Army porter killed in Pak firing in Baramulla
Baramulla: An Army porter was today killed and a girl injured in firing by Pakistani troops along the Line of Control in Kamalkote sector of Baramulla district in Jammu and Kashmir. "There was unprovoked ceasefire violation by Pakistani troops along the...
Vijay vs BJP fight intensifies: Party asks actor to clarify his tax detail
Chennai: The BJP has sharpened its attack against actor Vijay with the party’s National Secretary H Raja asking the star to clarify his tax details. This after Vijay’s latest film Mersal took a dig at the BJP-led Central government’s policies –...
Rahul Gandhi’s Jay Shah offensive continues: Mitron, won’t speak, won’t let anyone speak
New Delhi: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi continued to attack PM Modi and Amit Shah over their silence on the corruption charges against BJP chief's son Jay Shah. New Delhi: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi's tweet attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and...
No beef ban in Meghalaya, asserts BJP
Representational Pic Shillong: The Bharatiya Janata Party today said there would not be any beef ban in Meghalaya and alleged that the Congress was 'misleading' the people on the issue to gain political mileage ahead of the assembly elections next year. The...
Ranjit Kumar resigns as solicitor general
New Delhi: Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar, the country's second highest law officer, resigned today for 'personal reasons'. The office of Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad received his resignation letter today. While Kumar confirmed to PTI that he had resigned, sources close to...
7 cops suspended for ‘allowing’ EC bribery case accused roam free
New Delhi: Seven Delhi Police personnel have been suspended for allegedly allowing an arrested middleman in the Election Commission bribery case to roam freely in Bengaluru where he had been taken for a court hearing, police said today. Sukesh Chandrashekhar was...
In chopper decorated as ‘Pushpak Viman’, ‘Lord Ram’ returns to Ayodhya
Ayodhya: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath arrives in Ayodhya to take part in Diwali celebrations. The event seeks to create the celebratory atmosphere witnessed in Ayodhya on Lord Rama's return along with wife Sita and brother Lakshman, after victory over...
CBI to look into Fairfax detective’s Bofors allegations
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation today said it would look into the 'facts and circumstances' of the Bofors scam mentioned by private detective Michael Hershmam, who alleged that the Rajiv Gandhi-led Congress government had sabotaged his investigation. Hershman, who...
Early morning raids at JNU hostels enrage students
New Delhi: An early morning raid -- the authorities call it a check -- in Jawaharlal Nehru University's hostel rooms has riled its students, with many maintaining that attempts are being made to malign the university's scholars, especially its women. Students...
Kerala high court restores life ban on Sreesanth
Kocchi: The Kerala high court on Tuesday restored the life ban imposed on cricketer S Sreesanth by the Board of Control for Cricket in India, a news agency reported. The division bench of Chief Justice Navniti Prasad Singh ruled that the...
Rajasthan Police refuse guard of honour for Rajnath Singh, 250 cops go on leave
Jodhpur: In an unprecedented development, as many as 250 personnel from Rajasthan Police refused guard of honour for Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday. The cops in Jodhpur went on a day’s mass leave, reported media quoting Jodhpur police...
Taj Mahal ‘very important’ to us; built by Indian labourers: Yogi
File Pic Lucknow:A day after Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Sangeet Som praised the decision to remove the Taj Mahal from the list of tourist destinations, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has said that the monument is 'very important to...
CEO of Dera-run firm held for role in Panchkula violence
Panchkula: The CEO of a business venture run by Sirsa-based Dera Sacha Sauda has been arrested in connection with the violence that erupted following the conviction of the sect's head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in a rape case on August...
Talwars released from Dasana Jail
New Delhi: Dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, acquitted last week of the charges of murdering their 14-year-old daughter Aarushi and domestic servant Hemraj, were released from Dasna Jail in Ghaziabad on Monday. Rajesh Talwar's brother Dinesh Talwar and their lawyers...
‘Traitors’ built Red Fort too, will PM stop hoisting Tiranga: Asaduddin Owaisi
New Delhi: Responding to Bharatiya Janata Party's Uttar Pradesh legislator Sangeet Som's comments questioning Taj Mahal's place in history, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen chief Asaduddin Owaisi today asked if the government would tell tourists not to visit the monument. Owaisi, the...
6 killed in building collapse in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: At least six persons were killed and some others feared trapped when a two-storeyed building collapsed due to a suspected LPG cylinder blast near Ejipura in Bengalu on Monday, the police said. Eye-witnesses said the blast took place at around...
26 fall ill after consuming IRCTC food on Tejas Express
Mumbai: At least 26 people aboard the Mumbai-bound Tejas Express from Goa were today taken ill after consuming food served by the Railways' catering wing, IRCTC, the Konkan Railways said. The passengers were headed towards Mumbai. After consuming the food served by...
Bengaluru rains: Girl drowns in drain, toll mounts to 10
Bengaluru: A 16-year-old girl drowned in an overflowing drain today, taking the death toll from rain- related incidents in Bengaluru to 10. The incident happened at Krishnappa Garden. Narasamma had gone to attend nature's call and she accidentally slipped into the...
BJP must read writing on wall: Sunil Jakhar after Gurdaspur win
Gurdaspur: Having trounced the Bharatiya Janata Party's nominee in the Gurdaspur Lok Sabha bypolls, Congress leader Sunil Jakhar today said the saffron party must read the writing on the wall now. Jakhar, who is the chief of Punjab Congress, defeated his...
Raped by 5 men, minor girl ends life in UP
Baghpat: Five people, accused of raping a minor girl, have been arrested in Baghpat. The girl allegedly committed suicide on Saturday. The case of rape was registered in July. "We probed and concluded the five accused be arrested and produced before court. The...
Maharashtra seeks Rs 7,180 cr central aid for irrigation projects
Mumbai/New Delhi: Maharashtra Governor C. V. Rao on Saturday sought a financial assistance of Rs 7,180 crore to complete various irrigation projects in 14 districts prone to farmers suicides. He urged the central government to consider it as “a special case”...
