School Classroom Turned ‘Dance Bar’ At Night, Students Forced To Clean Up

Mirzapur: It is a classroom with flow charts and diagrams on its walls. But instead of neat rows of students, two women dance to Bhojpuri music, surrounded by men appearing to thoroughly enjoy the show as they shower cash on...

Lalu Yadav’s aide, RJD leader Kedar Rai shot dead

Patna: A Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader in Bihar was shot dead on Thursday by unidentified assailants, police said. Kedar Rai was out on his morning walk in Danapur when the attack took place, the police said. "It appears to be the...

International para athlete Suvarna Raj to get NCPEDP’s Mphasis Universal Design Award

Nagpur/New Delhi: Suvarna Raj, an international para athlete and social worker, who was denied lower berth seat in Nagpur-Delhi Garib Rath Express despite being disabled and had to sleep on the floor of the train, is being honoured with NCPEDP’s...

Teen girl murdered in UP after being stalked for 6 months

Ballia: The 17-year-old girl, a resident of Ballia district in eastern Uttar Pradesh, was intercepted when she was onher way to school and her throat was slit. The killers were four boys from her village in Ballia, and...

Mumbai shuts down as lakhs of Marathas begin historic march

Over a whopping 10 lakh Marathas from all over the state have begun a March in the state capital Mumbai this morning at 10 a.m. This is a culmination of many morchas carried out in different towns over the last few...

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...