The court of additional district judge (ADJ)-1 Durgesh Chandra Awasthi in Gumla awarded life sentence to 19 women on Wednesday for killing two women in 2013 after branding them as witches. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on each of them.
Read MoreThe giant Mall of America complex in the midwestern state of Minnesota went into lockdown Thursday afternoon in what police described as an “active incident.” Police in the city of Bloomington described the event as “an isolated incident,” saying the suspect had fled the sprawling mall, which has more than 500 stores, on foot.
Read MoreThe ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign on the occasion of 75th year of independence, is taking a new lead in Chhattisgarh with state chief minister Bhupesh Baghel using display picture of Jawahar Lal Nehru holding tricolour and the message ‘Hamar Tiranga’ (our tricolour) on his Twitter
Read MoreCentre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) has extended support to the countrywide strike by postal employees on August 10 against corporatisation/privatisation.
Read MoreChief minister Bhupesh Baghel on Thursday virtually transferred an amount of Rs 5.60 crore into the bank accounts of cattle-rearers, women self-help groups (SHGs) and gauthan (cow shelter) committees under the Godhan Nyay Yojana. State government has till date paid Rs 301.
Read MoreThe social justice and empowerment department has devised new methods to prevent online fraud and hacking of the system to secure benefits under the social security pension schemes through Jan Aadhar numbers.
Read MoreRSS chief Mohan Bhagwat is in Bhopal till August 6. According to RSS sources, Bhagwat has come to state capital to participate in the central committee meeting of Vishwa Hindu Parishad and will attend the training camp of NRIs for next two days.
Read MoreA week after the director of a school in UP’s Shahjahanpur was booked for allegedly kidnapping and raping a teacher, police have now registered an FIR against the 22-year-old woman teacher and three of her male friends for alleged “sextortion”.
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