Kolkata: Noted Bengali poet Mandakranta Sen on Wednesday returned her Sahitya Akademi Young Writers Special Award to protest against what she described as intolerance and communalism in the society.Sen received the award in 2004 for her body of
Kathmandu: Ethnic protesters demanding statehood in western Nepal attacked police with spears and knives Monday, leaving at least six officers and three protesters dead and many others injured.Government Administrator Raj Kumar Shrestha said the injured
Puri: A mob today set on fire a compartment of an express train at Delang station following the death of a local boy who fell from a running train last night.The boy, who was travelling
Guwahati: Truckers in Assam on Saturday stopped plying their vehicles from here to Dimapur and other parts of Nagaland in protest against the lynching of a rape accused in Nagaland's commercial hub Dimapur on Thursday.At
Dimapur: A day after thousands of people broke into the Dimapur Central jail dragged an alleged rapist and lynched him to death publicly, Dimapur Supredentent of Police Meren Jamir said that the police were unable
Hong Kong: Hong Kong police said yesterday that they have arrested 19 people, some of whom are believed to have organised crime ties, after mobs tried to drive pro-democracy protesters from the streets where they
Raisen (MP): Curfew was last night imposed in this town in Madhya Pradesh after a clash between members of two communities which left seven persons injured, three of them with gunshot wounds, and saw a
Guwahati : Three militants of Meghalaya-based outfit United Achik Liberation Army (UALA) were Tuesday beaten to death by villagers in Assam's Goalpara district, police said.The incident took place at Majhipara village along the Assam-Meghalaya border.Police
Kolkata: Irate commuters vandalised railway property at the Sealdah station in protest against late running of local trains in the Sealdah Main section of Eastern Railway last night, further affecting train services for over an
Amritsar: A mob attacked workers of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) during Republic Day celebrations here today, leaving several persons injured.A group of people, under the banner of Hindu Krantikari Sena, allegedly attacked AAP workers
Islamabad: Tension gripped a small village in Pakistan's Sindh province after a mob dug up the grave of a Hindu within 12 hours of his burial, saying he could not be interred in a Muslim
Kolkata: The principal of a school in West Bengal where a minor girl student died after being allegedly ragged by her seniors said Wednesday that she was forced to resign by the police "under instructions
New Delhi: At least 12 police personnel including a woman constable were injured and two police vans damaged as an angry mob went on the rampage in Model Town area in north Delhi over alleged
Muzaffarnagar, UP: A group of people returning from a cremation on Wednesday attacked and damaged one dozen houses and shops belonging to members of a particular community at Kawal village, police said.Several persons were also
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