months after BJP took the lead by announcing a lineup of 136 candidates so far since August 17, reports Suchandana Gupta. The grand old party has fielded actor Vikram Mastal, who played Hanuman in a 2008 TV series, against CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan in his...
Read MoreIsrael, one of the main providers of arms to Colombia’s military, said Sunday it was “halting security exports” to the South American country after taking umbrage at its president’s remarks on the war with Hamas. Colombia’s armed forces, engaged in a decades-long conflict with leftist guerrillas, rightwing paramilitaries and drug cartels, uses Israeli arms...
Read MoreIn a blow to Lanka, skipperDasun ruled out of WC
Read MoreTMC MP Mahua Moitra responded on Sunday to trolling on social media following the circulation of personal photos showing her with a wine glass and a cigar at a dinner party with Congress MP Shashi Tharoor.
Read MoreEcuadorians have voted in a runoff election between Daniel Noboa and Luisa Gonzalez, both of whom have limited governing experience. The election took place amidst a backdrop of increasing drug-related violence in the country. Whichever candidate wins will only govern for 15 months until May 2025, as the previous president, Guillermo Lasso, cut his...
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