Vegas casino Bellagio in lockdown as gunman on the loose
Las Vegas: A gunman has reportedly opened fire at a hotel in Las Vegas, USA. Guests and tourists have had to flee the city's famous Bellagio hotel on the strip because of an 'active shooter'. Panicked people have tweeted their shock and...
Government questions New York Times editorial on Yogi Adityanath
New Delhi: India has reacted sharply to The New York Times' editorial criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi's choice of Aditya Nath Yogi as the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, and said the paper's wisdom to write such a piece was...
MP’s petition to reduce tax on sanitary napkins garners more than 2 lakh signatures
New Delhi: Member of Parliament Sushmita Devs petition to remove tax on sanitary napkins has crossed two lakh signatures on Change.org. The MP petitioned to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Minister for Health & Family Welfare JP Nadda and Union Minister...
US man shouts ‘go back to lebanon’ to Sikh-American girl: Reports
New York: A Sikh-American girl was harassed on a subway train here when a man, mistaking her to be from the Middle East, allegedly shouted "go back to Lebanon" and "you don't belong in this country," the latest in a...
UP Chief Minister Adityanath says anti-romeo squads must not ‘unnecessarily harass’ youngsters
Lucknow: While some had a hearty laugh on social media, others were flabbergasted with the concept of a squad hunting "for men who harass women" in the country's most populous state. Even the new Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath...
Lucknow goes veg: Meat, chicken, eggs off menu as sellers begin strike
Not just buffalo meat, Uttar Pradesh capital Lucknow is fast heading towards a non-vegetarian crisis as entire chicken, goat meat and egg markets have begun shutting down. While more than 80% markets of non-vegetarian items already downed shutters on Friday, various...
SC issues notice to EC on EVMs
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today sought a response from the Election Commission on a PIL seeking investigation by software experts into allegations that Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) were tampered with in the recent Assembly polls. A bench comprising Chief Justice...
Why minister Gadkari is extremely popular with MPs
New Delhi: The presence of Union Minister for Shipping and Transport, Nitin Gadkari, electrifies both houses of Parliament. MPs in the Lok Sabha as well as the Rajya Sabha wait for Gadkari to answer questions put to him in the...
ICC Chairman Manohar to remain in post following board resolution
New Delhi: ICC Chairman Shashank Manohar today agreed to defer his recent resignation following an ICC Board resolution to request him to remain in the post, was passed with overwhelming support earlier this week. In a significant show of support...
How AIADMKs ploy backfired on them
Chennai: That TTV Dinakaran, the AIADMKs deputy general secretary, personally spoke to two former law ministers in the UPA government, Salman Khursheed and M Veerappa Moily, to ask them to plead his partys case for the Two Leaves poll symbol...
PM’s power brekkie with Advani, home-state MPs
New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi meets BJP MPs from Gujarat, Rajasthan, Goa, Andaman and Nicobar and Daman and Diu in Delhi for breakfast at his residence. The PM met with nearly 50 MPs to discuss the election that's due in December...
What’s brewing? Mulayam’s chhoti bahu meets Adityanath
Lucknow: Aparna Yadav, Mulayam Singh Yadav's daughter-in-law, met with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath this morning along with her husband Prateek Yadav, the Samajwadi chief's younger son. The meeting was brushed off by the party as a "courtesy call". Around 9 am,...
India seems to lead the world in Violence against Doctors – What action is Govt. taking?
New Delhi/Nagpur: The strike of Resident Doctors of Maharashtra has entered the fifth day today with MARD, their association not ready to relent despite Rulings of High Court and assurances regarding their safety. This brings us to the question - are...
Mother-of-two first victim to be identified in London terror attacks
London: Aysha Frade, 43, is the first member of the public to be identified as a victim in last evening's terror attacks in London, media reports. The mother-of-two was reportedly crossing Westminster Bridge to collect her children from school when...
US gives list of 271 ‘illegal’ Indians; India does not accept
New Delhi: The US has given a list of 271 people claiming they were illegal migrants from India, but the government has not accepted it and would allow their deportation only after proper verification, union minister Sushma Swaraj said today. "We...
Sidhu cannot continue with TV show, lawyers tell Punjab CM
New Delhi: Punjab's Culture Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu cannot continue with TV show as it would be 'unconstitutional', says government lawyer. Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh had sought legal opinion on whether Sidhu has to quit the Kapil Sharma show where...
Yogi Adityanath takes police by surprise, inspects Lucknow’s Hazratganj police station
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday surprised policemen at Lucknow’s Hazratganj police station as he carried out an unplanned inspection. As he moved from one wing to the other, the policemen looked nervous. It is rare for...
A woman in headscarf walking past ‘casually’ by dead man in London terror attack goes viral
New Delhi: A photograph of a woman wearing a headscarf, checking her phone as she walks past a victim lying prone after the London terror attacks last evening, has gone viral provoking both outrage and sympathy. Twitter user Texas Lone Star...
Babri Masjid demolition: Hearing postponed for two weeks; Supreme Court asks parties to file written submissions
New Delhi: The Supreme Court postponed the hearing against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Lal Krishna Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh and Uma Bharti in connection with the 1992 Babri Masjid demolition case for next two weeks...
5 killed, 40 injured in ‘sick and depraved’ UK Parliament attack
A woman lies injured after an incident on Westminster Bridge in London London: Five people were killed and 40 others injured when a terrorist suspect mowed down pedestrians on a bridge and stabbed a police officer outside parliament complex before...
UK Parliament terror attack: Two people killed, cop stabbed — more than a dozen injured
London: Two people have died after a terror incident that saw a police officer stabbed and as many as a dozen people run over outside London's Parliament building on Wednesday. London police confirmed there are a "number of casualties, including police...
