Kochi, Aug 11 (IANS) The Kerala High Court on Monday refused to intervene in a trial court order that denied permission to Jollyamma Joseph, alias Jolly Joseph, the prime accused in the sensational Koodathayi serial murder case, to visit the crime scene along with her new lawyer. Jolly is accused of murdering six of her family members, including her first husband, Roy Thomas, by administering cyanide, allegedly to gain control over the family’s assets.The three persons alleged to have been mur…

Kolkata, Aug 11 (IANS) The scheduled rally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi this month at Dum Dum in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district located on the northern outskirts of Kolkata is likely to be postponed by two days, a BJP leader said on Monday.“Initially, the Dum Dum rally was scheduled on August 20. However, since the ongoing monsoon session of the Parliament will continue till August 21, the Prime Minister will be busy in Delhi till that date. So a fresh proposal has been sent from …

Ranchi, Aug 11 (IANS) The rising waters of the Ganga have triggered a flood crisis in Jharkhand’s Sahibganj, submerging large parts of the district headquarters and forcing authorities to shut all schools on Monday and Tuesday.At 6 a.m. on Monday, the river’s water level was recorded at 28.62 metres — 1.37 metres above the danger mark of 27.25 metres — and is steadily approaching the High Flood Level.Around the riverfront, entire localities have been inundated, with flood waters entering 1…

New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) As many as 127 claims and objections out of 10,570 received directly from electors concerning Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar have been disposed of by officials so far, said the ECI on Monday. Even after 11 days of the publication of electoral draft rolls, none of the political parties has filed any complaint, the poll panel said.On a day when Opposition party leaders, including Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, were det…

Bengaluru, Aug 11 (IANS) Karnataka Leader of the Opposition R. Ashoka claimed on Monday that Minister for Cooperation K.N. Rajanna was “forced” to resign for speaking the “truth” about the election “fraud”. “Minister Rajanna has been dropped simply for telling the truth. This is a precursor to the ‘October revolution’ that is impending within the Congress party in Karnataka,” said Ashoka, referring to Minister Rajanna’s earlier statement that a revolution was coming within …

Agartala, Aug 11 (IANS) The Tripura Police have arrested a 29-year-old woman for allegedly strangling her five-month-old child in Tripura’s Sepahijala district, officials said on Monday. The Sonamura police station officer in-charge, Tapas Das, said that the police arrested Suchitra Debbarma for killing her infant daughter Rimi on Sunday when her husband Amit Debbarma went to work in a rubber garden. He added that as per preliminary inquiry, the accused woman had an illicit affair with another y…

Jaipur, Aug 11 (IANS) Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma and Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan last week released Rs 3,200 crore as insurance claim amount to farmers under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY)The amount was transferred directly to the bank accounts of more than 30 lakh farmers across several states, including Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Chhattisgarh, during a ceremony held at the Jhunjhunu airstrip.The event began with a special welcome for the d…

Amritsar, Aug 11 (IANS) Akal Takht’s former acting Jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh was on Monday unanimously elected as President of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) breakaway faction, while Bibi Satwant Kaur was elected as Chairperson of the party’s religious wing at an election conducted by the Akal Takht-constituted five-member committee in this Punjab holy city. The participants in the election were rivals of the SAD, which is led by Sukhbir Badal, son of late Parkash Singh Badal.Both claimed t…

Mumbai, Aug 11 (IANS) Shiv Sena UBT chief Uddhav Thackeray on Monday accused Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis of shielding the “tainted” ministers, saying that he “feels sorry” about him, as despite having a brutal majority, he is unable to sack such ministers. Thackeray, who led the party’s Jan Akrosh protest demanding the removal of tainted ministers, said that if the Chief Minister has self-respect, he should immediately sack the corrupt ministers from his Cabinet without succumbing…

Patna, Aug 11 (IANS) Janata Dal (United) leader, Neeraj Kumar, on Monday criticised the INDIA Bloc leaders for their protest march from Parliament to the Election Commission of India (ECI) office, against the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar and alleged vote fraud in Maharashtra and Karnataka. He also urged the Opposition to acknowledge their earlier inaction regarding the matter before raising new demands.Speaking to IANS, Neeraj Kumar said, “The INDIA Bloc parties…