- Sources11 bodies found in home in Mexico
Mexican officials on Friday discovered the bodies of 11 people who had been tied up, tortured and shot dead inside a residence in the border town of Ciudad Juarez, in northern Chihuahua state, the prosecutor's office told Xinhua.
1 year agoSourcesNight ban on vehicles through Karnataka forest to stay: CMThe night-long ban on vehicular movement through the 30km Bandipur forest road in southwest Karnataka would continue, said state Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Friday.
1 year agoSourcesCentre scraps plan to set up Social media hub, SC told (Lead)The Centre on Friday told the Supreme Court that it has abandoned its plan to set up a Social Media Communication Hub (SMCH) to track and monitor these platforms to identify "buzz creators".
1 year agoSourcesExports of jute products to rise despite concerns over qualityDespite challenges in procuring quality raw jute, exports of diversified products made of the golden fibre are expected to grow over 10 per cent to cross the Rs 600 crore mark in the current financial year, stakeholders say.
1 year agoSourcesEnglish important, but not at cost of mother tongue: British CouncilThe British Council, which is working closely with the Delhi government to improve the English skills of students in government schools here, believes the language is important in the present scenario but not at the cost of one's mother tongue.
1 year agoSourcesBan on women in Sabarimala temple not protected by Constitution, Kerala tells SCKerala on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that Sabarimala temple does not belong to any religious denomination and it cannot invoke the protection of Article 26 of the Constitution to save the practice of prohibiting women from entering the temple having the deity of Lord Ayyappa in celibate state.
1 year agoSourcesThreats to Hareesh: Sahitya Akademi to write to PM; publisher says won't back down (Roundup)Breaking its silence over repeated threats to Malayalam novelist S. Hareesh, Sahitya Akademi President Chandrashekhar Kambar, speaking to IANS, condemned the threats that the novelist received from some right wing outfits, promising that as the President of India's National Academy of Letters, he will write to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and draw his attention to the "pressures and attacks" writers like Hareesh are facing.
1 year agoSourcesTravel agencies booked for duping Indian migrantsAs many as five cases have been registered in Gurugram against various travel agencies for allegedly misguiding and duping Indian migrants, who were sent by them to different countries for job, police said on Tuesday.
1 year agoSourcesNobody will be harassed in NRC process: Rajnath to Mamata (Lead)Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday assured visiting West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee that nobody will be harassed in Assam's National Register of Citizens (NRC) updation process and that it was published in line with the provisions of Assam Accord.
1 year agoSourcesFemale genital mutilation violative of bodily integrity, privacy, SC toldThe Centre on Tuesday told the Supreme Court the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) in Dawoodi Bohra community is violative of bodily integrity which is a part of right to privacy and dignity.
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