Near collision averted between Air India and Indigo planes at IGI airport
New Delhi: The capital's busy IGI Airport saw an aircraft rejecting take off at high speed on Friday morning as another plane was landing on a merging runway at the same time. Parallel operations are not allowed on merging runways...
We share poets, rivers, heritage… Sheikh Hasina begins visit on a positive note
New Delhi: Before she left Dhaka, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said that she expects bilateral relations between the two nations to touch new heights of cooperation, and added that she would renew her efforts for the signing of a...
It will be a crying shame if Gaikwad is let off, says AI employees
New Delhi: This should make all Air India naysayers switch to the airlines again. One for all, all for one, we say. That's an image of Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad's Air India ticket which was cancelled by the airlines. The Air...
I-T raids TN health minister, actor Sarathkumar
Chennai: Friday has been a busy day for the income tax department in Tamil Nadu, as it conducted searches against Tamil Nadu Health Minister C Vijayabaskar at over 30 locations in the state. Another person who felt the heat was...
Opposition wants BJP’s Naqvi to apologise for dismissing Alwar lynching
New Delhi: Congress MPs want Home Minister Rajnath Singh's statement on the cow lynching incident in Alwar in Parliament. Opposition also seeks an apology from Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi for his statement in the Rajya Sabha yesterday. Opposition MPs...
SC notice to Centre, 5 states, on gau rakshak ban
New Delhi: More on that SC notice on vigilante groups. Amid anger over the killing of a man by cow vigilantes in Alwar, the Supreme Court today issued a notice to Rajasthan and five other states, as well as the Centre...
Reliance Jio to withdraw Summer Surprise offer after Trai’s order
Mumbai: Reliance Jio, India’s youngest telecom, has been ordered to withdraw its three-month “Summer Surprise” offer under which customers who signed up by April 15 for a data plan worth Rs. 303 per month would get three months of calls...
Real-life Mowgli found in UP jungle; lived with monkeys, walked on fours
Bahraich: An eight-year-old girl was found living with a troop of monkeys in the Katarniyaghat Wildlife Sanctuary, in Bahraich, UP. After being spotted by locals in the Motipur range of the sanctuary, a police team managed to rescue her in...
Delhi journalist attacked in park battles for life
New Delhi: A Delhi-based freelance journalist, Aparna Kalra, is battling for her life at Fortis Hospital after she was brutally attacked by an unidentified person on Wednesday. Kalra, 45, was out for her evening walk in a park near her home...
Govt denies Alwar killing: Naqvi says NO such incident took place
New Delhi: Parliamentary Affairs minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi denies the Alwar lynching that led to the death of one person took place. "No incident of killing described by the Opposition has taken place," Naqvi told the Rajya Sabha. The Speaker...
Three gau rakshaks confess to beating Pehlu Khan to death in Alwar
A video grab of dairy farmer owner Pehlu Khan who was lynched to death by a mob of gau rakshaks.Alwar: Vipin Yadav (19), Ravendra (32) and Kaluram (44), arrested for lynching dairy farmer Pehlu Khan to death have...
In Rajasthan, 5 men attacked by gau rakshaks, 1 dies of injuries
One man has died and four others severely injured after a mob of cow vigilantes or gau rakshaks brutally beat them up for transporting cows in Rajasthan's Alwar. Pehlu Khan, 55, a resident of Haryana, succumbed to his injuries...
Declare cow as national animal: Ajmer dargah head to govt
The spiritual head of Ajmer dargah has said that the government should put a ban on the slaughter of all bovine animals as well as the sale of beef to promote communal harmony in the country. Dargah Deewan Zainul Abedin Ali...
Produce meat shop crackdown orders in 24 hrs: HC to UP govt
Allahabad: The Allahabad high court on gave the Uttar Pradesh government 24 hours to produce before it all its orders on the basis of which the drive for closure of illegal meat shops was undertaken in the state. The Lucknow bench...
St Petersburg metro explosions: At least 10 casualties reported after blast on subway in Russia
Two explosions on a train in a metro station in St Petersburg have injured several people, local media reports. At least 10 people were injured, the RIA news agency reports, while Interfax reported there appear to have been two explosions. The blast...
I lost my sister in accident, Vadra endorses liquor ban on highways
Priyanka Gandhi's husband, Robert Vadra endorses the Supreme Court judgement banning liquor shops near highways. Vadra posts this poignant message on his Facebook page: "The SC order banning the sale of liquor near national & state highways is worthy of respect...
‘Mentally unstable’ shrine custodian hacks 20 devotees to death in Pakistan
Sargodha: At least 19 people were hacked to death by a shrine custodian in Sargodha, Pakistan on Friday night. Officials said that the accused is mentally unstable. Sargodha Deputy Commissioner Liaquat Ali Chatta told India Today that the accused identified as...
Ayodhya: SC Finds Swamy Not Even A Party; Withdraws Mediation Offer
In a major twist in the Ayodhya case in Supreme Court, the Chief Justice J S Khehar-led bench today withdrew all proposal for mediation and suggestion for out-of-court settlement after coming to know that BJP MP Subramanian Swamy to whom...
SC will give up summer vacation to hear triple talaq cases on May 11
New Delhi: A five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court will start hearing from May 11 petitions against the Islamic divorce practice of triple talaq that is said to be biased against women. The court will hear pleas filed by several...
No Indians have lost jobs yet: Swaraj on H1B visa policy
New Delhi: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Thursday assured Indians that the Central Government is in talks with the United States administration to ensure that Indians living are not at loss due to the new H1B visa policy. "We are...
Parliament passes Finance Bill, rejects amendments made by Rajya Sabha
New Delhi: Parliament passes Finance Bill 2017; all amendments recommended by Rajya Sabha rejected. The Rajya Sabha yesterday adopted five amendments moved by the Opposition to the Finance Bill 2017. Of the five Opposition amendments, three were moved by Congress member Digvijaya...
