Indian-origin couple shot dead in US by daughter’s ex-boyfriend
Washington: Months after Indian-origin techie, Srinivas Kuchibhotla, was shot dead in Kansas, United States, reports say an Indian-origin couple was murdered in the nation on Friday. According to a news agency the couple was killed in an apparent revenge attack by...
Indian Army arrests 12-year-old boy along LoC in Rajouri
Representational Pic Srinagar: A 12-year-old boy was apprehended along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district. The boy entered Rajouri's Nowshera sector from Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) Friday night and was detained by an Indian Army patrol unit. The boy has...
Bilkis Bano Rape Case: Asaduddin Owaisi questions ‘double standards’ on capital punishment
New Delhi: Lok Sabha MP Asaduddin Owaisi has questioned the "double standards" in awarding death penalty to rapists, especially when it came to communal cases. Reacting to a Bombay high court judgment upholding life sentence to 11 convicts in Bilkis Bano...
Look who is praising Centre’s ‘no-fly’ list
New Delhi: Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad on Friday hailed the central government's announcement of new rules for a 'no-fly list' for unruly passengers which will include suspension for offences. Gaikwad told media, "The guidelines were needed to address the issues...
Himachal IAS-IPS couple sets example, ‘adopts’ martyr Paramjit Singh’s daughter
Shimla: A Muslim IAS-IPS couple of Himachal Pradesh has offered to look after Khushdeep Kaur, the 12-year-old daughter of naib subedar Paramjit Singh, who was killed by the border action team of the Pakistan army in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch...
Baba Ramdev to launch fast food chain to take on KFC, McDonald’s, Subway
New Delhi: Baba Ramdev is planning to launch a fast food chain in a bid to take on MNCs like KFC, McDonald's and Subway, as per a news paper report. A news paper report said that Ramdev is planning to launching a...
President Pranab Mukherjee signs ordinance empowering RBI to act directly against top loan defaulters
New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee today consented to an ordinance empowering RBI for effective resolution of NPAs. The ordinance authorises the central bank to direct banks to start insolvency procedures in case of a loan default. The ordinance that will amend...
Nirbhaya gang-rape case: Supreme Court confirms death penalty for all four convicts
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday confirmed death penalty for all four convicts in Nirbhaya gang-rape case. The apex court termed the December 16, 2012 Delhi gang-rape case a 'barbaric incident'. The order was pronounced by the SC bench comprising...
Malegaon blast: SC seeks reply of NIA, Maha on Shrikant Purohit’s plea
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today sought response from the NIA and Maharashtra on a plea of accused Shrikant Purohit, seeking bail in a case pertaining to the 2008 Malegaon blast. A bench of Justices R K Agrawal and A...
Samajwadi Party splits: Shivpal Yadav announces new party with Mulayam as chief
Lucknow: Mulayam Singh Yadav will head a new party called the Samajwadi Secular Morcha, his younger brother Shivpal Yadav said on Friday. He said he was launching the party to "restore to Mulayam Singh his lost honour". This comes weeks after...
No-Fly Rules: Airlines can ban you from flying for 2 years
New Delhi: The Centre on Thursday proposed guidelines empowering domestic airlines to impose a ban on unruly passengers in the range of three months to two years. Airlines can impose three levels of ban on unruly passengers – three months for...
SC rejects Kerala’s plea on DGP appointment, imposes RS 25000 cost
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today sought response of the Kerala Chief Secretary on a contempt plea by senior IPS officer T P Senkumar, who has alleged delay in his reinstatement as the state police chief despite the apex court's...
Grenade found in well at Red Fort
A diffused grenade was found in the premises of the Red Fort in the national capital on Thursday evening, triggering an alert. The grenade was recovered in a well during a routine operation. A team of National Security Agency and District Commissioner...
Kulgam operation called off after clashes, two militants escape
Representational Pic Srinagar: The Army operation against militants in Kashmir's Kulgam district was called off in the midnight after clashes broke out between security personnel and locals. Officials said that the clashes helped the two militants escape. One of the two...
Gaikwad aftershock: New rules today for airlines banning passengers
New Delhi: The Centre on Friday will announce a draft rule for a 'no-fly list' for unruly passengers in the aftermath of the debacle surrounding Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad, who assaulted an Air India staffer onboard a plane. The Civil...
Nirbhaya gangrape case: SC to pronounce judgment today
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday will deliver the much-awaited verdict in the December 16 Nirbhaya gangrape case. The matter is being heard by the apex court bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra alongwith Justices R Banumathi and Ashok Bhushan. The...
Telangana police files criminal case against Digvijaya for ‘Police radicalising Muslim youth’ tweet
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad police today lodged a criminal case against Congress leader Digvijaya Singh over his alleged remarks that the Telangana police has set up a 'bogus' ISIS website to radicalise Muslim youths and encourage them to join the terror...
Marathi language may soon be included in Uttar Pradesh universities
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has plans to introduce Marathi in the curriculum of state universities and ink an Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Maharashtra to promote the language. This was stated by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath at a function...
Yogi Adityanath’s ‘Annapurna Bhojanalaya’ to serve breakfast at Rs 3, lunch at Rs 5
Lucknow: In Uttar Pradesh, no one will sleep hungry as the Yogi Adityanath government will soon start restaurants for the poor where healthy food will be served at dirt-cheap prices. As part of the government's scheme, which is yet to be...
MP Collector wants to spend time with Abu Salem in jail
Guna (Madhya Pradesh): Guna Additional District Magistrate (ADM), Niyaz Khan has a very peculiar request which is raising eyebrows. He has requested the District Magistrate, Rajesh Jain to allow him to spend time in prison with mafia gangster Abu Salem, in...
‘Mandatory’ Aadhaar: Supreme Court reserves order, arguments conclude
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its verdict in a PIL challenging compulsory Aadhar card of filing income tax returns. While arguments over the constitutional validity of section 139 AA of income tax act concluded, the court has...
