Chopper scam: 2 associates of middleman Christian James get bail
New Delhi: A Patiala House Court on Saturday granted bail to two Indian associates of alleged middleman Christian Michel James in connection with the R. 3600 crore VVIP AgustaWestland Chopper scam. Earlier in February, the Delhi High Court had adjourned the...
Manipur polls: Around 29% votes cast till 10 am
Manipur : Around 29 percent votes were cast in the first three hours of the first phase of Manipur Assembly elections today. No untoward incident has been reported so far, the Election Commission said. Long queues were visible in front of the...
H-1B visa reform to be part of immigration package: US to India
Washington: The US has assured India that the H-1B visas issue was not a priority for it and would be part of the larger immigration reforms package that the new Trump administration is working on. The assurance came amid an ongoing...
UP polls: PM Modi holds roadshow in Varanasi
Varanasi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived in Varanasi as the sixth phase of the Uttar Pradesh polls is underway in 49 assembly seats. Currently, Modi is holding a roadshow in his Lok Sabha constituency. Later, He will offer prayers at...
Jawan Roy Mathew found hanging, army says media sting drove him to suicide
Pic Credit - Maharashtra Times Mumbai: A 33-year-old soldier who was part of a recent expose by a website on the abuse of the British-era "sahayak" or orderly system in the army was found hanging in abandoned barracks on Thursday....
BJP to pay for fielding ‘baagi’ & ‘daagi’ candidates: Mayawati
Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati today attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party saying its own cadre would teach its leaders a lesson for fielding 'baagi' (rebels) and 'daagi' (tainted) candidates in the UP assembly elections. "The BJP has become the number...
‘Got over-emotional’, says RSS leader retracting bounty on Kerala CM
Kerala: RSS leader Kundan Chandravat retracts bounty on Kerala CM, expresses regret. The leader says he got over-emotional after RSS deaths. To bring you up to speed, Chandravat on Thursday kicked up a row when he announced a Rs 1 crore...
Fire at Trump’s New York hotel
New York: Officials are investigating the cause of a fire that started at the Trump International Hotel and Tower in New York, reports the Independent. The blaze started on the 47th floor of the building, which overlooks Central Park, in the...
Stray Dogs: SC Says Culling Only In Accordance With Law; No Indiscriminate Killing
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today said there cannot be indiscriminate killing of stray canines and any culling should only be in accordance with law. “When did this court say dogs have a bigger fundamental rights than human being. We are...
BJP’s ‘sipahi’ Gajendra Chauhan backs ban on ‘gay’ Malayalam film
Mumbai: Not long after Prakash Jha's 'Lipstick Under My Burkha' was denied certification, the Central Board for Film Certification (CBFC) has found its latest victim in the Malayalam film 'Ka Bodyscapes' and FTII chairman Gajendra Chauhan justifies its move. "I would...
Indian athlete Tanveer Hussain arrested in US for allegedly sexually assaulting girl
New York: A 24-year-old Indian athlete has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting a minor girl, days after he arrived in the US for a snowshoe competition, a report said. Mr Hussain was arrested on Wednesday after the girl's parents reported...
Rahul defamation case: Matter adjourned till Apr 21
Mumbai: A Maharashtra court on Friday adjourned till April 21 the defamation case filed by the RSS against Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi's remark regarding Mahatma Gandhi's assassination.Gandhi was not present in the court today. Earlier in November last year, Gandhi was...
In Kerala’s cycle of political violence, left worker attacked, BJP office bombed
Kozhikode: In a fresh round of political violence in Kerala, a CPM youth activist was attacked with sharp weapons in Palakkad on Thursday. 30-year-old Ratheesh and his friend are in hospital. Ratheesh has named three BJP activists in his complaint...
Infant Mortality Rate: Kerala now at par with US
Kerala: Kerala has become the best Indian state -- at par with US -- for new born babies with the 'God's own country' managing to bring down the Infant Mortality Rate 6. The IMR -- number of children under the age...
Indian origin girl racially abused in New York
New York: An Indian-origin girl in the US has been allegedly racially abused by an African-American man (pictured alongside) who called her inappropriate names and yelled "get out of here" when she was travelling in a busy commuter train. Ekta...
DU limps back to normalcy with NSUI’s rose day
New Delhi: The Congress Party's students wing, NSUI, starts the 'Gift a rose' campaign outside Ramjas college to restore peace in the campus. Teachers, students and journalists were wounded on the Delhi University campus as group clashes broke out over the...
SC Order On Liquor Vends Near Highways Not Applicable To Bars: AG’s Opinion
Kerala: Kindling hope in the mind of those owning bars near highways in Kerala, Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi has told the Kerala government that the Supreme Court order banning liquor vends within 500 metres of state and national highways does...
SC notice to Maha government on plea of bar dancers’ body
File Pic New Delhi: The Supreme Court today sought a response from the Maharashtra government on a plea of a bar dancers' body challenging the constitutional validity of a 2016 state law putting conditions on dance performances by women in bars...
BJP asks for female cops to check voter IDs of burqa-clad women in UP
Representational Pic Lucknow: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has written to the Election Commission demanding deployment of women police officials at booths during the sixth and seventh phases of polling in Uttar Pradesh to check the voter IDs of burqa-clad...
Bengaluru’s Rs 1800 cr VVIP steel flyover project scrapped
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government on Thursday scrapped the controversial Bengaluru steel flyover project. Bengaluru development minister K J George announced the cancellation of the steel bridge project, that has been mired in controversy from the day it was conceived. The move comes...
What St Stephen’s students beaten up by ABVP told police
New Delhi: Delhi Police's Crime Branch, which is probing the clashes at Ramjas College, has recorded the statements of two St Stephen's College students who were allegedly beaten up by supporters of ABVP. The two St Stephen's students- a boy and...
