CBSE results will be declared on time: Education minister Prakash Javadekar
New Delhi: Following the Delhi High Court instructions that the evaluation for the class 10 and 12 board exams this year should be done as per the grace marks policy that was relevant when the students submitted the examination forms,...
Sushma Swaraj welcomes back home Indian woman Uzma forced to marry in Pakistan
New Delhi: Indian woman Uzma, who was allegedly forced to marry a man in Pakistan at gun point, returned to India on Thursday, a day after she was granted permission by Islamabad High Court. Welcoming her back to India, External Affairs...
Babri Case: CBI Court asks L K Advani, Uma Bharti to appear before it on May 26
New Delhi: A special CBI court has ordered several BJP leaders, including L K Advani, to appear before it on Friday in the Babri Masjid demolition case. On Thursday, the court asked Advani, Uma Bharti, Vinay Katiyar and others to appear...
Missing Sukhoi: Three aircraft, 15 ground teams for search & rescue ops
Tezpur: Rescue operations for Indian Air Force's Sukhoi-30 fighter aircraft and its two pilots who went missing soon after take-off from Tezpur airbase in Assam resumed on Thursday. Sorties to locate the aircraft are also being carried out. According to reports, an...
UP Shame: Thugs loot travellers, hold men hostage and molest women
Noida: As many as six criminals looted a family at the Jewar-Bulandshahr highway in Uttar Pradesh's Greater Noida region on Wednesday night. According to primary information, the criminals held the family (four men and four women) hostage and allegedly molested and...
Mann Ki Baat, now a book!
New Delhi: The preface in the book has been written by Japanese PM Shinzo Abe. He says, "Talking on a one-hour radio show once a month while addressing challenging tasks as Prime Minister requires tremendous efforts, and I cannot but...
In Kashmir, a new ammo to snatch weapons: Chilli powder
Shopian: Two unknown men today made a failed bid to snatch a rifle of a bank ATM guard in Shopian district of south Kashmir, police said. The alert guard thwarted the attempt by holding on to his 12-bore rifle even...
Three arrested in connection to Manchester terror attack
Manchester: Three more persons were today arrested in the UK in connection with the Manchester concert terror attack that killed 22 people, bringing the total number of men in custody to four. A 23-year-old man was arrested yesterday in the wake...
Aam Aadmi can now meet Kejriwal government without appointment
New Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal, the Chief Minister of Delhi, will slot an hour each day to interact with the public and he has also ordered ministers and officers to do the same. This is the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief's...
Nepal Prime Minister Prachanda resigns
New Delhi: Nepal media reports that Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' has resigned. He was on his way to submit his resignation to President Bidhya Devi Bhandari till reports last came. Earlier, it was reported that Prachanda may resign today,...
Three men rape woman after tying her husband to a tree in UP
Badaun: A 27-year-old woman was allegedly gang-raped in front of her husband, who was tied to a tree and gagged, in Sahaswan police station area of the district, police said. The incident took place Monday evening when the woman was returning...
Anurag Tiwari’s death: Complaint against four IAS officers
Lucknow: Karnataka Administrative Service officer K Mathai has filed a complaint against four IAS officer alleging harassment in the murder case of IAS officer Anurag Tiwari, who was found dead in a mysterious conditions outside a VIP guest house in...
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...
