NSA-level talks: Pakistan puts the onus back on India
File Pic Islamabad/New Delhi: Putting the onus back on India, Pakistan on Saturday said it was prepared for NSA-level talks without any pre-conditions amid continuing signs that the meeting was unlikely to take place. National Security Adviser Sartaj Aziz, who is...
White House : Islamic State second-in-command killed in US air strike
File Pic National. The second-in-command of the dreaded Islamic State militant group has been killed in a US air strike in northern Iraq, the White House has said. Fadhil Ahmad al-Hayali, also known as Hajji Mutazz was killed on August 18 while...
Naxal Attack: STF Officer killed, 1injured in Chhattisgarh
APC, STF Krishna Pal Singh was killed while a constable Santosh Yadav sustained minor injuries in the incident. Representational Pic A STF official was killed and a jawan injured when Naxals ambushed a team of security forces in Chhattisgarh’s insurgency-hit Bastar...
Intelligence agencies have fresh evidence of Dawood’s presence in Pakistan: Report
Documentary evidences available with the Indian Intelligence agencies claims that Underworld don Dawood Ibrahim is in Pakistan and also have in possession a recent picture of him, reported Hindustan Times. According to report, Dawood, wife Mehjabeen Shaikh, son Moeen Nawaz and...
AAP MLA Surinder Singh arrested for assaulting NDMC employee
New Delhi. AAP MLA Surinder Singh who is accused of assaulting an NDMC employee and passing casteist remarks at him has been arrested, said the Delhi Police. Singh has been brought to Parliamentary street police station. A Delhi court last week had...
Amit Shah too fat to fit in Bihar Lifts: Lalu Prasad Yadav
Former Bihar Chief Minister and RJD cheif Lalu Prasad Yadav on Friday targetted BJP president Amit Shah and said that a man as fat as him should not enter lifts. "A man as fat as Amit Shah shouldn't have entered...
CBSE teacher asks Smriti Irani to hire some literate in her ministry
Raipur: The HRD minister Smriti Irani who oftenly hit the headlines for controversy over her educational qualification recently received an advice from a school teacher to appoint literate people in her ministry. The advice came forth from the side of CBSE...
Won’t ‘Take Dictation’ From India, Say Pakistan Government Sources
File Pic New Delhi: Crucial talks between India and Pakistan are precariously placed with both sides taking extreme positions on whether the agenda can include Kashmir and whether separatists from the state can meet with Sartaj Aziz, who is scheduled...
Maharashtra govt accords Z-plus security to Anna Hazare
File Pic Maharashtra. Maharashtra government has accorded Z-plus security cover to social activist Anna Hazare in view of threats to him. Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis cleared the proposal put up by the scrutiny committee, headed by chief secretary, which recommends the security...
Indo-Pak NSA talks should be called off: Yashwant Sinha
File Pic National. The upcoming Indo-Pak NSA-level talks should be immediately called off, demanded senior BJP leader and former foreign minister Yashwant Sinha on Thursday and said successive Prime Ministers have cherished the thought of getting Nobel Peace Award by resolving...
Arvind Kejriwal to visit Bihar on August 27
Patna. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will attend a conference on good governance here on August 27 on the invitation of the Bihar government, an official said on Thursday. "Kejriwal will be the chief guest," the official said, The Aam Aadmi Party...
From Patri to Plane: Ashwani Lohani To Be New Air India Chief
New Delhi. Engineer-turned-bureaucrat Ashwani Lohani has been appointed as the chairman and managing director of national carrier Air India. Mr Lohani will have a fixed tenure of three years as Air India boss. Mr Lohani replaces Rohit Nandan, whose extended tenure ends...
I was urinating, not masturbating, defends Mumbai man who was alleged by American woman
Nagpur/Mumbai. The man who was accused of masturbating before an American woman defended his side by saying that he was actually urinating and not masturbating. The concerned American woman tweeted about a youth who allegedly masturbated at her in broad daylight...
Remembering Rajiv Gandhi on what would have been his 71st birthday
Rajiv Gandhi was two things that were and are so unusual to find among politicians, leave alone Prime Ministers. First, he was completely unambitious and completely disinterested in politics. Secondly, he was a 100% family man, devoted to his small family and...
Amitabh being urged to not promote Mulayam Singh film
Mulayam Singh Yadav believes that the Badaun rape case was “blown out of proportion and women exaggerate rape claims to “settle scores.” As a young woman living in India, I’m horrified by the statements of Mulayam Singh Yadav! Shockingly, Amitabh Bachchan...
Students are not criminals Modiji, tweets Rahul
File Pic National. Rahul Gandhi, Congress VP, today slammed government over the arrest of protesting FTII students, telling Prime Minister Narendra Modi that they are not criminals who needed to be caught in a midnight crackdown. Gandhi had visited the FTII in...
Uphaar Cinema fire : Ansal brothers to pay Rs 60cr fine, no jail term
National. The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed real estate barons Sushil and Gopal Ansal to walk free in the 1997 Uphaar fire tragedy case, but they will have to deposit a fine of Rs 30 crore each within three months. The apex...
Mulayam Singh soft on rapists: makes controversial statement once again
File Pic Uttar Pradesh. Some leaders display the male chauvinistic attitude, while others don’t mind voicing it out in public too. While debating the rape of the Nirbhaya, many people blamed the girls for their clothes, behavior, modern outlook for their...
Midnight swoop: Five agitating FTII students arrested
Pune/Nagpur: In a post-midnight swoop, Maharashtra police arrested five students of Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) from the campus for rioting, damaging properties and other charges. The arrests came after a group of striking students confined FTII Director Prashant...
Illicit relationship an immoral act, not a criminal act: Court
New Delhi: An illicit relationship can become a ground for seeking divorce but it would not travel beyond the realm of being an immoral act to the territory of a criminal act, a Delhi court has observed. The observation of the...
Upholding promise, PM Modi announces Rs 1.25 L cr package for Bihar
National. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a massive Rs. 1.25 lakh crore development package for poll-bound Bihar on Tuesday as the Centre attempts to pull out all stops to generate employment in one of India's poorest states. The unveiling of the package...
