Why should I remove red beacon before May 1, asks Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah
Bengaluru: While most of the ministers have already removed the red beacon atop their vehicles following the Centre's ruling, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday said that he would remove the beacon when the order comes into force on May...
Don’t open any liquor shops in TN for next three months, Madras HC tells state govt
File Pic Chennai: The Madras High Court on Tuesday ordered the AIADMK-ruled Tamil Nadu government to not open any TASMAC liquor shops in the state for the next 3 months. The DMK and the Advocates Forum for Social Justice (legal wing...
Pakistan: 10 killed in landmine blast
Representational Pic Islamabad: At least 10 persons were killed when a passenger van hit a landmine in Kurram Agency in Pakistan on Tuesday, authorities said. Yasir Hussain, who is injured in the attack, was bringing stones from a mountain when...
PETA urges PM Modi to ban meat from serving at government functions
New Delhi: Animal Right Organisation PETA has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ban meat from being served at all government or government-sponsored meetings and functions. The group asked the government to take cue from the German environment minister Barbara Hendricks...
Centre, state on same page in tackling Naxals: Rajnath
Raipur: HM Rajnath Singh and Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh reviewing the situation in the state at a meeting in Raipur. Rajnath Singh, who arrived in the state capital, Raipur, along with MoS Home Hansraj Ahir to pay tribute to the slain...
‘Go to Pakistan’: Elderly Muslim man humiliated by youth in Delhi metro
Representational Image New Delhi: In yet another shocking case of religious discrimination, an elderly Muslim man was denied a seat in Delhi metro by a group of youth, who hurled slurs and abuses at him over his appearance. The incident took...
Home Minister, CM pay tribute to CRPF jawans killed in Sukma
Sukma: Home minister Rajnath Singh reaches Raipur to pay tribute to the 25 CRPF jawans slain in a Naxal attack yesterday. Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh is also there. The attack took place between Burkapal-Chintagufa area in south Bastar, the worst...
26 CRPF Personnel killed in encounter with Naxals in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma
Representational Pic Sukma: In a deadly ambush by Naxals, 26 CRPF personnel were today killed in Chhattisgarh's Sukma district. Sukma Additional SP Jitendra Shukla said 11 CRPF jawans were martyred and six others injured. The encounter with 74 battalion of Central Reserve Police...
RIL Q4 report: 12% rise in profits
New Delhi: Reliance Industries today reported a 12.3 per cent rise in its March quarter net profit on the back of higher refining and petrochemical margins. Consolidated net profit in January-March quarter at Rs 8,046 crore, or Rs 27.3 per share,...
SC notice to Centre, Army on ‘sahayak’ system
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to the Central Government and the Army after hearing a PIL filed by a journalist, who alleged that 'sahayaks' and other lower rank staff in the Army were allegedly forced to...
Underworld Don Chhota Rajan convicted in fake passport case
New Delhi: Underworld Don Chhota Rajan and three others found guilty in a fake passport case by a Delhi's Patiala House Court. The Central Bureau of Investigation special judge Virender Kumar Goyal held Rajan guilty of possessing a fake passport The court...
Patanjali’s product banned from defence canteens
New Delhi/Nagpur: Baba Ramdev's Patanjali is always claiming it to be the most trusted and healthy brand. However, the laboratory tests of its food have disagreed sometimes, which led to a black mark on its brand image. In the latest, the...
Jammu & Kashmir: PDP leader Abdul Gani Dar shot dead in Pulwama
Pulwama: People's Democratic Party (PDP) leader Abdul Gani Dar, who was attacked by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on Monday, has succumbed to his injuries. The PDP district president of Pulwama was declared dead as soon he was brought...
Aadhar for cows to check smuggling, Centre tells SC
Shekhar Gupta tweets this cartoon by Hindu's Keshav. New Delhi: The Central government today submitted its report in the Supreme Court on cow protection and smuggling of cattle across the India-Bangladesh border. The Centre's report on the issue states that...
Arunachal Pradesh students protest against China’s renaming six places
Guwahati: Sheets of rain in Arunachal Pradesh this morning didn't dissuade hundreds of young protestors, many of them students, from marching in protest against China's recent move to rename six places in the state as an assertion of its claim...
Here comes a unique ID number for cows
Representational Pic New Delhi: Buoyed by the success of unique identification number for humans, the Centre has decided to create a similar UID for cows. While talks about such a move last year were met with amusement and criticism, the government...
TCS, Infosys Accused by US of Violating H-1B Visa Norms
New Delhi: The US has accused top Indian IT firms TCS and Infosys of unfairly cornering the lion's share of H-1B visas by putting extra tickets in the lottery system, which the Trump administration wants to replace with a more...
J-K CM Mufti meets PM Narendra Modi over unrest
New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday to discuss the unrest in the Valley. Mehbooba, who arrived in the capital on Saturday to attend the Niti Aayog governing council meet, is also...
Vijay Goel mocks Kejriwal, says Delhi CM suffering from EVM fever
New Delhi: Union Minister Vijay Goel today took a dig at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's allegations that the EVMs used during Sunday's MCD elections were tampered with. "Baithe Baithe Kya Karein Karna Hai Kuch Kaam, Shuru Karo #EVMBahana Leke #DramaQueenKejriwal...
HT scribe wins Journalist of Change Mobility award
New Delhi: Snigdha Poonam, a journalist from the Hindustan Times based in New Delhi, has won the 2017 Journalist of Change Mobility Award. Poonam received the award from Krishna Prasad, former editor-in-chief of Outlook magazine and member of Press Council India,...
DMK asks farmers to defer Delhi stir, participate in TN bandh
New Delhi: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam working president M K Stalin today urged the farmers from Tamil Nadu staging a protest in Delhi to defer their agitation and take part in the April 25 bandh called by the opposition parties in...
