Why is Sadhvi Pragya in jail after NIA dropped charges, asks High Court

Mumbai/Nagpur: Hearing a bail application of Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, arrested in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, the Bombay High Court on Friday asked how she could be kept in prison when the prosecuting agency had said there was...

‘Muslim Personal Law Board using sharia to perpetuate patriarchy’

File Pic New Delhi/Nagpur: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board's decision to boycott the Law Commission's questionnaire on triple talaq and polygamy drew sharp reactions from Muslim women across the country, with some activists even speaking out against the...

1 jawan killed, 8 injured as terrorists attack SSB camp in J&K

A jawan of paramilitary force Sashastra Seema Bal was killed and eight others, including a policeman, were injured on Friday when militants attacked security convoy in Zakura area on the outskirts of Srinagar. Militants fired at the vehicles of Sashastra Seema...

MP minister meets martyr’s mother who accused cops of seeking bribe to find his stolen medal

Bhopal/Nagpur: Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Bhupendra Singh meets martyr Devashish Sharma's mother Nirmala Sharma in Bhopal. Nirmala, mother of the martyred Army Captain, had accused Shahpur police in Madhya Pradesh of demanding a bribe to find bravery medals of her son...

17 dead after bus falls into gorge in MP

Madhya Pradesh/Nagpur: At least 17 persons were killed and several others injured today when a private bus fell into a gorge near Namli town in Ratlam district of Madhya Pradesh today, police said. "So far nine persons have been found dead...

BRICS summit begins in Goa – why is BRICS important – and what will happen at this summit?

  Goa/Nagpur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will arrive in Goa today to attend the two-day BRICS summit which begins in south Goa on Saturday. Speaking to the media at the State Secretariat in the evening, Mr. Parsekar C,M, of Goa said that...

Congress leaders miffed as Govt suddenly cancels briefing of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defense

File Pic   New Delhi/Nagpur: Without giving any explanation, the Defense Ministry has decided to cancel the briefing that top brass of the Ministry were to give today, 14th October, to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defense on the surgical strikes carried...

Don’t make triple talaq debate political: Centre to Muslim Law Board

File Pic   New Delhi/Nagpur: Asking All India Muslim Personal Law Board not to make political statements over the issue of triple talaq, the Centre on Friday said that the core issue is gender justice and not politics. Referring MPLB's press conference...

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India ranks with Eithopia, Chad and Pakistan in world’s maximum hungry people, Figures go up for Maharashtra too

New Delhi/Nagpur: "Shining India" which our Government claims is the "fastest grwoing economy in the world" continues to have serious levels of widespread hunger. It has been ranked a lowly 97 among 118 developing countries for which the Global Hunger...

Uniform Civil Code not good for India: Muslim Law Board

New Delhi/Nagpur: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board holds a press conference on the Uniform Civil Code. Highlights.

• Uniform Civil Code is not good for this nation. There are so many cultures in this nation; all have to be...

PM Modi likely to visit Jayalalithaa in hospital on Oct 15

File Pic   New Delhi/Nagpur: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to make a detour to Chennai to visit ailing Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa at Apollo Hospital. Modi is likely to make a stopover at Chennai on his way to...

Give us channels to act against India – time to sieze Kashmir, says Jaish chief Masood Azhar

File Pic   New Delhi/Nagpur: Every action has an equal and opposite reaction, they say. So to match our politicians' rhetoric on 'surgical strikes' in POK come the reactions from the 'other side'. Jaish-e-Muhammad chief Masood Azhar has called for jihadist groups...

Start building Ram temple to avoid losing UP: Sena to BJP

File Pic Mumbai/Nagpur: Raking up the Ram temple politics again, the Shiv Sena said that the Bharatiya Janata Party will lose the upcoming Uttar Pradesh polls if Ram temple is not built. Asking its ally to start work on building a...

Helpless BJP had to disclose surgical strikes: Khurshid

Former external affairs minister Salman Khurshid on Thursday said that the National Democratic Alliance government had to disclose details of the surgical strike across the Line of Control, as it was in a helpless position. "Surgical strikes just mean a target,...

Pampore encounter ends after 3 days, 2 terrorists dead

Pampore/Nagpur: The Pampore encounter ends after three days with the death of two terrorists. On Monday, three terrorists stormed the Entrepreneurship Development Institute in Pampore. Two terrorists were killed inside the building today with the third terrorist believed to have escaped....

Credit for decision, timing goes to PM, success to Army: Parrikar on surgical strikes

Mumbai/Nagpur: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar speaking at the MET 2016 (Materials Engineering Technology) conference in Mumbai. Parrikar uses the platform to claim and dole out credit for the September 29 surgical strikes in Pakistan. "Credit of success goes to the army,...

Olympian Dipa Karmakar to return BMW

Hyderabad/Nagpur: Dipa Karmakar's pathbreaking performance in the Rio Olympics was lauded by many, including former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, who was picked to present her, along with PV Sindhu and Sakshi Malik, a BMW car in September. However, owing to maintenance...

It’s official: Video evidence of surgical strikes won’t be released

New Delhi/Nagpur: The government has decided for now it will NOT release any evidence of the surgical strikes and the damage caused to the terror launch pads in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, arguing that doing so would push the Pakistan Army into...

Narendra Modi targets terrorism & Pakistan at Lucknow Dussehra rally

Lucknow: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday invoked Ramayana and asked his countrymen to keep a vigil against terror and fight it the way Jatayu fought Ravana to try rescue Sita from the demon. "Who was the first to stand against...