A week after New Year shame, woman in burqa allegedly molested in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: Barely a week after Bengaluru was put to shame by incidents of mass molestation and assault on New Year's Eve, another incident of alleged molestation has come to light. A young woman wearing a burqa was reportedly attacked by a...
Deprived of hearse service, Odisha man carries dead daughter on shoulder
Odisha: Its Odisha again. A villager in the eastern states Angul district walked for more than 15 kilometres carrying his dead daughter on his shoulder after failing to get a hearse van. The man, identified as Gati Dhibar, of Pechamundi village,...
Lone gunman kills five persons at Florida Airport
Washington: Police said a lone gunman opened fire Friday at the Fort Lauderdale, Florida, international airport, killing five people and injuring eight others in a brief, bloody shooting rampage. The attack at a quiet baggage claim area sent people scrambling through...
SP supporters back Akhilesh, split may benefit BJP, says poll
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav appears poised to retain the vast majority of his party's voter support if the split with his father continues, but the move might just give the BJP the edge in UP, a Huffpost-CVoter...
India to base first squadron of Rafale fighter jets in Bengal
New Delhi: India will base its first squadron of Rafale fighter jets, which are also capable of delivering nuclear weapons, in the eastern sector as part of the overall policy to gradually build nuclear as well as conventional deterrence against...
Sakshi Maharaj blames Muslims for population boom
Meerut: While talking to the media in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, controversial BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj has said that population rise was due to a certain community and it allowing four wives and 40 children. "Population rise is not due to Hindus....
Meghalaya MLA accused of raping minor girl, arrested
Meghalaya: A legislator from Meghalaya who had been absconding after his name emerged in a rape case was today arrested in Guwahati. Independent MLA Julius K Dorhphang was arrested from Garchuk in Guwahati in a joint operation by Meghalaya and Assam...
Postponement of budget: EC seeks Centre’s response
New Delhi: The Election Commission has asked the government to respond to the Opposition's demands to postpone of the Union budget in view of the upcoming assembly elections in five states. Several opposition parties, including the Congress, the Trinamool Congress, the...
Day 2 of Pudu L-G vs CM battle: Insecure leaders divide teams, tweets Bedi
New Delhi: Day 2 of social media battle between Puducherry Lt Governor Kiran Bedi and CM V Narayanasamy. Yesterday, Bedi cancelled the order of the Chief Minister banning the use of social media for official communication. In a flurry of tweets...
Mulayam may sacrifice Amar Singh to end rift with Akhilesh: Reports
New Delhi: After Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav claimed the support of over 200 lawmakers of the ruling Samajwadi Party, his estranged father Mulayam Singh Yadav met with his top aides till 1 am on Thursday night. This morning, Shivpal...
SC stays transfer of 2G Maxis licence
New Delhi: The Supreme Court stays the transfer of 2G licence from Malaysia's Maxis which was originally alloted to Aircel to any other telecom company. The SC proposes to restrain earning of any revenue by using the 2G spectrum licences...
MH370 search to end in two weeks: official
New Delhi: The hunt for missing flight MH370 will end in two weeks, Malaysia's transport minister said on today, as relatives of passengers demanded authorities push on with the search. "We're at the final lap within these two weeks," the minister,...
Will you stand and watch if someone in your family was molested, rages Kohli
India captain Virat Kohli today said that those who watched in silence when women were being molested on Bengaluru streets on New Year's eve have "no right to call themselves men" and he feels ashamed to be a part of...
Not ‘Modi Modi’ Kalmuhe!
BSP takes on 'paid media'. The EC announced the poll schedule for the five-state elections yesterday, with UP going to the polls from 11th February to 8th March over seven phases....
Madras HC rejects Bharat Ratna plea for Jayalalithaa
Chennai: Madras HC rejects petition seeking Bharat Ratna for the late Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalithaa. The court says it cannot dictate terms to the Centre. The AIADMK has asked that the former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, who died last...
President Pranab Mukherjee says demonetisation drive may temporary slowdown economy
New Delhi: In his first remarks after the 50-day deadline to deposit old notes lapsed on December 30, President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday warned that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s demonetisation drive may lead to a temporary slowdown of the economy....
B’lore CCTV molestation: Main attacker, three others arrested
Bengaluru: The Bengaluru police Thursday arrested four of the seven persons detained a day earlier in connection with the sexual assault of a woman on New Years day in Kammanahalli of the citys eastern region. Sources said police have also...
Kiran Bedi cancels Puducherry govt circular on social media use
New Delhi: In an escalation of the already tense ties between the Raj Niwas and the Congress-led government in Puducherry, Lt Governor Kiran Bedi has cancelled an order issued the other day at the behest of Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy,...
Delhi shame: After Bengaluru, Video of Girl Molested on New Year’s Eve Emerges
New Delhi: A video came to light on Thursday of a woman being sexually assaulted by a mob of men while she was on bike in New Delhi's Mukherjee Nagar on New Year's Eve. When police personnel tried to intervene, the...
In Patna, PM shares stage with Opposition CM who supported note ban
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar Thursday were seen sharing stage in Patna on the occasion of Prakash Parva. Nitish Kumar is the only Opposition CM who supported demonetisation. The Prime Minister is in the city to mark...
IT Settlement Commission dismisses Sahara diary, grants immunity to group
The IT Settlement Commission order agreed with Sahara's argument that one of its employees got together with a friend to malign another employee, who headed the office of Sahara Group chairman. In yet another twist to the ongoing controversy over Sahara-Birla...
