Tribals tonsure couple in Bihar
In a shocking display of barbaric tribal traditions in Bihar, a middle-aged couple suspected of being in an illicit relationship was publicly tonsured, smeared with black paint, beaten up and paraded
Rift between CM, bureaucracy?
Is a rift brewing between the West Bengal bureaucracy and chief minister Mamata Banerjee?
Assault case against Salman, bodyguard
Bollywood star Salman Khan is in trouble again.
Booted from BSP, Kushwaha emerges OBC leader
Expelled BSP leader and former minister Babu Singh Kushwaha is emerging from the wings and is all set to become the rallying point for OBCs, both within and outside the Bahujan Samaj Party.
Didi rejects fake encounter theory
Breaking her silence over the killing of top Maoist commander Kishenji, chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday defended the joint security forces’ offensive at the Burishole forest in Jangalmahal.
Anna effect: Drunkard thrashed in Bihar
In a potentially dangerous beginning of the Anna Hazare effect, a drunkard in Bihar was on Sunday beaten up in public by scores of people who said they were following the Gandhian social activist’s pr
Nitish report card faces Opp. ‘chargesheet’
Bihar’s politics is growing hotter by a shrill verbal wrestling between the Nitish Kumar-led government’s self-laudatory “report card” for its sixth consecutive year in power and the Opposition partie
Maya denies misusing NREGA
UP chief minister Mayawati denied allegations of her government having misused the NREGA funds in Uttar Pradesh and said that the Congress was projecting the NREGA as its own scheme whereas all partie
Kishenji planned to hold meet in Dec.
Slain top Maoist commander Kishenji had come to Jangalmahal from Orissa to observe the People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) Week in December, little knowing that death was waiting for him.
Manhunt on for kishenji associates
The joint forces on Friday conducted a huge manhunt in and around the Burishole jungles in Jamboni police station area of West Midnapore, searching relentlessly for slain Maoist leader Kishenji’s close associates Suchitra Mahato and others. “We believe she was injured and that is why she had to flee leaving her rifle and bag behind,” a CRPF member said.