Court asks CBI to return some seized raid documents to Delhi government
New Delhi/Nagpur: The CBI was on Wednesday directed by a Special court to return some documents seized by it during the raids at the office of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's principal secretary Rajendra Kumar to the Delhi government. While disposing of...
Madrassas should be barred from teaching in Urdu, Arabic: Shiv Sena
Mumbai/Nagpur: Asking Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take a cue from UK government's warning that migrants on spousal visas who fail to speak English may face deportation, Shiv Sena on Wednesday said that madrassas in India should be barred from...
TRAI comes down hard on Facebook, calls Free Basics campaign ‘crudely majoritarian and orchestrated’
New Delhi/Nagpur: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has made public a strongly worded letter (see below) addressed to Facebook countering allegations levied by the social media giant and criticising the manner in which the company made millions of...
Criminal complaint against Arvind Kejriwal dismissed by court
New Delhi/Nagpur: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had not offered any gratification to voters in the assembly elections in 2015 and no offence of bribery was made out against him, a court here has said while dismissing a criminal complaint...
Bacha Khan University terror attack: 70 students shot in the head
Islamabad: A group of terrorists stormed Bacha Khan University in Charsadda in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday using the cover of thick fog. Pakistan police say they have killed two of the militants who stormed the university. Pakistan media reports that 60-70 students...
Kejriwal ink attacker sent to 14-day judicial custody
NewDelhi: A Delhi court on Tuesday dismissed the bail plea of Bhavna Arora, the woman, who threw ink at chief minister Arvind Kejriwal during a public meeting at the Chhatrasal Stadium on Sunday, and sent her to 14-day judicial custody...
4-yr-old dies after sipping tea mom laced with poison to kill husband
Agartala/Nagpur: A four-year-old girl has died and her 12-year-old sister has been hospitalised after sipping tea their mother had allegedly laced with poison apparently to kill her husband, a police officer said on Tuesday. The incident occurred at Govinda Sardar Para,...
Fresh protests erupt in Hyderabad over Dalit scholar’s suicide
Hyderbad/Nagpur: Students scuffled with police on Tuesday outside Union minister Bandaru Dattatreya’s residence in Hyderabad as protests erupted for the second day over the suicide of Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula, an incident which has triggered outrage across the country. Congress...
Hyderabad: Dattatreya charged with abetting Dalit scholar’s suicide
Hyderabad/Nagpur: Police charged Union minister Bandaru Dattatreya with abetting the suicide of a Dalit scholar at the University of Hyderabad as students clashed with security personnel and authorities clamped prohibitory orders on Monday amid an outpouring of grief and rage...
Now, Dera Sacha Sauda Chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim in trouble for posing as Lord Vishnu
File Pic Punjab/Nagpur: The All India Hindu Federation has reportedly lodged a complaint in Punjab against Dera Sacha Sauda Chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim for allegedly posing as Lord Vishnu. "We saw a video of Gurmeet Ram Rahim where he poses as...
At Hyderabad University, found hanging in hostel he was banned from
Hyderabad/Nagpur: Rohit Vemula was a bright 26-year-old PhD student on the politically active and (recently) intensely controversial Hyderabad Central University (HCU) campus, who was among five students suspended by the administration and protesting against it. He had potential and a bright future...
Ink Attack On Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal At Odd-Even ‘Thanksgiving’ Event
NewDelhi/Nagpur: A woman threw ink at Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal during his address at a thanksgiving rally on the 15-day trial of traffic rationing measures in the national capital on Sunday. She was detained immediately after the incident. The woman,...
At least 11 killed in suicide blast in Jalalabad
Jalalabad: At least 11 people were reportedly killed and more than 20 others injured in a suicide bomb blast at provincial council member's house in Jalalabad in the Nangarhar province of Afghanistan on Sunday. The provincial governor's spokesman, Attaullah Khoghyani, confirmed...
Mohammed Shami’s father claims ‘cow slaughter’ charge being used to target family
New Delhi/Nagpur: Indian pacer Mohammed Shami's father, Tauseef Ahmad, on Friday claimed that his family was in 'danger' as they were being targeted for 'gau hatya'. His comments appeared in a Times of India report a day after his son Mohammad...
Startups and intolerance can’t go together: Rahul trains guns on BJP
New Delhi/Nagpur: As the Centre’s ambitious start-up mission got underway, Rahul Gandhi on Saturday trained his guns on the Narendra Modi government, saying there is a contradiction in pushing for start-ups and being “intolerant”. Gandhi also attacked the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh...
Obama carries around Lord Hanuman figurine in pocket
United States President Barack Obama carries around tiny Hindu Lord Hanuman statue in his pocket. In a live post-State of the Union interview with Ingrid Nilsen, American YouTube personality, from the East Room of the White House on January 15, Obama...
Sunanda Pushkar died of poisoning, says FBI, Tharoor to be questioned: Sources
File Pic New Delhi/Nagpur: In a new twist to Congress MP Shashi Tharoor's wife Sunanda Pushkar death case, the Federal Bureau of Investigation report on Friday confirmed that she died due to poison, said sources. After the revelation, the noose will...
Solar power crosses milestone of 5,000 MW in India
New Delhi/Nagpur: On the auspicious occasion of Makar Sankranti/Pongal, the installed capacity of solar power in India crossed the milestone of 5,000 MW yesterday. The cumulative installed capacity has reached to 5,130 MW with installed capacity of 1385 MW in...
DDCA defamation case: HC orders Kejriwal, Azad to make stand clear
File Pic New Delhi/Nagpur: The Delhi High Court on Friday sought response from Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and suspended BJP MP Kirti Azad in a civil defamation suit filed by DDCA for their alleged remarks against the cricket body regarding...
Lawyer fighting for women to enter Sabarimala temple complains of death threats; SC refuses to withdraw case
Kerala/Nagpur: A lawyer who is fighting for the right of women to enter the famous Sabarimala Ayyappa temple in Kerala has told the Supreme court that he has received hundreds of death threats warning him to drop the petition, making...
Woman cop held for boy’s custodial torture
Burla/Nagpur: Even as Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday asked gathering of policemen in the city to create an atmosphere in which citizens should approach the police stations with a hope instead of fear, State Director General of Police...
