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...
Justice CS Karnan refuses medical test by Supreme Court, calls it ‘mad order by mad judges’
Kolkata: Justice CS Karnan, the Calcutta High Court Judge making news for his recent altercation with Supreme Court judges hearing a contempt case against him, has fired fresh salvo against the higher judiciary. Karnan, who was to be examined by a...
EVM tampering allegations: Election Commission calls all-party meeting on May 12
File Pic New Delhi: The Election Commission has convened an all-party meeting on May 12 following allegations of tampering of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), sources said on Thursday. The EC’s meeting with all the parties comes in order to convince and...
Massive anti-militancy operation launched in J&K’s Shopian
Representational Pic Shopian: Security forces on Wednesday launched a massive anti-militancy operation at multiple places in south Kashmir’s Shopian district but their efforts were being hampered by stone-pelting mobs. The operations have been launched in six villages falling under Zainapora area...
We share details after execution: Army chief on beheading of soldiers
New Delhi: Army Chief General Rawat's first statement on the security operations in Kashmir's Shopian district. "We have beefed up our counter-infiltration posture in Jammu and Kashmir," Gen Rawat said. When asked about the possible action following the mutilation of...
Meerut woman wants to give triple talaq to her husband
Meerut: Amidst the ongoing debate around triple talaq, the practise of Muslim men getting instant divorce from their wives, a woman from Meerut said 'talaq, talaq, talaq' to her abusive husband. Amreen Bano, (24), filed an FIR against her husband, alleging...
Digvijaya welcomes CBI probe in ‘anti-Shivraj Vyapam’ campaign
New Delhi: Unfazed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe against him for being involved in a campaign targeting Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan over the Vyapam scam, senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Thursday said he...
Sukma Attack: Juvenile among 10 Maoist suspects arrested by CRPF
New Delhi: Ten suspected Naxals, one of them a juvenile, who are believed to be involved in the Sukma attack were arrested during a search operation in Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Sukma district, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) informed the ministry of...
Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia BJP agents; media giving unnecessary attention to AAP, says Ajay Maken
New Delhi: On his first day in office after being re-anointed as Delhi Congress Chief on Wednesday, Ajay Maken launched a scathing attack on the Aam Adami Party (AAP) and called Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia as agents of the...
Amid tensions, India sends back 50 Pakistani students
New Delhi: Around 50 Pakistani students, visiting India at the invitation of an NGO, were sent back today after the government advised it against hosting them at a time which was not "appropriate" in the aftermath of beheading of two...
