Bonhomie over? Nitish attacks BJP, trashes demand to postpone human chain
New Delhi: Amidst speculation of growing bonhomie with the BJP, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today attacked the party while rejecting its Bihar unit's demand of postponing the human chain programme scheduled for January 21 in the wake of Patna boat...
Don’t let rivals exploit crisis after Jaya’s death: Sasikala to AIADMK cadre
Chennai: AIADMK chief V K Sasikala today asked her party men to ensure "enemies" did not exploit the "crisis" created by the "sudden" demise of her predecessor, the late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, and said she had taken over the...
Anti-national PETA working against Tamil culture, should be banned: Stalin
Chennai: DMK today dubbed animal rights advocacy group PETA as "anti-national" and said it's working against Tamil culture seeking a ban on the NGO which has been stridently opposing the bull-taming festival Jallikattu. "Centre should immediately ban the international NGO PETA...
1984 riots case: SC directs Centre to file status report
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Central Government to file a report regarding the status of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. An apex court bench headed by Chief Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar had fixed the next date of...
I am born a Congressman, this is ghar wapasi: Sidhu
Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu addressing a press conference after joining the Congress party yesterday. Highlights... "I am a born Congressman. My birth was in the Congress. I have come back to my roots. My father was in the Congress and...
15 feared killed in cargo plane crash in Kyrgyzstan
Just In: A cargo plane on a flight from Istanbul to Bishkek, has crashed near the Kyrgyzstan capital, TASS has reported quoting the press service of the Bishkek airport. The crash occurred several kilometres from the Manas airport....
Child rapist who targeted nearly 500 minors arrested in Delhi
A 38-year-old serial rapist was arrested from Delhi's New Ashok Nagar on Sunday for targeting minors girls aged between seven and 11 years. The accused, Sunil Rastogi, who wore the same set of clothes -- a 'red jacket' (which he...
Swamy says anti-Jallikattu protests inspired from abroad
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy has alleged that protests organised against Jallikattu have been inspired from abroad and he intends to take the case to the Central Bureau of Investigation in terms of funding of the animal rights organisations. "As...
PM should promise Ram temple for our support in UP polls, says chief priest
Ayodhya : The seers will support BJP in the upcoming UP elections only if Prime Minister Narendra Modi promises to get the Ram temple constructed in Ayodhya during his tenure, the chief priest of the makeshift temple at the Ram...
Instead of Pongal cheer, protests engulf rural Madurai over Jallikattu ban
Madurai: At least seven people have been detained in rural Madurai in Tamil Nadu for organising the bull-taming festival, Jallikattu, in defiance of the Supreme Court ban. Pongal festivities are on in Tamil Nadu, but locals from Madurai are calling it...
Khadi row: Mahatma Gandhi will be removed from notes too, says Haryana Min
Amid political uproar over new Khadi Gramdyog calendar featuring Prime Minister Narendra Modi, controversial Haryana minister Anil Vij has stoked a fresh controversy claiming that after khadi stationary, Mahatma Gandhi would be removed from notes as well. Anil Vij has said...
Strong 6.1 earthquake off coast of Fiji
Representational Pic New Delhi: A shallow 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Fiji today, the US Geological Survey said, but there were no immediate reports of damage. The quake, recorded at 6:11 pm (0611 GMT) was centred 152 kilometres southwest...
Crazy Sumit – Delhi serial kisser behind prank videos detained; YouTube, Google under scanner
New Delhi: A local youngster, who had posted several prank videos in which he was seen randomly kissing girls and running away, and his close associate were nabbed by Delhi Police on Friday. Ravindra Yadav, Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime), said,...
Army Chief General Bipin Rawat says ‘soldiers must use grievance boxes’
New Delhi: Army Chief General Bipin Rawat said today that soldiers must raise their complaints internally, referring to recent videos of a Border Security Force or BSF jawan complaining about poor food and near starvation. "Whoever has any complaint can tell...
Intolerance in Bengal? Kolkata Police denies permission to RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat to hold rally
Kolkata: The Kolkata Police on Thursday denied permission to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat to hold a rally in the city, scheduled for January 14. In a letter from Kolkata Police addressed to the Pracharak of the Kolkata,...
Modi ‘replaces’ Gandhi in Khadi Udyog stationery, workers to hold silent protest
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has ‘replaced’ the father of the nation, Mahatma Gandhi in the 2017 wall calendar and table diary published by the Khadi Village Industries Commission (KVIC), official sources said here on Thursday. The cover photo of...
No Jallikattu This Year As Supreme Court Rules Out Verdict Before Pongal
Chennai: There is likely to be no Jallikattu this Pongal in Tamil Nadu, with the Supreme Court today saying that it will not be able to give verdict on allowing the bull taming sport by Saturday, when the harvest...
Jailed during Emergency, Lalu to get Rs 10,000 pension
Patna: RJD chief Lalu Prasad is now eligible to a monthly pension under the JP Senani Samman Pension Scheme. Nearly four decades after he was jailed under the Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA) during the JP movement to oppose Emergency,...
Sasikala’s AIADMK prefers Cong, not BJP, as ally
Chennai: In a post-Jayalalithaa era, the question being asked is whether the AIADMK will ally with the BJP. J Jayalalithaa was just six months into her sixth term as chief minister of Tamil Nadu, when her untimely death last month...
Little evidence demonetisation succeeded in combating corruption: NYT
New Delhi: The atrociously planned and executed currency ban and a subsequent cash crunch has made life increasingly difficult for Indians, the New York Times has said in its latest hard-hitting editorial criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modis move to check...
Punjab Cong leaders complain to Rahul about Captain
Punjab: Punjab Congress President and former CM Captain Amarinder Singh has been camping in New Delhi for a fortnight. His disgruntled and worried party workers have now complained to Congress VP Rahul Gandhi. With less than a month to go before...
