Three dead, many injured in blast at religious gathering in Amritsar village: police
At least three people were killed, while ten others sustained injuries after a hand grenade was reportedly thrown at a religious congregation at Raja Sansi village near Amritsar on Sunday. Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh and Home Minister Rajnath Singh condemned the attack that happened during a religious congregation of the Nirankari sect.
Varavara Rao sent to police custody till Nov. 26
A special court on Sunday remanded firebrand poet and literary critic P. Varavara Rao to police custody till November 26 for his alleged links with the CPI(ML). The 78-year-old Mr. Rao, a revolutionary Telugu writer well-known for his vocal and trenchant anti-establishment views, was taken by into custody by a team of the Pune police from his residence in Hyderabad late Saturday after the Hyderabad High Court on November 15 had refused to extend his house arrest.
The toll in cyclone Gaja has touched 45, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami said on November 18 and appealed to leaders of all political parties to take part in the relief activities.
Kerala BJP leader remanded in 14-day judicial custody, moved to sub jail
Bharatiya Janata Party Kerala general secretary K. Surendran, who was taken into preventive custody as he tried to proceed to the Lord Ayyappa Temple, was remanded in judicial custody for 14 days by a magistrate in Pathanamthitta district on Sunday.
SC dismisses plea alleging custodial torture of key Kathua rape and murder case witness
The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea claiming that a key witness in the sensational Kathua gang rape and murder case was allegedly tortured in custody by the Jammu and Kashmir Police in connection with a separate rape case.
Divided APEC leaders battle for unity after U.S., China spat
Leaders from 21 Asia-Pacific nations battled to paper over gaping differences Sunday after an unusually sharp exchange of words between the group’s two most powerful members, the United States and China. With just hours of the two-day summit remaining, officials were still scrambling to forge enough of a consensus to issue a formal joint statement and were admitting privately that it might not be possible, amid yawning differences on trade policy.
Government wants to ‘capture’ RBI’s reserves, says Chidambaram
Ahead of RBI Board meeting, Congress leader P Chidambaram on Sunday alleged that the central government was determined to “capture” the bank to gain control over its ₹ 9 lakh crore reserves. In a series of tweets, the former Finance Minister also claimed that the government and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) was heading towards a “confrontation” in the Monday’s board meeting of the bank.
Sitaram Kesri wasn’t allowed to complete term as Congress chief, says Modi
Hitting out at the Congress and the Nehru-Gandhi family, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday alleged that Sitaram Kesri was not allowed to complete his term as Congress president, and was “thrown out of office” to make way for Sonia Gandhi as the new party chief.
#MeToo: Chinmayi removed from dubbing union
After having been at the forefront of the #MeToo movement from the Tamil film industry, renowned singer and dubbing artiste Chinmayi Sripaada, who accused poet Vairamuthu of sexual harassment, on Saturday said that she has been removed from South Indian Cine and Television Artistes and Dubbing Artistes Union without any intimation.
