Combative Kejriwal vows to send Badals to prison

Ludhiana/Nagpur: A combative Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Thursday he won’t be cowed down by protests and that he and the AAP will remain in Punjab till the ruling Badal family is jailed. “We are here to stay. We...

HC sets aside Delhi government order appointing 21 AAP legislators as parliamentary secretaries

In June, President Pranab Mukherjee had refused to sign a bill that allowed the 21 AAP MLAs to hold a second paying position as parliamentary secretary, leaving their fate hanging in balance. The AAP had earlier defended its decision in high...

26/11 attack: Pakistani court issues notice to mastermind Zakiur Lakhvi

An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan issued notices to seven accused of 2008 Mumbai attack case, including Laskhar-e-Tayiba commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, and the government on a plea to examine the boat used by the 10 LeT terrorists to reach the...

Kejriwal jostled by protesters at station, security breach says AAP

Arvind Kejrwal was jostled by a crowd of protesters this morning at the railway station in Delhi, from where he took a train to Punjab for a five-day visit. As the CM boarded a Shatabdi train to Ludhiana, women activists shouted...

Dabholkar Murder Case: Hindu outfit member named as key conspirator

Narendra Dabholkar (File Pic) Mumbai/Nagpur: The Central Bureau of Investigation has charged Hindu Janajagruti Samiti member Virendrasing Tawde with criminal conspiracy and murder in connection with the murder of rationalist Narendra Dabholkar in 2013. The Samiti is allegedly linked with Sanatan...

Youth tries to drown cop during Ganesh immersion in Kalyan, 4 booked

Crude bomb hurled at BJP office in Kerala

Thiruvananthapuram: A crude bomb was hurled at a BJP office in the heart of the city here, with the party alleging that CPI-M workers were behind the attack. No one was injured in the incident, police said. The incident occurred around...

World’s first face transplant patient Isabelle Dinoire dies

A French woman who underwent the world's first partial face transplant has died in hospital aged 49 after a long illness. Isabelle Dinoire, who lost her mouth and nose after a dog bite, made medical history in 2005 when she was...

Karnataka erupts in protests over sharing Krishna water with TN

File Pic   New Delhi/Nagpur: Traffic was disrupted and vehicles carrying TN number plates were defaced; public buses were stopped between neighboring states Karnataka and Tamil Nadu in protest over the old issue of water sharing. This happened mostly in Mandya...

Swamy attacks Mehbooba Mufti, equates her with ‘tail of a dog’

File Pic Subramanian Swamy is in the news again. Senior BJP leader and nominated Rajya Sabha MP Subramaniam Swamy on Tuesday equated Mufti with the "tail of a dog, which can't be straightened'. In a TV interview he said, "There should be...

Wrestler Sushil Kumar nominated for Padma Bhushan

File Pic   New Delhi/Nagpur: The Wrestling Federation of India has recommended two-time Olympics medallist Sushil Kumar for the prestigious Padma Bhushan this year. WFI has also forwarded the names of Sushil's longtime coach and Dronacharya awardee Yashvir Singh and female wrestler...

Accused found guilty of murder in Preethi Rathi acid attack case

Mumbai: A session court in Mumbai found accused Ankur Pawar guilty of murder as he threw acid on Preeti Rathi, who later died from her injuries. In 2013, Rathi, a Delhi resident, had come to the city to join the Colaba...

2,000 ‘khaats’ for Rahul’s farmer meet in UP

Rudrapur: About 2,000 khaats or cots have been laid out in Rudrapur town of Uttar Pradesh to seat participants of Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi's meeting with farmers. The "khaat sabha" is part of an extensive tour of Uttar Pradesh that...

Hazare ‘saddened’ that Kejriwal’s colleagues have gone to jail

File Pichas said he is "very saddened to see" that some of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's colleagues have gone to jail, while some others are "indulging in fraud". "I am very hurt...When he (Kejriwal) was with me, he wrote...

Car bomb targets NGO in Kabul, terrorists break into building

Kabul: According to media reports, two militants attacked a NGO -- CARE -- in Kabul and have now holed up in the building. According to the CID chief, Three people were in the building at the time of the attack....

Ex-AAP minister Sandeep Kumar’s secy held for ‘circulating’ sex clip

New Delhi/Nagpur: Former Delhi minister Sandeep Kumar’s private secretary was detained on Monday on the suspicion that he circulated a sex clip involving the politician. Vikramjit Singh, deputy commissioner of police (outer), said Praveen Kumar was taken into custody from the...

Rajnath Singh hits out at separatist leaders, says they don’t believe in kashmiriyat or insaniyat

File Pic Srinagar/Nagpur: A day after separatist members refused to have a dialogue with parliamentarians on the ongoing unrest in Kashmir Valley, Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Monday, hit out at the hardliners saying, it seems they don't believe in 'kashmiriyat,...

Jesus Christ statue vandalised in Mumbai

A statue of Jesus Christ was vandalised by unknown persons in Mumbai's Juhu Tara area on Sunday afternoon even as the world celebrated Mother Teresa's canonisation. On Sunday, bestowing sainthood on Mother Teresa, Pope Francis said, "For the honour of the...

Mother Teresa is now Saint Teresa of Calcutta

Pope Francis blesses with an incense burner as he leads a mass for the canonisation of Mother Teresa of Calcutta in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican September 4, 2016. Hundreds of Missionaries of Charity sisters in their trademark blue-trimmed...

Bengal govt on ‘war footing’ for Singur land return process

New Delhi/Nagpur: The survey by the West Bengal government of the 997 acres of land to be returned to farmers in Singur under a Supreme Court ruling continued today on war footing despite inclement weather, a district official said. The land...