Pak-based terrorists with Afghan IDs may attack on R-Day: Intel agencies
New Delhi: Pakistan-based terror groups may use Afghan IDs to sneak into India and carry out attacks, intelligence agencies have warned ahead of Republic Day celebrations on Thursday, media reports. The Special Protection Group, which provides security to Prime Minister Narendra...
Dogs like you will be stoned: Alleged messages by Bastar top cop to activists
Bastar: In further evidence of the targeting of activists associated with the insurgency-prone region of Bastar in Chhattisgarh, activists, lawyers and human rights defenders claim to have received a string of abusive and threatening messages purportedly from phone numbers belonging...
Sharad Yadav’s shocker: ‘Honour of vote more important than daughter’s’
File PicRaking up a controversy, Janata Dal-United leader Sharad Yadav has said that 'honour of vote is important than that of daughter's'. "Honour of vote is bigger and important than honour of daughter. If daughter's honour is compromised, it only...
Lodha vs BCCI: Supreme Court to reject names over 70 years
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected all names suggested by two-member panel for the functioning of Board of Cricket for Control in India (BCCI). The apex court had asked advocate Anil B. Divan and Gopal Subramaniam to assist in...
Raees: Man dies in rush to see Shah Rukh; railway minister orders probe
New Delhi: Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Tuesday ordered a probe after one person died and two policemen were injured as crowd went berserk after Shah Rukh Khan arrived at the Vadodara railway station on Monday night. "Directed DG RPF to...
Arvind Kejriwal’s Relative investigated by Delhi Police in corruption case
New Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal's brother-in-law is being investigated by the Delhi Police on a complaint by an anti-corruption NGO. A preliminary inquiry has been ordered against the Chief Minister's close relative by the Economic Offences Wing of the Delhi Police. Surender Kumar...
No record of fake currency deposits during note ban, says RBI
Representation Pic New Delhi: There is no record available of the fake currency which has been detected in the demonetised notes deposited in banks, Reserve Bank of India has said. Responding to an RTI inquiry from Mumbai-based activist Anil Galgali seeking...
Swamy demands President’s rule in Tamil Nadu
New Delhi: BJP MP Subramanian Swamy on Monday demanded President's rule in Tamil Nadu to redeem the state from the "Naxals, Jehadis and Porkis', after the protests over Jallikattu at Marina Beach in Chennai turned violent. In the tweet, he contradicted...
Has Mt Everest shrunk? Survey of India to measure height
Hyderabad: The Survey of India would soon "re-measure" the height of Mount Everest to verify doubts expressed over it in some sections of the scientific community following the major earthquake in Nepal two years ago and to help scientific studies,...
Union Budget will NOT be postponed for 5-state polls: SC
New Delhi: SC dismisses PIL seeking postponement of Union Budget on the ground of upcoming Assembly polls in five states. The court said there is no illustration to support that the presentation of Union Budget would influence voters' mind in...
Coal scam: SC orders probe against former CBI Director Ranjit Sinha
New Delhi: The Supreme Cout today ordered investigation against former CBI Director Ranjit Sinha for his alleged involvement in the coal scam case. The SC has ordered the setting up of a special investigation team to look into prima facie...
Kanpur train derailment: Tracks not tampered, says probe
New Delhi: No proof of tampering of tracks found, says a preliminary rail ministry probe. The Bihar police is probing whether the November 21 Kanpur train derailment that killed 148 people was an act of sabotage with possible ties to Pakistani...
Jallikattu draft bill at 5 pm today
Tamil Nadu: The government to move a bill to replace the Jallikattu ordinance in the TN Assembly this evening, says Speaker P Dhanapal. This morning, observing that a "mass movement' and "spontaneous outpouring of emotion" paved the way for lifting of...
Outgoing US ambassador’s encounters with 2 Indian PMs
New Delhi: Outgoing US Ambassador to India Richard Verma shared some heart-warming stories in his farewell speech for friends before he left Delhi last week. He recounted his interaction with two Indian prime ministers, reports media. The first, in 2012, was...
Nobody Could Point A Finger At Justice Khehar On His Honesty, Integrity, And Uprightness: SC
Even as one thought the writ petition challenging Justice J.S.Khehar’s appointment as the CJI has become infructuous with his swearing-in on January 4, the Supreme Court bench of Justices R.K.Agrawal and D.Y.Chandrachud, has released its detailed order on it, 20...
Samsung blames Galaxy Note 7 fires on faulty batteries
The world's biggest smartphone maker Samsung blamed faulty batteries today for the fires that led to last year's humiliating recall of its flagship Galaxy Note 7 device. Internal and independent investigations "concluded that batteries were found to be the cause...
Chennai cops begin evicting Jallikattu protesters from Marina
Chennai: The police on Monday began removing protesters from Marina Beach in Chennai. A large number of people demanding that the hosting of Jallikattu be allowed had been protesting assembled at Marina Beach. The protesters had refused to budge even after an...
Pak to release Chandu Chavan. who crossed LoC last year, today
New Delhi: Pakistan to hand over today soldier Chandu Chavan, who strayed across the Line of Control hours after the surgical strike in September last year, to Indian authorities at Wagah. Last week, Union Minister of State for Defence Subhash Bhamre...
Why over a million women will march in Washington D.C. today? And why will millions round the world join them?
Washington: Indian born Aarthi Muthukrishnan, who moved to the US less than 2 decades ago, will be one of the 2 million women- and men - who will march in Washington D.C. today for the rights of women in U.S....
SP faked rift; minorities must vote for BSP to check BJP: Mayawati
Lucknow: Once again asking the minorities to vote for her party, Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati has said that this is the only way to check the Bharatiya Janata Party in the upcoming state elections. Targeting the Samajwadi Party, she said...
On Day 1 in office, Trump signs executive order against Obamacare
Within hours of taking the oath, new US President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at “minimising the economic burden” of Obamacare “pending repeal”, to make good on one of his most impassioned campaign promises of dismantling his predecessor’s...
