Robert Vadra at temple as report on land deals reaches Supreme Court
New Delhi: How Robert Vadra, the son-in-law of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, bought land in Haryana while her party governed the state has been presented to the Supreme Court. Today, a detailed report on alleged corruption by the former state...
Behind FIR against Dinakaran is IBs Chennai unit
Chennai: Highly placed sources in the Delhi police have revealed that an FIR was filed against TTV Dinakaran, AIADMK leader V K Sasikala's nephew, following a tipoff from the Chennai unit of the Intelligence Bureau. This followed the arrest of one...
United Airlines does it again, kicks couple off en route to their wedding
Washington: It’s been a rough week for United Airlines. And the rough patch continued on Sunday when a couple was kicked off their United flight as they were headed from Houston to Costa Rica for their wedding. Michael Hohl and Amber Maxwell...
Supreme Court questions police vacancies in 6 states
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has expressed concern over the huge vacancy in police force in six states, including Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal. The home secretaries of Bihar, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, or officers authorised...
When will forced religiousness end, Sonu Nigam tweets on azaan
Bollywood singer Sonu Nigam raised eyebrows this morning with a series of controversial tweets slamming azaan or the call to prayer by mosques. He said his home is near a mosque and termed it forced religiousness. "God bless everyone. I'm not...
Farooq Abdullah wins Srinagar LS bypoll
Srinagar: National Conference president and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah on Saturday won the bypoll to the Srinagar-Budgam Lok Sabha seat, beating his PDP (Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party) rival Nazir Ahmad Khan by a margin...
India “too poor” to consider expansion says, Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel
New Delhi: While Indians are increasingly downloading Snapchat on their smartphones, the company’s CEO feels India is “too poor” to seriously consider expanding its user base. According to a report by Variety , the disparaging comment was made by the CEO...
20 injured in clash between protesters, security forces
Pulwama: At least 20 people were on Saturday injured in a clash between protesters and security forces in Pulwama town in south Kashmir. A group of youths started shouting slogans and hurling stones at security forces near Degree College, Pulwama, this...
EVM tampering row: Akhilesh Yadav questions poll panel, demands future elections be held with ballot paper
New Delhi: Even though the Election Commission of India (ECI) has thrown open challenge to hack Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) after the allegations of tampering, former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav demanded that the future elections should be conducted...
India cancels maritime talks with Pakistan
New Delhi: India has called off maritime security dialogue with Pakistan, scheduled for early next week, amid tensions over death sentence being awarded to Kulbhushan Jadhav. A delegation led by Pakistan's Maritime Security Agency (MSA) was to visit New Delhi April...
IAF chopper combats forest fire near Mt Abu
Representational Pic Rajasthan: A major fire broke out in the forest area near Mount Abu in Sirohi district of Rajasthan, prompting the Indian Air Force to deploy an MI-17 chopper to douse the flames. The fire broke out in the morning...
Bihar: 7 cops, one Naxal killed in prison van-truck
Sitamarhi: Seven policemen and a hardcore Naxal were killed when a prison van dashed into a truck in Bihar's Sitamarhi district today. Deputy Superintendent of Police (Town), Ashish Anand said the accident happened near Gaighat village under the jurisdiction of Runnisaidpur...
Bifurcate Valley to house Pandits, nationalist forces: Panun Kashmir
Srinagar: An organisation of Kashmiri Pandits has demanded the "bifurcation" of Kashmir to carve out a separate homeland for displaced "Pandits and nationalist forces" as it termed the Valley as an "ungoverned region". "Kashmir Valley has virtually become an ungoverned area....
Lahore lawyers warned from defending Kulbhushan Jadhav
New Delhi: The Lahore High Court Bar Association said on Friday that it will take action against any lawyer who extends his services to Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav, who has been sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court. "The LHBA...
‘No Modi-bashing’: AAP’s new strategy post-poll drubbing
New Delhi: Stung by its poor performances in Punjab and Goa assembly polls, the AAP has changed its strategy of directly attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi and has decided to focus on "positive campaign" as it faces litmus test in...
Omar Abdullah posts video of Kashmiri youth tied to Indian Army jeep as human shield against stone pelters
New Delhi: Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah posted a video and a picture of Indian Army personnel allegedly using youth as human shield on their vehicles to protect themselves from stone pelters, a development that can...
Jadhav’s sentence: Indian envoy to meet Pak’s Foreign Secretary
New Delhi: Indian High Commissioner in Islamabad Gautam Bambawale will be meeting Pakistan Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua in connection with the case of retired Indian navy officer Kulbhushan Jadhav, who has been given death sentence by an army court there. According...
Being targetted so that I stop speaking about EVM tampering by BJP: Maya
Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati today said she has no reservations in shaking hands with other parties in her struggle against the Bharatiya Janata Party on the issue of EVM tampering in the recent assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh...
‘Mother Of All Bombs’ kills youth from Kerala who joined IS
One of the 21 missing Kerala youth, who was later found to have joined the Islamic State, was killed in the mega airstrike conducted by the United States in the Achin district of Afghanistan's Nangarhar province. The US military had dropped...
Rs 9,334 cr undisclosed income detected post note ban
The Income Tax department will investigate over 60,000 individuals under the second phase of the 'Operation Clean Money' which was launched today with an aim to detect black money generation post demonetisation. The Central Board of Direct Taxes, policy-making body of...
Jadhav is an innocent Indian: MEA
New Delhi: Press briefing by the ministry of external affairs on former naval officer Kulbhushan Jadhav who is on death row in Pakistan. MEA spokesperson Gopal Baglay, first lays out the facts. The MEA says Kulbhushan Jadhav is a kidnapped, innocent Indian....
