SC suggests out of court settlement on Ram Temple dispute
The issue of the Ram temple in Ayodhya, which has been pending for six years, should be sorted out outside court, the Supreme Court said today. The top court assured that it would step in only if the matter can't...
Cong, NCP join hands to end lal batti culture
The Congress Party on Tuesday said the red beacon culture should end in all the states to maintain equality in the nation. Congress leader PL Punia told ANI that the decision to end the red beacon culture has been taken by...
Flying to the US? You can’t carry laptops, iPads, cameras
The US government is barring passengers on Royal Jordanian Airlines flights from bringing laptops, iPads, cameras and other electronics in carry-on luggage on certain US-bound flights starting today, the airline has said in a tweet. The airline yesterday said cellphones and...
Indian-American teen arrested a year after he strangled his mother
A 17-year-old Indian-American boy has been arrested in North Carolina in connection with killing his mother. Arnav Uppalapati was arrested by Cary police on Friday after more than a year for the death of his 51-year-old mother Nalini Tellaprolu. Tellaprolu, who worked...
ED arrests sandmining baron Sekhar Reddy
Chennai: ED arrests sand mining baron Shekhar Reddy and two others in Chennai in connection with a money laundering case post demonetisation. Sekhar Reddy allegedly used public servants to change demonetised currency, the CBI's FIR filed in December has said. The...
ED attaches assets of Zakir Naik’s NGO amounting to Rs 18.37 Cr
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate has attached controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik's NGO, Islamic Research Foundations assets worth Rs 18.37 crore. The attachment of assets was carried out under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. Earlier in the day, the National Investigation...
Yogi Adityanath’s only supporter in the Opposition is a TMC MP
Lucknow: Denouncing criticism of Yogi Adityanath's elevation to the post of UP Chief Minister, a Trinamool Congress MP today said in democracy both Yogi and Maulvi have the right to hold political and constitutional office if democratically elected. "It is wrong...
Improve yourself before advising others: Digvijaya to Adityanath
New Delhi: Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Monday launched a verbal attack at newly elected Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath over his advice to cabinet ministers to refrain from making uncalled remarks, saying the latter should first improve himself...
Gujarat polls may be held in June
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah have informally floated the idea among the party's top leadership of advancing the Gujarat assembly polls. After the party's resounding victory in the Uttar Pradesh polls, the top leadership...
Pak media branded us RAW agents, reveals Nizamuddin clerics
New Delhi: Giving a hint towards Pakistan's conspiracy to convict innocent Indians, one of the Sufi clerics, who had gone missing in Pakistan, on Monday revealed that one of the papers in the neighbouring country had printed false news of...
EC to hear battle for the leaves on March 22
Chennai: If we could move our attention away from UP (for a bit) where it remains frozen since a Yogi assumed office over the weekend, there's news from Tamil Nadu. The twin leaf poll symbol of the AIADMK is likely to...
Kumar Mangalam Birla new chairman of Vodafone India, Idea
New Delhi: The telecom biggies Vodafone India and Aditya Birla group firm Idea Cellular on Monday after their merger announced Kumar Mangalam Birla as the Chairman of the new entity. "I am pleased and honored to be the chairman of the...
Puja and a havan before Adityanath moves into his new house
Lucknow: Wearing a dhoti and kurta, a priest perched on a stool performs rituals at the gates of of 5, Kalidas Marg in Lucknow, the official home of the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister. The home now has a new occupant,...
Cabinet clears 4 GST Bills
The Cabinet clears four supporting GST legislations to be introduced in Parliament soon. The Cabinet approves Compensation Law, the Central-GST (C-GST), Integrated-GST (I-GST) and Union Territory-GST (UT-GST). GST supporting legislations to be introduced as money bill in Parliament this week. On...
Missing Nizamuddin dargah clerics reach Delhi
Missing Nizamuddin dargah clerics return to Delhi from Pakistan. They now have a date with MEA Sushma Swaraj. Swaraj yesterday tweeted that the two Indian clerics who went missing in Pakistan, are safe and well and will be back in Delhi...
Gopal Ansal petitions President to pardon 1-year sentence
Uphaar cinema fire convict Gopal Ansal's request for more time to surrender rejected by Supreme Court. Ansal has now petitioned President Pranab Mukherjee to pardon his one-year sentence. On March 9, the Supreme Court ordered Ansal to surrender on March 20...
BSP leader shot dead in Allahabad
Allahabad: Bahujan Samaj Party leader Mohammed Shami was shot dead by bike-borne assailants last night in Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad. According to reports, the accused shot Shami near his house. Shami was a history-sheeter. In the recently concluded Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, Shami...
Yogi Adityanath to be UP CM; Keshav Prasad Maurya, Dinesh Sharma deputies
Lucknow: Contrary to the popular speculations that Manoj Sinha could be appointed as UP CM, the name of Yogi Adityanath has surfaced for the state's top post. Unconfirmed reports said that Yogi Adityanath wil be CM with Keshav Prasad Maurya,...
Trivendra Singh Rawat sworn-in as Uttarakhand CM
Uttarakhand: Trivendra Singh Rawat, a former RSS pracharak, sworn-in as the chief minister of Uttarakhand after the Bharathiya Janata Party swept back to power after five years with a landslide majority. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP President Amit Shah, UNion ministers...
2 missing Indian clerics in custody of Pak intelligence: Report
New Delhi: Two Muslim clerics from Delhi who went missing in Pakistan are "in the custody of Pakistan's intelligence agencies," news agency reported today, quoting unnamed official sources. According to official sources in New Delhi, Asif Nizami, the chief priest, and...
Ajmer blast case: Quantum of punishment likely on March 22
New Delhi: The special NIA court in Jaipur is likely to pronounce the quantum of sentence in the Ajmer Dargah bomb blast case on March 22 after it continued to hear arguments today on the sentencing of the two convicts. Defence...
