Mumbai to get mobility soon: BMC says torrential rain improbable

Mumbai: A day after heavy rains and severe flooding in Mumbai after parts of the city received as much as 300 mm of rainfall, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Commissioner Ajoy Mehta on Wednesday said that such 'unprecedented situation' was much mitigated...

Another Lokpal stir? Anna Hazare writes to PM Narendra Modi, threatens to launch campaign

File Pic New Delhi: In a stinging letter addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, social activist Anna Hazare today slammed the government for its delay in appointing a Lokpal even after three years in power and threatened another round of...

Indian student rescued from lake in hurricane-hit Texas dies

Texas: A 24-year-old Indian student died today, three days after he was rescued along with another Indian woman from a swollen lake in the US state of Texas where Hurricane Harvey wreaked havoc. Nikhil Bhatia, a PhD student at the Texas...

This Maharashtra minister appeals stuck Mumbaikars to use his official bungalow

Mumbai: Maharashtra Parliamentary Affairs Minister Girish Bapat has appealed to people stranded in south Mumbai for unavailability of transport following heavy rains, to take shelter in his official residence for time being. In his appeal made through Facebook, the Bharatiya Janata...

Children Death toll in BRD: 290 in August

Gorakhpur: A total of 290 children have died in the Baba Raghav Das Medical College here in the month of August, of which 213 died in the neo natal ICU and 77 in the encephalitis ward, principal P K Singh...

Video: Jodhpur Doctors squabble during C-section, newborn dies

Deadline to link Aadhaar to social benefit schemes extended to December 31

New Delhi: Supreme Court on Wednesday announced that all petitions related with Aadhaar- related matters will be heard in the first week of November. The Centre told the apex court that it will extend the deadline for mandatory Aadhaar to avail...

Haryana CM rejects demands for resignation over Dera violence

File Pic Chandigarh: Responding to demands for his resignation over the violence that led to 38 deaths following the conviction of Dera Sacha Sauda head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Wednesday said his government...

Marital ‘rape’ not crime says Central Govt. to High Court

Representational pic New Delhi: So again, with the Central Government's blessings, Indian men, are let off the hook and a sensitive issue for women, specially married women, has been dealt a rude blow. Making marital rape a crime will make husbands vulnerable...

Maharashtra govt issues orders to allow employees to leave office early

Mumbai: The Met Department today warned of more "heavy intermittent spells" in the next few hours in Mumbai and its satellite cities where incessant downpour has threw normal life out of gear. India Meteorological Department (IMD) Director General K J...

Rape allegations defamed Rahul Gandhi, says Supreme Court; CBI may explore ‘foreign angle’

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has dismissed a case against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who had been accused by another politician of kidnapping a girl in Uttar Pradesh and gang-raping her with his friends. The court said that Mr Gandhi's reputation...

Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim sentenced to 20 years in jail, not 10 years

Rohtak: The CBI court which sentenced Gurmeet Ram Rahim, chief of the Dera Sacha Sauda, has clarified that he has been sentenced to 20 years and not 10 years to prison. The court said that he will have to serve two...

Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim sentenced to 10 years in jail

Rohtak: CBI special court judge Jagdeep Singh has sentenced Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh to 10 years in jail for rape and criminal intimidation of two female disciples in 2002. The Dera chief was held guilty by...

By election results: AAP wins Bawana, BJP leads Goa

Panaji/ New Delhi: In an intense three sided battle, Aam Admi Party has managed to win the Bawana assembly seat defeating the two main warriors BJP and Congress. While AAP's Ram Chander got 59886 votes, BJP's Ved Prakash polled 35834 votes....

‘He is PM of India, not BJP,’ says furious high court after Haryana riots

Chandigarh: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was not spared as a furious court today reprimanded Haryana and the central governments over the deadly rioting by self-styled godman Gurmeet Ram Rahim's followers after his conviction for rape. "He is the Prime Minister...

HC blasts Khattar govt for letting Panchkula burn, says it surrendered to rioters

New Delhi: The Punjab and Haryana High Court has lashed out at the Manohar Lal Khattar government in Haryana, saying it let Panchkula burn for political gains. It says the government seemed to have surrendered to violent followers of the Dera...

30 dead, 250 injured in violence in Haryana after Dera verdict

Panchkula: At least 30 people were killed and 250 injured on Friday in widespread violence, arson and police firing in Haryana triggered by the rape conviction of self-styled godman Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh. While 28 people were killed in Panchkula, the...

Dera followers set train on fire; death toll increases to 13

Delhi: The chaos caused by supporters of Ram Rahim is getting accelerated with the passage of time. At least 13 people have been killed and more than 70 injured as Dera Sacha Sauda followers have gone on a rampage in...

Ram Rahim’s verdict ignites violence in Panchkula; 5 dead

Panchkula: As soon as the self proclaimed Messenger of God, Ram Rahim has been convicted by the court, his adherents have started aggressive arsons and clashes, just as what was feared. As of now, 5 people, all Dera Sachha followers,...

The verdict’s out! ‘Rockstar Baba’ Ram Rahim held Guilty of rape charges

Panchkula: A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Panchkula has pronounced the verdict in a rape case involving ‪Dera Sacha Sauda supremo Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh. The quantum of punishments on the ‘God man’ will, however, will be announced...