Pak media says their jet fighters flew over Siachen today
New Delhi: Pakistan media has claimed that its air force flew Mirage jets near Siachen during recent war exercises. The Indian Air Force has clarified that the planes never violated Indian air space. The planes were spotted in Skardu, a...
Indian woman ‘forced into marriage’ in Pak allowed to return home
Islamabad: A Pakistan court on Wednesday ordered that an Indian woman, who was allegedly forced to marry a Pakistani man at gunpoint, be deported to her country, a media report said. Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kiyani was hearing pleas filed by Uzma,...
21 pilgrims dead after bus falls into Bhagirathi river in Uttarakhand
Uttarkashi: At least 21 persons were killed and eight others were injured when a bus ferrying pilgrims plunged into the Bhagirathi River near Nalupani in Uttarakhand late on Tuesday, the police said. The accident took place near Nalupani in Uttarkashi district...
Income Tax department raids top bureaucrats in Uttar Pradesh, Delhi
New Delhi: The Income Tax department on Wednesday conducted raids at the residences of top bureaucrats at over 15 locations on the suspicion of concealment of income. The IT officials carried out raid at the premises of two IAS officers of...
Twitter suspends singer Abhijeet’s account for repeated, offensive posts
Twitter has suspended singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya's account after he posted a string of "offensive" tweets, especially against women, yesterday. The move by Twitter came after social media users accused the 58-year-old singer of using "inappropriate" and "insulting" language. "Account Suspended: This account...
Saharanpur violence: One Dalit killed, 24 arrests so far
Saharanpur: Senior Superintendent of Police S Dubey on Wednesday said that 24 people have been arrested so far in connection with the clashes between two communities in Saharanpur yesterday. The fresh clashes occurred yesterday after BSP Chief Mayawati's visit to the...
PDP opposes award for Major Gogoi
Ruling People's Democratic Party, which shares power with the Bharatiya Janata Party, today disapproved of the Army chief's commendation for Major Leetul Gogoi who had tied up a man to a jeep as a shield against stone-pelting in Kashmir last...
Controversial godman Chandraswami dies
New Delhi: Controversial godman Chandraswami -- close friend of a Prime Minister and allegedly involved in the assassination of another -- died in New Delhi on Tuesday. Chandraswami, who had suffered a stroke, died at the Apollo Hospital at the age...
PWD scam: Delhi ACB raids Arvind Kejriwal’s deceased kin’s home
New Delhi: Delhi’s Anti Corruption Branch (ACB) on Tuesday said it has raided Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s deceased brother-in-law Surender Kumar Bansal’s residence in the alleged Rs 10 crore PWD scam. The raids were carried out on Monday evening at the...
India destroys Pak army bunkers across LoC
Srinagar: In a major operation, the India Army today said it has conducted punitive strikes along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir and destroyed many Pakistani posts. The Army said punitive fire assaults are being undertaken across the...
IAF’s Sukhoi-30 fighter jet goes missing in Assam; radio, radar contact lost
Representational Pic New Delhi: An Indian Air Force Sukhoi-30 fighter jet has lost radar and radio contact 60km north of Tezpur in Assam from where it went airborne. Two pilots are on-board the aircraft. The Sukhoi was on routine training mission...
Probe against major in human shield case to continue: J&K Police
Srinagar: Investigations into the circumstances that led an Army major to tie a man to his jeep as a human shield against stone-pelters last month would continue regardless of the officer being awarded by the army, the Jammu and Kashmir...
Delhi Court summons Naveen Jindal in coal scam case
New Delhi: A special court on Tuesday summoned Congress leader and industrialist Naveen Jindal in connection with the allocation of a coal block in Madhya Pradesh. This comes after the court took cognisance of a CBI chargesheet. Besides Jindal, the others summoned...
India seeks consular access for arrested Mumbai resident in Pakistan
New Delhi: The Maharashtra Police on Monday said that Indian national Sheikh Nabi Ahmed, who was arrested in Pakistan last week for carrying ‘incomplete documents’, could be a member of the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI). According to a news...
High Court seeks Arvind Kejriwal’s reply on second defamation case by Arun Jaitley
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court today sought the response of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on a fresh Rs. 10 crore defamation case filed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley after the Chief Minister's lawyer Ram Jethmalani called Jaitley a...
Ashok Singh murder case: Prabhunath Singh, ex-RJD MP, sentenced to life imprisonment
Patna: Former Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Prabhunath Singh was on Tuesday sentenced to life imprisonment, a week after he was found guilty by the Hazaribagh court in connection with the 1995 Ashok Singh murder case. The verdict was pronounced by...
Enforcement Directorate arrests CA linked to Lalu’s daughter Misa Bharti
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday arrested a Chartered Accountant in its probe into a Rs 8,000 crore money laundering case. CA Rajesh Agarwal is allegedly connected to RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav’s daughter Misa Bharti. Agarwal has been...
Awkward! Melania Trump Slaps off President Trump’s in Front of World Media
For the US first couple’s visit to Israel, there was an unexpected awkward moment between Donald Trump and his wife Melania Trump. Walking down the red carpet at Ben Gurion Airport with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara,...
Two Andhra tribal girls gang raped, villagers in a cover up bid direct culprits to pay Rs 50,000
Visakhapatnam: Two tribal girls were gang raped by eight men in a village in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam district and village elders tried to hush up the crime by directing the culprits to pay Rs 50,000 as compensation to the victims. The...
ISIS supporters celebrate Manchester blast, revenge for Syria strikes
Supporters of the Islamic State group (ISIS) are celebrating the explosion at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, UK that has killed at least 19 people and left another 50 injured, reports Newsweek. Social media accounts linked to ISIS supporters were...
19 killed in suspected terror attack at Ariana Grande concert in UK
Manchester: At least 19 people have been killed and 50 injured in an explosion which is treated as a "terrorist incident", at a pop concert by US star Ariana Grande in the Manchester city in the UK. "Police were called to...
