Activist Shoma Sen seeks discharge in Elgar Parishad case

[ad_1] Mumbai: Activist-academician Shoma Sen, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case, on Tuesday moved an application before a special court here seeking discharge in the matter on the ground she has been falsely arrested and implicated for “exposing illegal arrests, torture and deaths of those defending their fundamentalContinue Reading

Telangana seeks funds in Union Budget for Railway projects

[ad_1] Hyderabad: The Telangana government has urged Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw to ensure adequate budgetary allocations to state railway projects in the Union Budget. In a letter to the Union Minister, state Industries and Commerce Minister K.T. Rama Rao highlighted severe discrimination being meted out to Telangana in budget allocationContinue Reading

Illness count from contaminated water in Hamirpur villages touches 535, Himachal CM seeks report

[ad_1] Hamirpur: The number of people taken ill after allegedly consuming contaminated water in a dozen villages of Nadaun sub-division in Himachal Pradesh’s Hamirpur district rose to 535 on Sunday. People from a dozen villages, including Banh, Jandgi Gujran, Jandali Rajputan, Panyala, Pathiyalu, Niyati, Rangas Chowki Haar, Thain and SankarContinue Reading