Read how Kashmiris dodge internet ban
File Pic Srinagar: The month-long ban imposed by the Jammu and Kashmir government on social media applications and internet sites to curb the unrest in the Valley has come a cropper with almost everyone accessing these platforms using Virtual Private...
RJD, BJP workers clash in Patna after Income Tax raids on Lalu Prasad’s kin
Patna: A day after the Income-Tax department conducted searches at 22 locations in Delhi NCR in connection with alleged benami lands deals involving Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad, his party workers on Wednesday clashed with members of the Bharatiya...
Australia may ban laptops in airplane cabins
New Delhi: Australia is considering following the United States and Britain in banning laptops from inbound airliner cabins, the prime minister said, but declined to explain whether the move was related to an Islamic State group threat that President Donald...
IAS officer found dead under mysterious circumstances
Lucknow: An Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officer was found dead in a guest house in Lucknow on Wednesday. The deceased, Anurag Tiwari, was a 2007-batch officer who was posted in Food Supply department in Karnataka. Tiwari originally hailed from Uttar Pradesh's Bahraich. As...
Can the bride refuse triple talaq in nikaahnama, SC asks AIMPLB
New Delhi: A five-judge bench of the Supreme Court is hearing the contentious triple talaq case. Yesterday, equating the issue with the belief that Lord Rama was born in Ayodhya, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board had told the...
Gurugram rape case: Rs 2 lakh reward for information about absconders
Gurugram: The Gurugram Police on Wednesday announced a reward of Rs. 2 lakh for information about the perpetrators involved in the rape of a 22-year old woman. "This is to inform everyone that a Reward of Rs 2 Lakh has been...
West Bengal Municipality Election Results 2017: FINAL TALLY
The Trinamool Congress has made inroads in the hills winning municipal elections in Mirik, Raiganj, Domkal and Pujali. In what may spell trouble for the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC has also opened its account in Darjeeling. Counting...
Pranab Mukherjee rules out 2nd term as President: Sources
New Delhi: Pranab Mukherjee rules out a second term as President in the wake of a statement from Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. According to sources in Rashtrapati Bhawan, the President feels that since the BJP has absolute majority in the...
A million Lalus will rise, says RJD chief after tax raids
Patna: Slamming the BJP following income tax raids at 22 locations in Delhi, Gurugram on companies and people associated with him, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav asserted that he is not afraid of the onslaught against him. Lalu...
Fire breaks out at Oberon Mall in Kochi
Kochi: A fire broke out at a popular mall near here but all people inside were safely evacuated, police said on Tuesday. The blaze was reported from the fourth floor of the Oberon Mall at nearby Edapally, which was brought under...
Case of JNU student missing for 7 months transferred to CBI
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court today transferred to the CBI from the police the investigation into the disappearance of JNU student Najeeb Ahmad, who is missing since October 15, 2016. A bench of Justices G S Sistani and Rekha Palli...
Celebrating 3 yrs of broken promises: Rahul’s jibe at BJP gala
New Delhi: Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi today asked the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government at the Centre what it was celebrating after three years in power, as all it had to show for this time were 'broken promises' and 'non-...
Kapil Mishra to approach CBI today, says Arvind Kejriwal must prepare to go to Tihar now
New Delhi: A day after he ended his indefinite hunger strike against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, sacked Delhi minister Kapil Mishra on Tuesday will approach the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to submit...
Centre targeting my son to silence my voice: Chidambaram
Chennai: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram today alleged that the Centre was using investigating agencies to target his son and his friends to "silence" his voice against the government. Chidambaram said the FIPB approval was granted in "hundreds of cases." Each...
Sibal equates Lord Rama with triple talaq: It’s a matter of faith
Update on the triple talaq hearing in the Supreme Court. The All India Muslim Personal Law Board today told the Supreme Court that triple talaq is a matter of faith being practiced by Muslims for the last 1,400 years and...
Triple talaq practiced for 1400 years, how is it unconstitutional: AIMPLB
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is hearing the triple talaq case. A five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court is hearing the case, Supreme Court lawyer Kapil Sibal is arguing the case on behalf of the All India Muslim Personal...
Nokia is back, to restart sale in India from May 18
Finnish mobile firm HMD Global will start selling the new version of the iconic Nokia 3310 handset for Rs 3,310 in India from May 18. "The Nokia 3310 will be available across top mobile stores in India starting May 18, 2017......
After Chidambaram now I-T raids in benami land deal case linked to Lalu Prasad
New Delhi: The Income Tax department today conducted raids and surveys on at least 22 locations in Delhi and adjoining areas on charges of alleged benami deals worth Rs 1,000 crore linked to RJD chief Lalu Prasad and others. Officials said...
CBI raids Chidambaram’s home in Chennai
Chennai: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today raided the residence of former finance minister P Chidambaram in Chennai. The house of his son Karti was also raided in Karaikudi. According to sources, the raids were linked to clearances given to...
CBI busts foreign remittance scam of over Rs 2,200 cr
File Pic New Delhi: The CBI has claimed to have busted a major scam of over Rs 2,200 crore where 13 companies allegedly remitted the amount to foreign entities against bill payments of imports of only Rs 24.64 crore. The CBI...
State GST Bill tabled in UP assembly
UP Governor Ram Naik (File Pic) Lucknow: The State GST Bill was tabled in the opening session of the 17th Uttar Pradesh assembly on Monday. Chief Minister Yogi Aditynath tabled the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill in the House when...
