Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah’s son Rakesh dies in Belgium

New Delhi/Nagpur: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's son Rakesh Siddaramaiah, who was undergoing treatment in the Belgian capital, passed away on Saturday due to multiple-organ failure. He was undergoing treatment for acute pancreatitis at Brussel's Antwerp University Hospital. Unconfirmed reports suggest that Rakesh...

AAP MLA Naresh Yadav granted bail in sacrilege case

New Delhi/Nagpur: Aam Aadmi Party MLA Naresh Yadav was today granted bail by a local court here in connection with the alleged sacrilege incident in Malerkotla on June 24. "Naresh Yadav has been granted bail by the court of Additional District...

If you do gau raksha, who will do manav raksha, asks Dalit leader Ramdas Athawale

File Pic New Delhi/Nagpur: Newly inducted Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, Ramdas Athawale on Saturday lashed out against gau rakshaks or cow vigilantes. Speaking to media, the Dalit leader said that the protection of cows should not be...

CoBRA jawan killed in gun-battle with Naxals

Representational Pic Chhattisgarh/Nagpur: A CoBRA jawan was killed and another injured in a fierce gun-battle with Naxals in a dense forest pocket of Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Sukma district today, police said. The skirmish took place in the core forests of Bhejji police...

HP High Court tells Centre to ban cow slaughter, sale of beef within six months

File Pic Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh High Court has issued orders calling on the Central government to ban cow slaughter in the country within six months. Further, in the order passed on Friday, the High Court directed that prohibitions be...

Satish Mathur appointed new Maharashtra DGP

Mumbai/Nagpur: Satish Mathur has been appointed as the new DGP of Maharashtra police, ANI reported. Mathur, a 1981-batch IPS officer, had taken charge as the Maharashtra Anti-Corruption Bureau chief in April this year. Prior to this, Mathur was heading the Maharashtra...

Zakir Naik slaps Rs 500 cr defamation suit against Arnab Goswami

Mumbai/Nagpur: Controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, has slapped a Rs 500-crore defamation case against Times Now editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami for running a "hate campaign" and "media trial" against him. In the notice, issued by Zakir Naik's lawyer Mubin Solkar, the preacher has...

Rockstar Rahul sounds poll bugle in UP, sings ‘suit-boot’ tune again

Uttar Pradesh/Nagpur: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi sounded the poll bugle in Uttar Pradesh today, walking up and down a 200-metre ramp in Ramabai Stadium in Lucknow addressing party workers. The move, say reports is to present himself as a rockstar...

Expelled BJP leader Dayashankar Singh arrested in Bihar

Bihar/Nagpur: Dayashankar Singh arrested by police from Buxar, Bihar. He was arrested in a joint operation carried out by the UP Police and Bihar Police. The expelled Bharatiya Janata Party leader on Thursday failed to get a stay on his arrest...

Hundreds stuck in monster jam on nightmare night in Gurugram

Gurugram: Commuters were stuck for hours on the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway on Thursday evening after heavy rain lashed the national capital.There was a massive jam as vehicles - from cars, to two-wheelers to buses and other modes of public transport -...

Omar Abdullah hails Rajnath’s decision to travel to Pakistan

Srinagar/Nagpur: Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said it was good that Home Minister Rajnath Singh will travel to Pakistan for the SAARC ministerial conference as the two countries need to remain engaged. "Good to see that in spite...

‘Daal, aloo, tamatar’: Rahul Gandhi takes on Modi over price rise

New Delhi/Nagpur: On the ninth day of the Monsoon session, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi raised the issue of rising food prices in the Lok Sabha. Here are the top quotes from his speech:

• I want to remind PM Modi about a...

Bihar court orders FIR against Mayawati, other BSP leaders

File Pic Bihar/Nagpur: A Vaishali district court today ordered registration of an FIR against BSP president Mayawati and three other party leaders for allegedly making inflammatory speeches last week spreading animosity in the society. The three other BSP leaders are its...

2006 arms haul case: Abu Jundal found guilty

Mumbai: Lashkar-e-Tayiba man Abu Jundal, who's also an accused in the 26/11 case, pronounced guilty by the MCOCA court in Mumbai in the 2006 Aurangabad arms haul case. On May 8, 2006, a Maharashtra ATS team chased a Tata Sumo and...

IndiGo flight diverted to Mumbai after passenger ‘misbehaves’, sits on food cart

File Photo Mumbai: An IndiGo flight from Dubai to Kozhikode was forced to make an emergency landing at the Mumbai airport today after a passenger "misbehaved" with its crew and co-passengers and got violent. A statement released by the airline said the...

4 arrested for attack on Muslim women over beef rumour

Mandsaur: Police in Madhya Pradesh has arrested 4 suspects who had beaten two women for allegedly carrying beef in Mandsaur, MP. A mob slapped, punched and kicked two Muslim women on suspicion they were carrying beef in Madhya Pradesh, an incident...

Maya slur: Allahabad HC refuses stay on BJP leader Dayashankar’s arrest

Allahabad: No relief to absconding former BJP leader Dayashankar Singh as the Lucknow Bench of Allahabad High Court denied a stay on his arrest. Dayashankar was expelled by the BJP from the post of vice-president the UP unit after being booked...

Activist Trupti Desai Thrashes Rape Accused On Camera To ‘Teach Him A Lesson’

PUNE: In a video widely shared, women rights activist Trupti Desai is seen holding a slipper and beating a man with it in a village near Pune in Maharashtra, while people gather around and watch. Ms Desai, who first shared the...

‘PM Modi is so frustrated, he can get me killed’: Arvind Kejriwal in VIDEO message

"I want to understand, Income Tax, CBI, Delhi Police.. why all these departments are unleashed against AAP at once," Arvind Kejriwal said New Delhi: The Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday uploaded a video...

Chinese incursion in Uttarakhand, state sends report to Centre

File Pic Uttarakhand/Nagpur: Chinese troops recently entered a disputed stretch along the international border with India, Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Rawat said on Wednesday, allegedly breaking a pact between the two countries to keep the area free from military build-up. “This...