Chennai,  To stop his lover from marrying another man, a 24-year-old Tamil Nadu man snatched the 'Thali' (mangalsutra) from the prospective groom and tried to tie it around the woman's neck.

The intruder and the bride were in a relationship and according to police, the girl had sent a text me

Ahmedabad,  The Gujarat Congress on Saturday gave a bandh call in the state to protest against inflation, unemployment, contractual employment in government jobs and other issues which received a mixed response from people.

In some areas of the the state, several traders joined the bandh voluntarily wher

Bengaluru,  Karnataka Police said on Saturday that it arrested the 46-year-old husband and parents of a 14-year-old girl on charges of child marriage in Yelahanka New Town of Bengaluru.

The police have now launched a hunt for the priest, who conducted the marriage.

The girl, a school dropo

Rajkot,  A criminal case has been regsitered against Swaminarayan Sect's sadhu Anand Sagar over his alleged controversial statment on Lord Shiva.

The Sanatani Brahma Samaj has alleged that during one of his sermons, the sadhu had "insulted" Lord Shiva, hurt people's sentiments.
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Shimla,  The whereabouts of four trekkers from West Bengal, who went missing two days ago while trekking in Himachal Pradesh's Kullu, remained unknown on Friday and the search for them was stepped up, officials said.

Two of the six trekkers and one cook who went missing in the Kullu area reached Wach

Ahmedabad,  Gujarat Congress has given a symbolic bandh call in the state on Saturday to protest against inflation and unemployment.

The Congress has appealed to the traders and other businesses to pull down their shutters from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.

The party's state unit president Jagdish

Thiruvananthapuram,   Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday called on ailing CPI-M veteran Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, who is undergoing treatment for cancer at a Chennai Hospital.

Balakrishnan, who till early this month was the state secretary of the party, decided to quit owing to failing health an

New Delhi,  The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the demolition of Curlies restaurant on Goa's Anjuna beach, which has recently been linked to the death of Haryana BJP leader Sonali Phogat.

The authorities demolished the restaurant after the National Green Tribunal (NGT) upheld the Goa Coastal Zone Man

New Delhi,  Five people were injured when a house collapsed in Azad Market area of North Delhi.

Delhi Police and Fire Department confirmed that as of now no death was reported, while the rescue operation is underway.

The injured are undergoing treatment at a hospital.

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Chennai,  Close on the heels of AIADMK interim general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami (EPS) visiting the party headquarters, the deposed coordinator of the party, O. Panneerselvam (OPS) and leaders close to him on Friday sought police protection to enter the party office.

J.C.D. Prabhakar, a close ass