Gujarat RS poll: At last, Ahmed Patel wins
JUST IN: Congress leader Ahmed Patel retains his Rajya Sabha seat from Gujarat, reports ANI. The result came soon after the counting of votes was restarted after being stopped for a while.. It was stalled for a while after the Bharatiya Janata...
Justice Dipak Misra to be next Chief Justice of India: Law Ministry
New Delhi: Justice Dipak Misra, who led the Supreme Court bench that confirmed death to four convicts in the Nirbhaya gang-rape case in May this year, will succeed Chief Justice JS Khehar as the next Chief Justice of India. An official...
Gujarat RS elections: Congress moves poll panel against own MLAs, counting put on hold
New Delhi: Amidst allegations of cross voting and breach of poll code by Congress seeking cancellation of two party MLA votes, the counting in Gujarat Rajya Sabha elections has been put on hold. The Gujarat Assembly today voted to fill Gujarat’s...
Ram temple can be built at disputed site, mosque at a distance: Shia Board
File Pic New Delhi: The Shia Wakf Board joined the Ram Mandir-Babri Masjid tussle, filing an affidavit at the Supreme Court where it suggested the temple be built at the disputed site and the mosque be located at a reasonable...
Stalking case: Varnika is like my daughter, says Haryana BJP chief Subhash Barala
Chandigarh: Haryana BJP chief Subhash Barala's first statement in the wake of the arrest of his son Vikas, for stalking a woman, Varnika Kundu. Vikas Barala, 23, and his friend, Ashish Kumar, 27, were released on bail hours after they were...
New CCTV footage implicates BJP leader’s son Vikas Barala. Will he be finally arrested again?
Yoga not compulsory in schools, what is taught is not fundamental right: Supreme Court
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today dismissed a plea seeking the framing of a national yoga policy and making the practice compulsory for students of classes 1-8 across the country. A bench headed by Justice MB Lokur dismissed the plea and...
Plea for minority status to non-Muslims in J&K: SC grants time to Centre
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today gave a final opportunity to the Centre and asked it to take a decision within three months on a plea to grant minority status to non-Muslims in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. A bench...
Existential crisis: BJP celebrates Jairam Ramesh’s self goal
Kochi: A day after Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said that his party is in 'existential crisis', the BJP on Tuesday took a jibe at his statement saying that the grand old party should revamp its leadership. Speaking to media, BJP leader...
Gujarat Rajya Sabha polls: 2 Congress MLAs vote for BJP
File Pic New Delhi: In Gujarat, the voting for the crucial Rajya Sabha elections on three seats began at 9 am and will end at 4 pm today. While the Congress maintains that it is confident of a win, it has...
Haryana Stalking case: BJP spokesperson Shaina NC tweets fake story of complainant, claims her account was hacked
An old, unrelated photograph of the complainant in the Chandigarh stalking case was widely circulated on social media on Monday, creating a false narrative around the attempted abduction. A Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson was among several others who shared and...
Sharad Pawar’s NCP to Back Congress in Gujarat Rajya Sabha Election: Sources
New Delhi: Sharad Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), as per sources, will back the Congress in Gujarat Rajya Sabha polls that are to be held on August 8 in Gujarat. Senior NCP leader Praful Patel earlier on Sunday said his...
Kerala HC orders BCCI to lift lifetime ban on Sreesanth
Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala High Court on Monday ordered the Board of Control for Cricket in India to lift the lifetime ban on cricketer S Sreesanth that was imposed on the basis of spot-fixing charges against him. The court issued the order...
Storm at Google over engineer’s anti-diversity manifesto
Google executives have responded to a 3,300-word manifesto written by one of its male engineers that argues women aren't suited for tech jobs for "biological" reasons. The document has been circulating inside Google for some time, but it was made public...
Venkaiah Naidu is India’s new Vice President
New Delhi: Eminent politician and former Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu has been elected as the 13th Vice-President of India. Naidu won the vice presidential poll held on Saturday with a decisive margin, bagging 544 votes against his rival Gopal...
China mulling ‘small scale military ops’ against India: Media
China is planning a "small scale military operation" to "expel" Indian troops from the Doklam area "within two weeks", an article in a state-run daily said today. India and China have been locked in a prolonged standoff in the area in...
Aadhaar not mandatory for booking rail tickets: Govt
New Delhi: The Aadhaar number is not mandatory for booking rail tickets, the Centre told the Rajya Sabha on Friday. In a written reply in the Upper House of Parliament, Union Minister of State for Railways Rajen Gohain said as of...
Vice president election today, result to be out by 7pm
New Delhi: The election to decide India's 15th vice-president is being held today. M Venkaiah Naidu, the candidate of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance, is pitted against Gopal Krishna Gandhi of the Opposition United Progressive Alliance in the...
Rahul Gandhi’s car attacked in Gujarat, SPG commando injured
Banaskantha: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi's car was pelted with stones while he was travelling during his tour to the flood-affected Banaskantha district of Gujarat on Friday. An SPG protectee, Rahul was travelling with SPG commandos some of whom were reportedly injured...
Aadhaar must for death certificates from Oct. 1
New Delhi: The government has made Aadhaar number mandatory for the registration of death from October 1, to “prevent identity fraud”. The home ministry said today that it would be applicable for the residents of all states except Jammu and Kashmir,...
Jet Airways pilot risked air passengers’ lives: Report
New Delhi: A Government Committee report has found pilots of a Jet Airways flight guilty of risking lives of passengers. In April this year, Jet Airways and Vistara flights were involved in a near miss at Delhi airport. The Aircraft Accident...
