Kulbhushan Jadhav bigger terrorist than Ajmal Kasab, says Pervez Musharraf
New Delhi/Islamabad: Pakistan's former military ruler General Pervez Musharraf has called alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav a bigger criminal than 26/11 Mumbai attack perpetrator Ajmal Kasab. Asserting that Jhadav was involved in espionage and sabotage activities, Musharraf said that the former...
Indian-origin engineering student at Cornell University found dead
New York: A 20-year-old Indian-origin Cornell University student was found dead in New York after going missing this week. Aalaap Narasipura, a senior electrical engineering student at Cornell's College of Engineering was reported missing since Wednesday. Cornell University Police, working with the...
Hassan Rouhani wins Iran’s presidential election : State TV
Representational Pic Dubai/Beirut: Iran's state television has declared incumbent President Hassan Rouhani the winner of the country's presidential election, giving him a second four-year term. With nearly 40 million votes in Friday's hard-fought poll counted so far, Rouhani was leading the...
Will try Jadhav as per our laws: Pakistan home ministry
New Delhi: Days after the International Court of Justice stayed the execution of Kulbhushan Jadhav, Pakistan on Saturday said that it would try the former Indian Navy officer as per Pakistan's laws. Pakistan will handle Kulbhushan Jadhav's case as an espionage...
Kerala girl chops off man’s genitals to prevent rape bid
A 23-year-old girl in Kerala allegedly chopped off a man's genitals after he tried to rape her. The seriously injured man was admitted to the hospital following the incident which took place on Friday night. As per the police, the man was...
Woman chops off Swami’s genitals Kerala: Woman chops off Swami’s genitals, alleges she was being raped for years
A 23-year-old woman in Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram chopped off the genitals of a Swami from an ashram after he allegedly tried to rape her on Friday night. The 'godman' has been identified as 54-year-old Hari alias Ganeshananda Theerthapada Swami. According to a report...
Uttarakhand landslide: No one was stranded, roads to open today, says CM
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat on Saturday assured that there have been neither casualties, injuries nor any cases of stranded passengers following the landslide yesterday evening, and assured that all blocked roads will be cleared today itself. 'No one was...
Five arrested in connection with Mathura jewellers’ murder
Five people, including the main accused, Ranga, on Saturday were arrested in connection with the murder of two jewellers in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura. Jewellers across the state observed a day-long strike yesterday to protest against the murder. The 48-hour ultimatum given by...
India at 154 behind B’desh, Nepal, China on health care index
India has a lot of catching up to do with its neighbours, including China, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Sri Lanka in terms of health care. According to the Global Burden of Disease Study published in the medical journal The Lancet, it has...
On King Salman intervention Zakir Naik granted Saudi citizenship
Press monitoring organisation Middle East Monitor (MEMO) has reported that controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik has been granted the citizenship of Saudi Arabia. It said that Saudi's King Salman 'personally intervened' to grant citizenship to Naik to 'save him from arrest...
Supreme Court refuses to accept Justice Karnan’s petition for recall of his six-month jail term
New Delhi: Calcutta High Court judge Justice C S Karnan, evading arrest since May 9, has received yet another jolt from the Supreme Court, which has refused to list and hear his plea seeking recall of the order awarding six-...
NIA registers case against Hurriyat’s Geelani for receiving LeT funding
New Delhi: NIA team lands in Srinagar to quiz separatist leaders, including Syed Ali Shah Geelani, alleged to be involved in subversive activities and receiving funds from LeT chief Hafiz Saeed. The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday said that the accused...
AAP being funded by Hawala companies: Kapil Mishra
New Delhi: In a fresh attack on Aam Aadmi Party and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, sacked AAP minister Kapil Mishra today alleged that the party had received funding from ‘Hawala’ companies. Addressing a press conference, Mishra said AAP got money...
Kulbhushan Jadhav case: Pak reacts to ICJ order by replacing lawyer
New Delhi: After suffering a major setback at the International Court of Justice in the Kulbhushan Jadhav death penalty case, Pakistan is set to replace the lawyers that represented the country at the World Court, Pakistani media reports said. Sartaj Aziz,...
ED files money laundering case against Karti Chidambaram
File Pic New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has registered a money laundering case against Karti Chidambaram, son of former finance minister P Chidambaram, and others, taking cognisance of a recent Central Bureau of Investigation FIR against them. Officials said the...
Satyendra Jain files criminal defamation case against Kapil Mishra
New Delhi: Delhi health minister Satyendra Jain filed a criminal defamation case against sacked leader Kapil Mishra, who had accused Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal of accepting Rs 2 crore from Satyendra Jain, and against BJP-SAD MLA Manjinder Singh Sirsa....
Special court convicts former coal secretary HC Gupta in coal scam case
New Delhi:A Special court on Friday convicted former Coal Secretary H.C. Gupta and others in a coal block allocation case involving Kamal Sponge Steel and Power Limited (KSSPL). Central Bureau of Investigation special Judge Bharat Parashar convicted Gupta, two former coal...
Aila! Sachin meets PM
Sachin Tendulkar meets Prime Minister Narendra Modi and briefs him on the upcoming movie 'Sachin: A Billion...
EC to hold live demo of EVMs to prove they can’t be hacked
New Delhi: The Election Commission will hold a live demo of EVMs and VVPATs tomorrow in Delhi as well as a press conference on claim by political parties that EVMs can be hacked. The Election Commission last week formally threw a...
Indian detained at US airport dies in custody
Atlanta: A 58-year-old Indian who was detained by American customs officials last week for not possessing necessary immigration documents while entering the country died in custody at an Atlanta hospital. Atul Kumar Babubhai Patel was taken in custody by United States...
My fans have made me Tamilian: Rajinikanth responds to Swamy’s jibe
Chennai: On the last day of his interaction with fans superstar Rajinikanth responded to BJP leader Subramanian Swamy's quip that the actor was not even Tamilian. Meeting fans in Kodambakkam in Chennai, today, Rajinikanth first spoke about the speculations of...
