Category: India News

West Godavari, Andhra Pradesh, December 20, 2024 – A woman in West Godavari district received a package on her front doorstep, inside which was the decomposed body of a man along with a ransom note demanding ₹1.3 crore.  Naga Tulsi of West Godavari was constructing a house on an allotment from the government. She had…

New Delhi, December 20, 2024-A major fracas ensued on the Makar Dwar entrance of the Indian Parliament on Thursday, with a FIR lodged against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.  The incident has brought fresh friction between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the rival Congress party. The Incident at Makar Dwar On December 19th, opposition…

Jaipur, December 20, 2024: An unfortunate accident on the Jaipur-Ajmer highroad at the early hours of Friday morning, fueling an enormous fire, resulted in no less than nine deaths, while over 40 sustained injuries with 15 others reported to be in critical condition.  This involved a gas tanker crashing into multiple vehicles near a petrol…

On December 19, 2024, tensions surged in Mumbai as members of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) youth wing, the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM), stormed and ransacked the Congress party’s city office in Dadar.  This was in protest of alleged derogatory comments made by Congress workers about Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, the principal architect of the…

Jagjit Singh Dallewal is a leading farmers’ voice in Punjab and has reached the 24th day of his fast-unto-death, causing a major setback to his already fragile health.  The 70-year-old cancer victim started this hunger strike in demand of a legal guarantee for the farmers’ minimum support price for their crops and other reforms in…

A clash broke out on the Parliament premises on December 19, 2024, resulting in serious injuries to two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Members of Parliament (MPs), Pratap Chandra Sarangi and Mukesh Rajput.  Both MPs sustained head injuries and were immediately taken to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Delhi’s Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital. Health…

Underlining the continuing efforts to protect consumer interest, the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has sent out show-cause notices to 45 coaching institutes pan-India for blackmailing distributors through misleading advertisements.  Of these, a fine amounting to ₹61.6 lakh was imposed on 19 institutes with the direction to stop their misleading advertisements.  This action sends a…

Major landslide moves have been taken truly towards implementing the ONOE initiative by the Indian government considering the aspect of a Joint Parliamentary Committee to talk over the proposed legislation particularly targeting simultaneous elections across the country.  The 31-member committee draws representation from various political parties and includes recognizable faces like Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi…

Mumbai today witnessed a heart-wrenching maritime accident when a speeding Indian Navy boat that was engaged in engine trials lost control and collided with a passenger ferry, the Neelkamal, which was carrying over 100 passengers to Elephanta Island, a famous tourist spot known for its ancient Hindu temples and mythological carvings.  Thirteen lives were lost…

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is getting ready to issue notices to more than 20 Lok Sabha MPs who missed the all-important voting on the ‘One Nation, One Election’ (ONOE) bill, after the party had issued a whip that all its members be present during the session. Introduction of the ONOE Bill The ONOE Bill…