Jagdish Gagneja RSS Punjab VP shot at; ‘stable’ after 2 of 3 bullets removed
Jalandhar: Two motorcycle-borne assailants shot at the Punjab vice-president of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Brigadier Jagdish Gagneja (retd), leaving him seriously injured in the heart of Jalandhar just after 8pm on Saturday. By 11pm, two of the three bullets in...
Angry Modi Slams Cow Brigade, Says Many of Them Anti-Social Elements
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday used his first-ever townhall to deliver a lacerating statement on "Gau Rakshaks" or cow vigilantes blamed for outrageous incidents like the flogging of four Dalits in Gujarat last month. Most of these...
Rio Olympics 2016: Explosion heard at finish line of cycling race
A loud blast was heard near the finishing line of the men's cycling road race at the Rio Olympics on Saturday, media reported. The cannon fire-like noise occurred around 1:30pm local time and could not be missed from the press centre...
Vijay Rupani to be new chief minister of Gujarat
AHMEDABAD: Vijay Rupani will take over as the new chief minister of Gujarat. Nitin Patel will be the deputy chief minister of Gujarat. Rupani was picked for the state's top job by party MLAs at a meeting on Friday. The meeting...
Should take steps to curb havoc of terrorism: Rajnath’s statement on Pak visit
A day after his return from Islamabad, Home Minister Rajnath Singh addressed the Parliament on his visit to the neighbouring country. Here's what he said: >> Participated in SAARC Interior ministers' meeting and on behalf of India, put special emphasis on terrorism >>...
J Dey murder: CBI files supplementary chargesheet against Rajan
J Dey murder case: CBI files supplementary chargesheet against Chhota Rajan in MCOCA Court in Mumbai, today. Rajan was arrested at Bali airport in Indonesia on October 25 last year and deported to India. He is facing around 70 cases in Maharashtra,...
SC to hear together AAP government’s civil suit, appeal on statehood
The Supreme Court will now hear together the Delhi government's civil suit seeking a declaration that the national capital is a state and its petition against the order of the high court which held that the city is a Union...
12 killed, several injured as unidentified men open fire in Assam’s Kokrajhar
KOKRAJHAR: Twelve civilians have been killed after militants opened indiscriminate fire at a market are in Assam's Kokrajhar. Security forces then engaged the militants in a firefight. Fifteen civilians have been reported injured in the incident. Sources in Delhi have told...
SAARC: Rajnath Singh’s speech blacked out
File pic Islamabad/Nagpur: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh talked tough against terror at the SAARC meeting on Thursday but his speech was blacked out by Pakistan, reports said. Some news agency reported that members of the Indian media, who had come...
Gujarat’s 10% quota for economically backward rejected by HC
AHMEDABAD: The High Court in Gujarat today rejected the state government's ordinance providing members of the economically weaker sections from unreserved category 10 per cent reservation in government jobs and educational institutions. The court was hearing petitions challenging the state government's...
LG is administrative head of Delhi, AAP loses plea on ‘who’s boss’
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has dismissed the petition filed by the Aam Aadmi Party challenging the powers of Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung. Kejriwal, who took power last year after winning the Delhi election with a spectacular mandate, accused...
Girl Beaten With Leather Belt Allegedly For Not Doing Homework
Bengaluru girl, 7, was beaten with a belt, allegedly by her tutor. BENGALURU: Class 2 Bengaluru student beaten with belt allegedly by tutor. Teacher got enraged because student hadn't done homework. The seven-year-old, a student of St. Joseph School in Nelamangala...
1 killed, 5 injured in knife attack in London
London: A woman has died and up to five people have been injured after a man allegedly 'went on the rampage' with a knife in a possible terror-related attack in London. Police confirmed a man was arrested after he was seen...
One India One Tax : GST bill passed
New Delhi/Nagpur: The Constitutional Amendment Bill was passed in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday to introduce a country-wide goods and services tax (GST), shifting the focus on the tax rates. Under the new system, the states and the Centre will collect...
Kanhaiya Kumar denied entry in Maharashtra Assembly: Congress asks if he is a terrorist
File Pic Mumbai/Nagpur: The opposition Congress on Wednesday raised the issue of JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar being refused entry into the visitors' gallery of Maharashtra Assembly here, saying he was not a terrorist and in a democracy anyone can...
Mid-air crash averted over Guwahati
File Pic Guwahati/Nagpur: Two Indigo aircraft miraculously escaped colliding with one another over Guwahati, leaving some passengers and crew members shaken and needing medical aid, officials said on Wednesday. At least four passengers and two cabin crew were shaken by the...
Emirates Airline flight from Thiruvananthapuram crash lands at Dubai International Airport
Dubai/Nagpur: An Emirates Airline flight from Thiruvananthapuram to Dubai crash landed in Dubai on Wednesday with authorities saying the 275 passengers on board had been evacuated safely and no injuries reported. "Concerned Authorities at #Dubai International Airport are dealing with the incident...
CPI makes history, agrees to Mamata’s West Bengal name change
Kolkatta: The Communist Party of India, for a change, is on the same page as the Trinamool Congress government on the issue of renaming the state as 'Bengal', saying the move reflected reality. "We agree. It's alright. No problem," CPI General...
Speaker asks AAP MP Bhagwant Mann not to attend Parliament
New Delhi: Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan asks AAP MP Bhagwant Mann not to attend Parliament till a decision is taken on the videography matter. The Speaker has also extended by 2 weeks the term of the House panel probing the...
Sonia stable, under observation at hospital: Cong
Varanasi: Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi during a road show in the view of upcoming UP Assembly elections in Varanasi on Tuesday. New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi was today "stable" and under observation of specialist doctors at the Army's...
Sonia Gandhi raises dust in PM’s Varanasi, 1st visit in a decade
Varanasi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi began her road show in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's constituency Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh today. The event follows a road show and Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi's rally in that state, marking the beginning of the...
