Vijay Mallya arrested by UK police in London, to be produced in court later
London: Vijay Mallya, who is the subject of an extradition request from India for alleged financial irregularities, was arrested by Scotland Yard in London on Tuesday morning, informed sources told Hindustan Times. Mallya, who arrived here in March last year and...
US reaffirms India’s designation as Major Defence Partner
New Delhi: The US today reaffirmed India's designation as a Major Defence Partner and emphasised the importance of its strategic relationship as its National Security Adviser H R McMaster met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and held talks with his counterpart...
IIT-D diktat for girl students: Wear fully-covered decent dress
New Delhi: A women’s hostel at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IITD) has put up a notice asking women to wear “full covered decent western or Indian dresses” on their house day. House day is an annual event at the...
Ola, Uber drivers’ strike fails to count in Delhi
Representational Pic New Delhi: A one-day strike called by Ola and Uber drivers in the capital had no major impact today as commuters easily found cabs to reach their destination during the morning rush hours. Sarvodaya Drivers Association of Delhi (SDAD),...
Sizzling at 43 degrees, Hyderabad breaks 10-year heat record
Representational Pic Hyderabad: Telangana and Andhra Pradesh are reeling under intense heatwave conditions and have witnessed record breaking temperatures. Hyderabad recorded 43 degrees on April 17th, highest temperature in last 10 years. In both states, atleast 12 people have died due to...
Sikh cabbie assaulted, turban snatched by drunk passengers in US
New York: A turban was knocked off by the drunk passengers of 25-year-old Sikh cab driver in the US. The incident took place on Sunday morning and has left Harkirat Singh, an immigrant from Punjab who moved to the US three...
Woman shot dead outside a police post in UP
Representational Pic Mainpuri: A 45-year-old woman was thrashed and shot dead allegedly outside a police post in Mainpuri district of Uttar Pradesh. Anisa Begum had gone to the Agra Gate Police Chowki yesterday to complain about threat to her life...
Mover-shaker Thambidurai holds the key to AIADMK’s future
New Delhi: M Thambidurai, Lok Sabha deputy speaker and senior leader in the VK Sasikala-led AIADMK faction, boarded a late-night flight on Monday to New Delhi. In the national capital, the AIADMK leader has now been interacting with his close...
Trump to sign executive order on H-1B visa
Washington: U.S. President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order that would tighten the process of issuing H-1B visas and seek a review of the system for creating an “entirely new structure” to award these visas, the most...
Court orders FIR against woman cop for sexually assaulting 13-yr-old girl
A Delhi court has ordered an FIR against a woman police officer for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor girl, who had earlier accused her teacher of molesting her. The Delhi Police, however, said they will begin internal probe in the...
Sasikala, nephew Dinakaran to be kicked out of party?
New Delhi: There is a revolt in the making in the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam's VK Sasikala camp as leaders of the faction want her and nephew TTV Dinakaran to step down from all party posts. Nearly 25 ministers...
Odisha Governor S.C. Jamir Is RSS Candidate for Vice President, Says Top Pracharak
New Delhi: The Rastriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is backing S.C. Jamir, a senior Congressman from Nagaland and current Odisha governor, as its vice presidential nominee, a senior RSS pracharak in the Northeast, told The Wire. If Jamir is elected to the...
Former President Karzai says US using Afghanistan as ‘weapons testing ground’
Kabul: Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Monday that the US is using Afghanistan as a weapons testing ground, calling the recent use of the largest-ever non-nuclear bomb "an immense atrocity against the Afghan people." Last week, US forces dropped...
Shahabuddin acquitted in triple murder case
Jamshedpur: Mohammad Shahabuddin, former Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP from Siwan, has been acquitted in 25-year-old triple murder case by a Jamshedpur court. The case pertains to the murders of Anand Rao, Janardan Choubey and Pradeep Mishra on February 2, 1989,...
Lt Gen Panag slays it with a single tweet on singer Abhijeet
New Delhi: In a mild rebuke, decorated Lieutenant General Harcharanjit Singh Panag has just shut up foul-mouthed singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya. The video of a man tied to the front of an Army jeep and paraded through several villages by the Indian...
AI proposes Rs 15 lakh fine for delays by unruly passengers
New Delhi: Air India formulates rules on unruly passengers after the back-to-back episodes of MLAs -- Shiv Sena's Ravindra Gaikwad and TMC's Dola Sen -- last month. In a circular dated April 13, Air India cites examples of unruly behaviour by...
Supreme Court orders auction of Sahara’s Aamby Valley
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has ordered the auction of Sahara's Aamby Valley over the business conglomerate's alleged failure to deposit money for refunding to its investors. The SC bench has directed Sahara Group's Subrata Roy be personally present in...
Don’t know accused middleman, will fight case legally: Sasikala’s nephew
Chennai: Rebuffing charges of trying to buy AIADMK's 'two leaves' symbol, party general secretary TTV Dinakaran on Monday said he does not know accused middleman Sukesh Chandrasekhar, adding that the case will be fought legally. "I will legally face if any...
What is the meaning of “misuse of triple talaq”. Tomorrow we may hear of misuse of molestation: Javed Akhtar
New Delhi: The burning issue of 'Triple Talaq' has invited debate and discussions on various platforms for past few days. A day after the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) made clear that abusers of Triple Talaq shall be...
Yogi Adityanath compares triple talaq to Draupadis cheer-haran
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday called for an end to the practice of triple talaq, and advocated the implementation of a Uniform Civil Code. He also equated triple talaq with the disrobing of Draupadi in the Mahabharata,...
Misuse of triple talaq will invite social boycott : AIMPLB
Lucknow: In a strongest ever censure against the social practice amid a raging debate over the issue, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has called for “social boycott” of whoever divorces his wife by pronouncing ‘triple talaq’ in...
