About time Election Commission brings in VVPAT machines: Prashant Bhushan
New Delhi: Following the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) showing a "live demonstration" vindicating its charge of Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) tampering, senior lawyer Prashant Bhushan called on the Election Commission to introduce the VVPAT machines as quickly as possible. "It's very...
US teacher rips off 8-year-old girl’s hijab, fired
Representational Pic New York: A teacher at a US school has been fired after he ripped the hijab off an 8-year-old girl's head for "misbehaving" in class. Oghenetega Edah, 31, demanded that the girl at the Bennington School, Bronx, take off...
India moved ICJ as Jadhav’s life is in danger: MEA
New Delhi: The Ministry of External Affairs holds a press briefing after the International Court of Justice on Tuesday stayed the hanging of Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav, who was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of...
Sensex soars 315 points to close at record high, Nifty above 9,400-mark
Mumbai: Investors cheered as benchmark indices settled the day at their respectinve closing highs with Nifty ending above 9,400 for the first time ever as IMD’s new monsoon forecast raised prospects of higher agricultural and economic growth, cheering the investors. India...
Liquor worth 2.5 crores seized in Daman in crackdown on Gujarat’s liquor mafia
Daman: The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday raided the illegal warehouse of liquor mafia Ramesh Jagubhai Patel in Daman and also recovered liquor worth over Rs 2.5 crore. The ED has initiated money-laundering investigations under Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA)...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches integrated case management system of Supreme Court
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched the integrated case management system of the Supreme Court in the presence of the Chief Justice of India. The system will help litigants access data and retrieve information online and will be a...
We will send you Jadhav’s dead body: Footbal Fed website hacked
New Delhi: In an embarrassing incident, the official website of the All India Football Federation`s (AIFF) was hacked on Tuesday by an anonymous group called `Zero Cool`. The hackers posted a message provoking India over Kulbhushan Jadhav, an Indian, Pakistan has...
Army officer will be cremated with full honours at Pulwama
Srinagar: The young Indian Army officer who was abducted and then brutally killed by terrorists, will be cremated with full honours in Sursun in Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir. Lieutenant Umar Fayaz from RAJRIF unit in Akhnoor had gone to attend the...
Kapil Mishra on hunger strike demanding travel expenses of AAP leaders
New Delhi: Sacked AAP leader Kapil Mishra sits on 'satyagraha' till he gets the details of international travel expenses of some AAP leaders. Mishra accused AAP leaders of misusing party funds on foreign trips. "if there is nothing to hide, them...
Sonia Gandhi admitted to Ganga Ram Hospital due to food poisoning
New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi was admitted to Delhi’s Sir Ganga Ram Hospital on Monday due to food poisoning. According to the doctors, her condition has significantly improved since yesterday evening. She is expected to be discharged tomorrow, reports...
Media can’t be prosecution, judge, executioner: Tharoor on wife’s death
New Delhi: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday targeted the media for its reportage in the death of his wife Sunanda Pushkar and asserted that he had nothing to hide in the matter. Sunanda Pushkar was found dead at a suite...
Delhi BJP to lodge complaint with EC against AAP
File Pic New Delhi: The Delhi BJP on Tuesday stepped up its attack on the AAP, saying it will lodge a complaint with the Election Commission for the party's alleged involvement in corruption cases and seek its derecognition. The saffron party's...
AAP MLA Saurabh Bharadwaj gives live demonstration of EVM tampering in Delhi Vidhan Sabha House!
New Delhi: The Delhi Vidhan Sabha saw a well planned and orchestrated session where first the Speaker allowed discussion on the subject of EVM tampering and then Aam Aadmi Party MLA, Saurabh Bharadwaj, who was a technocrat by profession before...
Triple Talaq: Can’t violate human rights in name of personal law, says Allahabad High Court
New Delhi: Amid the raging debate on Triple Talaq, the Allahabad High Court on Tuesday said the basic human rights of Muslim women cannot be violated in the name of “personal law”. The bench observed that the practice of Triple Talaq...
Unprecedented: Supreme Court sentences sitting W.B. Judge Karnan to jail for 6 months!
New Delhi: The Supreme Court of India created history on Tuesday by holding sitting Calcutta High Court judge C.S. Karnan guilty of contempt of court and punishing him with six month jail. Karnan, who was to retire on June 11, will...
NEET dress code row: 4 school teachers in Kerala suspended
Kannur: Four school teachers in Kerala suspended over 'dress code harassment' during the NEET medical exam in Kannur. The move comes after angry parents hurt over the manner in which their daughters were forced to remove their clothes, including inner wear,...
I know your every move, I’m treading cautiously: Kapil Mishra tells Kejriwal
New Delhi: Sacked AAP minister Kapil Mishra, who has levelled allegations of graft against Kejriwal and minister Satyendar Jain, has also said the following: -- He had received 211 "corruption-related" complaints against the party and the government since last evening. -- "What...
Big revelation at 2 pm today, promises Kejriwal
New Delhi: To begin with, AAP receives an Income Tax notice on a Rs 2 crore donation. The Delhi CM's aides have promised a big revelation at 2 pm today when the Delhi assembly sits for a special one-day session called...
India’s GDP To Grow At 7.5% in 2018: UN report
New Delhi: If you've missed this, here's a repost. The Indian economy will grow 7.5 per cent next year by virtue of consumption revival and higher infrastructure spending, says a report by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and...
SC holds Vijay Mallya guilty of contempt of court, summons him on July 10
New Delhi: The Supreme Court says it has held Vijay Mallya guilty for contempt of court on two grounds and directs him to appear before it on July 10. Mallya, 61, who fled from India last year, owes over Rs 9000...
Justice Karnan ‘sentences’ CJI to 5 years in prison
New Delhi: Calcutta High Court's Justice CS Karnan on Monday "sentenced" Chief Justice of India JS Khehar and six other Supreme Court judges to five years rigorous imprisonment for finding them guilty under Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of...
