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...
Gauri Lankesh killer caught on cam in big breakthrough
New Delhi: In a mega India Today exclusive, picture of senior journalist Gauri Lankesh's murderer has been retrieved from the CCTV footage with the help of technical experts. The picture is an enhanced close-up and distinctly shows the facial features of...
Panama Papers investigative journalist killed in car explosion
Malta: Investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, who worked on the Panama Papers of 2016 which unearthed how the powerful the world over hid their wealth in offshore havens, was killed in a targeted bomb explosion near her home...
Senior RSS leader shot dead in Ludhiana
Ludhiana: A Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has been shot dead by unidentified men in Ludhiana's Kailash Nagar, this morning. RSS leader Ravinder Gosai was returning home from shakha -- regular assembly of the RSS men -- in the morning when he was...
Minor fire at PMO, doused
New Delhi: A minor fire broke out in a room at Prime Minister's Office in the wee hours on Tuesday. The blaze was reported in room number 242, located on the second floor, at around 3.35 am. "At around 3.35 am we...
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...
CBI showing complete lack of interest in missing JNU student case: HC
New Delhi: The Delhi high court said on Monday that the Central Bureau of Investigation is showing 'complete lack of interest' in case of Najeeb Ahmed, missing Jawaharlal Nehru University student. Najeeb has been missing for the past one year and...
BJP MLA: Taj Mahal built by traitor; we’re removing them from history
Bharatiya Janata Party Uttar Pradesh MLA Sangeet Som has praised that state government for 'removing Taj Mahal from the list of historical places'. Addressing a gathering, he said that wrong history was taught to students till date and 'our government will...
Food poisoning on Tejas Express: IRCTC officials suspended
An Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation officer and a catering manager were placed under suspension after at least 26 people aboard the Mumbai-bound Tejas Express from Goa were taken ill on Sunday after consuming food served by the railways'...
Fire breaks out on opening day of MPs Jal Mahotsav
Hanuwantiya: The third edition of the Madhya Pradesh government's colourful 'Jal Mahotsav' began in Hanuwantiya on Sunday on a rough note as the venue was hit by a fire episode. No one was injured in the incident, officials said. The fire started...
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”...
Rahul Gandhi attacks govt over Global Hunger Index report; Smriti Irani hits back sharply
New Delhi: Citing the Global Hunger Index, Rahul Gandhi has attacked the government in a veiled manner, evoking a sharp reaction from Union minister Smriti Irani who said the Congress vice president was out to "malign" the nation in his...
