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18:30 2 Pakistani intruders, three soldiers killed in J-K’s Rajouri: Two heavily armed Pakistani intruders and three soldiers were killed Sunday in a gunfight after…
Railway Board Member Ghanshyam Singh on Sunday said electrification of Indian Railway will approximately save Rs 13,500 crore annually. Singh said that electrification of railway…
In a strong jibe against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, senior Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi on Sunday alleged that PM Modi speaks about politics around…
Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Suresh Arora Sunday said Additional Director General of Police (Railways) Iqbal Preet Singh Sahota will conduct an inquiry into…
Five people, who rushed to a house where an encounter had taken place in Kashmir’s Kulgam district, were killed in an explosion at the site…
After nearly 48 hours of the train accident in Punjab’s Amritsar, city Police Commissioner on Sunday explained that the police had given permissions for several…
17:16 1st ODI: West Indies finish on 322 for 8: Yadav to bowl the last over. Roach smacks the first ball for four runs. After…
Deepika and Ranveer have apparently chosen Lake Como, Italy, as the wedding destination. Photograph: Abhijit Mhamunkar Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh’s wedding plans have been…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that India will hit back with “double the force” if its sovereignty is ever challenged PM Modi was…
In an encounter at Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday at least two Pakistani intruders were neutralised and three security forces personnel lost…
16:30 It’s confirmed! Deepika-Ranveer to wed on November 14-15: Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone’s marriage plans have been doing the rounds for a while now.…
16:26 1st ODI: Hetmyer departs soon: Jadeja to continue. Jadeja bags the man in form’s wicket. Hetmyer drops down to one knee and sweeps it in…
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday ordered the Amritsar administration to make detailed socio-economic profiles of victims who died in the train accident on…
Over 40 hours after the accident in Amritsar in which 59 Dussehra revellers were mowed down by a train, protesters were cleared off the tracks…
After more than 40 hours of the Amritsar train accident in Punjab, the train services resumed on Sunday after the Punjab police removed protesters from…
NEW DELHI: Tightening the nose against one of its very senior officers, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has named its special director, Rakesh Asthana, as…
New Delhi: Former Supreme Court judges are divided over a suggestion to increase the retirement age of judges to 70 years. Those opposed to it…
13:44 1st ODI: India win toss, elect to bowl : India elected to bowl after winning the toss against West Indies in the first ODI…
Bomdila: More than 56 years after India’s war with China, villagers of Arunachal Pradesh have received nearly Rs 38 crore as compensation for the land…
Protesters clashed with security personnel and pelted them with stones on Sunday at Amritsar’s train accident site in Joda Patak area after they were removed…
The railways have cancelled 27 trains since Saturday as hundreds of protesters continued to stage a sit-in on rail tracks at the site of the…
Against World No. 9 West Indies, who had to go through the qualifiers for 2019 World Cup, World No. 1 India begin their final round…
The Chennai police had a busy day on Saturday, as they received two fake bomb threat calls in one day, both for bizarre reasons. In…
Guwahati: The Assam government Saturday suspended Guwahati West Deputy Commissioner of Police for not ensuring adequate security for Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi who…
11:20 #MeToo: Anu Malik asked to step down as ‘Indian Idol 10’ judge: Veteran music composer Anu Malik, who is under fire for numerous allegations…
IMAGE: Punjab Police personnel at the scene of the accident along train tracks in Amritsar. Photograph: Kamal Kishore/PTI Photo The situation remained tense on Sunday…
NEW DELHI: In a bid to actualise the dream of a “nirmal” and “aviral” Ganga, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said Sunday the government is looking…
The situation remained tense on Sunday as locals continued with their sit-in at Joda Patak where 61 Dussehra revellers were mowed down by a train.…
Anticipating harder times for commuters and further embarrassment to his government, Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar blinked on Saturday and appealed to the roadways…
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday hoisted the national flag at the historic Red Fort to mark the 75th anniversary of the proclamation…
Bengaluru: Terming the BJP as a “common enemy”, the ruling Congress and JD(S) coalition in Karnataka Saturday said their alliance in the state was a…
A soldier was injured on Sunday in a gunfight with militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district, police said. Security forces launched a cordon and…
An ambulance driver, who ferried some of the victims from the site of the train accident to the Guru Nanak Hospital in Amritsar, Saturday described…
Instant messaging service WhatsApp will have to put more safeguards in place to avoid its misuse in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections,experts say. Some point…
The National Security Guards (NSG) has sought the intervention of the home ministry after Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik said on record on…
09:06 Amritsar tragedy: Locals demand action against train driver: The situation remained tense on Sunday as locals continued with their sit-in at Joda phatak in…
‘Piyush Goyal is the chief and it is always the chief who is considered to be responsible.’ IMAGE: A survivor in Friday’s train accident undergoes…
NEW DELHI: Amid a political fight over the legacy of top national leaders who played a major role in the country’s freedom movement, Prime Minister…
It was the evening of September 5, 1995, and 65-year-old Srikanth Sharma was watching television in the living room; his daughter Neelanjana had stepped into…
The National Investigative Agency (NIA) Saturday said it has arrested a key accused in the 2016 attack on Nagrota army camp in Jammu when he…
Problems in India’s rural economy continue to pile up, with a fresh harvest season offering little hope of an uptick in farm incomes, despite two…
Urvi Parikh does not recommend Namaste England at all. Namaste England is all things that the Akshay Kumar-Katrina Kaif starrer Namastey London was not. Though…
The rail tragedy that claimed 61 lives and left many injured during Dussehra festivities in Amritsar on Friday has turned into a political minefield. Opposition…
The Odisha government on Saturday said that the death toll due to cyclone Titli in the state rose to 62, with more bodies being found…
Multiple women have come forward with their stories of sexual harassment or assault. Several noted personalities have been “outed” in India’s ‘MeToo’ storm which has…
AMRITSAR: Just before the train accident here, an organiser of the Dussehra event had boasted on stage before former MLA Navjot Kaur Sidhu that over…
ALLAHABAD: The Uttar Pradesh government has issued a notification directing its departments to use Prayagraj instead of Allahabad for all official purposes, district magistrate Suhas…
Union Minister Pon Radhakrishnan on Saturday accused the Kerala government of not taking the responsibility on the Sabarimala Temple issue and passing the buck to…
BJP on Saturday announced the list of candidates for Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Mizoram Assembly elections. Union Minister JP Nadda addressed the media and announced a…
IMAGE: Local people gather at the scene of the accident along train tracks in Amritsar on Saturday. Photograph: Kamal Kishore/PTI Photo A WhatsApp photograph of a…
IMAGE: People surround the body of a victim lying on a railway track after a train runs over a crowd in Amritsar. Photograph: Munish Sharma/Reuters…
Amritsar train mishap: Survivors recall horror, says festive euphoria made people oblivious to train
Most people who were mowed down by a speeding train in Amritsar during Dussehra celebrations Friday evening were migrant workers from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar,…
NEW DELHI: Commuters in the national capital may face problems as auto-rickshaw and taxi unions have decided to go on a strike on Monday against…
JAMMU: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday emerged as a clear winner in the Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) elections with 43 seats in its…
The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday said that it was open to the idea of ‘coalition dharma’ in the background of ailing Goa Chief…
Multiple women have come forward with their stories of sexual harassment or assault. Several noted personalities have been “outed” in India’s ‘MeToo’ storm which has…
19:18 Navjot Kaur Sidhu: Gateman should have alerted the train driver: Former minister Navjot Kaur Sidhu said on Saturday the gateman responsible for closing the…
The Madras High Court’s order on Thursday restraining the Devarajaswamy Devasthanam in Kanchipuram from reciting the Tamil Prabandham has brought to the fore the continuing…
Eight new cases of Zika virus were detected in Jaipur on Saturday, taking the total number of infected people to 117, a Rajasthan health department…
A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) municipal councillor in Meerut was arrested Saturday for allegedly beating up a sub-inspector of police and roughing up a woman…
It was a scene that should put Tamil Nadu’s media fraternity to shame. The voice of many male journalists boomed through the multi-purpose hall of…
‘I was scared for my life and my body’: Photographer alleges actor Thiagarajan sexually harassed her
‘I was scared for my life and my body’: Photographer alleges actor Thiagarajan sexually harassed her
Sharing her own story of sexual harassment in the film industry Pretika Menon took to Facebook to recount her experience with actor-director Thiagarajan, father of…
NEW DELHI: Commuters in the national capital may face problems as auto-rickshaw and taxi unions have decided to go on a strike on Monday against…
Most people who were mowed down by a speeding train in Amritsar during Dussehra celebrations Friday evening were migrant workers from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar,…
Grief, shock and outrage hung in the air a day after around 61 people were killed and 94 injured when a train ploughed through crowds…
KOCHI: Activist Rehana Fatima’s house was allegedly vandalised by unidentified persons while she was attempting to reach the Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala on Friday, police…
Sharing her own story of sexual harassment in the film industry Pretika Menon took to Facebook to recount her experience with actor-director Thiagarajan, father of…
At least seven people were killed and more than 20 were injured in Assam’s Guwahati after a bus lost control and fell in the pond.…
At least 32 National Disaster Rescue Force (NDRF) have been deployed in various districts of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh on Sunday following warning of a sudden…
MEDININAGAR: Prohibitory order under Section 144 Crpc were imposed in Chando village and its vicinity in Jharkhand’s Palamu district, where one person was killed and…
IMAGE: Punjab police personnel at the scene of the accident along railway tracks in Amritsar on Saturday. Photograph: PTI Photo Minister of State for Railways…
16:42 Amritsar: Most dead are migrant workers from UP, Bihar: Most people who were mowed down by a speeding train in Amritsar during Dussehra celebrations…
The death toll on Saturday rose to 61 in Odisha after Cyclone Titli had earlier struck the state, causing damage of worth Rs 2,200 crore. …
At least 59 people were killed and several injured on Friday after a speeding train ran through a crowd in Punjab’s Amritsar. The accident happened…
In a blatant disregard for Madras High Court order, humongous cutouts of AIADMK stalwarts towered over Chennai’s Maduravoyal, allegedly erected for a Tamil Nadu minister’s…
‘The accident happened because the railway track was at the same level as the ground so the people walked over it.’ IMAGE: Friends and families…
IMAGE: Relatives of victims of train accident mourn at Civil Hospital in Amritsar on Saturday. Photograph: Kamal Kishore/PTI Photo Dalbir Singh, the artist who played the…
Minister of State (MoS) for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju on Saturday said that the government of China is sharing information with India and the information…
A day after a train at Amritsar in Punjab ran through a crowd of people on the rail tracks killing and injuring over hundreds, an…
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Saturday framed charges of sexual harassment against noted environmentalist RK Pachauri. The Saket court in Delhi said that the…
In a strong retort at Shiv Sena, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday called Shiv Sena a coward and said he…
IMAGE: Local people gather at the scene of the accident along train tracks in Amritsar on Saturday. Photograph: Kamal Kishore/PTI Photo A WhatsApp photograph of a…
Even as Sabarimala continues to remain tense over the issue of women’s entry, actor-politician Rajinikanth on Saturday made his first comments since the Supreme Court’s…
Amritsar train mishap: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan offers condolences to families of deceased
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday expressed his grief and offered condolences to the families of those who were killed in a train accident…
A day after a train mowed at least 60 people to death, Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh visited hospitals across the state on Saturday…
Minister of State (MoS) for Railways Manoj Sinha on Saturday refused to accept as a train accident the Amritsar mishap that killed more than 60…
A Delhi court on Saturday framed molestation charges against former TERI chief R K Pachauri in a case of alleged sexual harassment lodged by his…
Punjab minister and local MLA Navjot Singh Sidhu said the mowing down of 61 Dussehra revellers by a train in Amritsar was an accident and…
Pakistan’s Foreign Office has expressed its reservations at India buying the powerful S-400 missile systems from Russia in a deal struck when Vladimir Putin came…
The outpouring of sympathy in the aftermath of the train tragedy in Amritsar has not been limited to the country but has come from all…
Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Saturday reiterated his stand on the construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya and slammed AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi…
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Saturday directed authorities in districts bordering Arunachal Pradesh to “remain alert” for possible flash flood after China informed…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will join freedom fighters and veterans to unfurl the tricolour from the Red Fort on October 21 to commemorate the 75th…
Samples collected from lions in Gujarat’s Gir Forest National Park continue to be tested for the symptoms of Canine Distemper Virus (CDV), which has killed…
Weeks after the body of a one-month-old baby was found floating in a lake in Velachery, Chennai police on Thursday arrested three persons for drowning…
Hours after the train mishap at Amritsar, an FIR has been registered at the GRP Police Station on Saturday morning but no one has been…
After being impressive in Test cricket, young wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant could well be handed a debut in the first match of the ODI series…
The Punjab and Railway Police on Saturday questioned the driver of the train that crushed at least 60 people while they were watching the burning…
A passenger train that mowed down scores of people watching the Dussehra celebrations near Jaura Phatak (level crossing) was inaudible to the crowd as the…
In its push to promote Hindi at the world body, India has reiterated its request to the United Nations to conduct tours for visitors to…
Jammu/Srinagar: The counting of votes for the recently concluded municipal polls began in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday. The counting is being done for 52…
A day after a train at Amritsar in Punjab ran through a crowd of people on the rail tracks killing and injuring over hundreds, an…
The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC) forecast that over the next 48 hours, the South-West Monsoon will withdraw from the country, thereby making the conditions favourable…
Amritsar: The Punjab and Railway Police on Saturday questioned the driver of the train that crushed at least 60 people to death here while they…
Amritsar: Congress politician and Punjab minister Navjot Singh Sidhu visited the Civil Hospital here on Saturday where many of those injured in Friday’s train mishap…
In the aftermath of the Dussehra tragedy at Amritsar in Punjab, in which a train killed more than 60 people, 10 Amritsar-bound trains were shortly…
Amritsar: At least 60 were killed in a tragic accident on Friday when a local train ran over people gathered to watch Dussehra celebrations in Choura…
08:23 Saudi Arabia admits Khashoggi killed in Istanbul consulate: More than two weeks after his disappearance, Saudi Arabia on Saturday admitted that journalist Jamal Khashoggi…
The Travancore Devaswom Board, which manages the Sabarimala temple, said on Friday that it would approach the Supreme Court with a report on the tense…
Amritsar: As scores of Dussehra revellers watching the burning of Ravana effigy were mowed down by a passing train near Amritsar, the disturbing video footage…
India has been able to deliver on 16 of the 21 points raised by Nepal Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli during bilateral discussions with…
The Trump administration has reiterated once again its plans to redefine “speciality occupation” for skilled foreign workers who US companies seek to hire under the…
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh announced compensation of Rs five lakh each to the kin of the deceased in the Amritsar train accident Friday and…
At least 61 people were killed as a train ran over revellers watching Dussehra celebrations in Punjab’s Amritsar, police said. The incident took place around…
NEW DELHI: Following the train disaster in Punjab, Railways Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday cancelled his engagements in the US and was on his way…
At least 58 people have died and more than 70 injured after being mowed down by a fast-moving train in Punjab’s Amritsar. The incident occurred…
BJP Lok Sabha MP from Bihar’s Begusarai Bhola Singh passed away on Friday at Delhi’s Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital. Bhola Singh, 97, was suffering from…
Severed bodies, including of many children, were still lying on the accident site hours after the incident with angry people not allowing authorities to remove…
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday ordered an inquiry into the tragic Amritsar train accident in which at least 58 people were killed and…
Navjpot Kaur Sidhu on Friday evening clarifies that she had just left from the ‘Ravana dahan’ event when the accident happened which killed over 50…
NEW DELHI: Delhi’s air quality improved on Friday after rainfall lashed parts of the national capital, but authorities warned that pollution could increase to “dangerous…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Friday condoled the loss of lives in tragic Amritsar train accident and directed officials to provide immediate assistance. “Extremely saddened by…
Nearly 55 were killed as a train mowed down people watching a Ravana effigy burn in Amritsar’s Joda. The incident took place at around 7…
21:56 ‘Absolutely devastated’: “Extremely sad news coming about a major train accident near Amritsar I appeal to all our volunteers in the area to help…
At least 50 people were killed on Friday after a train ploughed through people standing across the tracks watching as the effigy of Ravana went…
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Thursday warned about the landslide blocking of Yarlung Zangbo/Brahmaputra River in the Tibet Autonomous Region. Districts along the…
At least 50 people were killed on Friday evening after a Dussehra crowd that had spilled onto railway tracks while watching burning of Ravan effigy…
At least 40 people are feared dead after a speeding train mowed down people at Ravana Dahan event in Amritsar. Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh…
The Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) on Friday said that it will appeal against the Supreme Court’s verdict of allowing entry for women of all age…
At least 50 people are feared dead after being mowed down by a speeding train in Punjab’s Amritsar. Several others, who got injured, were rushed…
In a tragic accident, a train ran over scores of people who had gathered to watch Ravana dahan in Punjab’s Amritsar, killing at least 40…
An army camp in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama was attacked on Friday. Media reports confirmed that there was no loss of life in the attack. Further…
At least 30 people are feared dead after being mowed down by a speeding train in Punjab’s Amritsar. The incident occurred on Friday when people…
PANAJI: In yet another flip-flop over the issue of leadership change in Goa, Power Minister Nilesh Cabral on Friday ruled out any alternative to ailing…
NEW DELHI: Founder of Hindu Vahini, Swami Paripoornananda on Friday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. The news of Paripoornananda joining the BJP comes after earlier…
On Wednesday, a 22-year-old teacher from Kovilapatti in Thoothukudi district killed herself after allegedly facing sexual harassment at the school that she worked in. Despite…
President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday took part in Dussehra celebrations at the Luv-Kush Ramlila in Lal Quila Maidan in…
Co-founder of a celebrity management firm allegedly tried to commit suicide by jumping off a bridge in Navi Mumbai. According to news agency PTI, Anirban…
CPI (M) leader Sitaram Yechury on Friday slammed the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) by alleging that the right-wing organisation is following the same pattern during…
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and former Bihar deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav has said that he does not support posters depicting him as lord…
Having impressed the team management with his skill set, left-arm pacer Khaleel Ahmed now wants to seal his spot in the 2019 World Cup bound…
Five militants were killed in two different encounters with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday. Two militants were killed in north Jammu and…
16:05 MHA warned states in advance of trouble ahead of Sabarimala opening : Union Ministry of Home Affairs through a letter sent on October 16 to…
At least two militants were killed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Friday after they fired on a CRPF personnel at a police barricade…
Reacting on the Sabarimala row, former Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) President Prayar Gopalakrishnan on Friday accused the whole situation to be agenda driven. Gopalakrishnan said…
Protests erupted in many places in Kerala on Friday over the disruption of pooja in Sabarimala earlier in the day shortly before two women –…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday attacked the Congress party and the previous United Progressive Alliance government for their insincere schemes for the poor as…
The Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress on Friday attacked the Left-led government in Kerala after two women attempting to enter the Sabarimala temple in the…
Amid the protests and counter-protests over entry of women in Sabarimala temple, the Kerala government is in the dock for allegedly not taking precautionary measures…
‘It is wrong to assume that it is only after 1991 that we started following this ritual.’‘Ayyappan himself instructed where the temple had to be…
Moments after the two women, of the menstrual age group, were forced to return on Friday before reaching the sanctum sanctorum of the Lord Ayyappa…
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking him to help the eight fishermen from Thoothukudi district, who were…
At a time when DMDK Chief Vijayakant has been out of active politics for a few months after battling ill-health, his wife Premalatha was appointed…
Bikaner: Home Minister Rajnath Singh Friday said technological solutions in border security, which were being implemented by India, would eliminate the need for a soldier…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday brought Dussehra gifts for many as he visited the holy town of Shirdi in Maharashtra. The Prime Minister handed…
Despite the Centre ruling that persons with monocular vision – those who are legally blind in one eye – in the country are eligible to…
An entry point near the Lord Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala on Friday virtually turned into an area of confrontation. A large number of devotees opposing…
A suspected pro-Khalistan group member, who was involved in a plot allegedly to kill former Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal, was arrested in Shamli…
An entry point near the Lord Ayyappa temple in Sabarimala on Friday virtually turned into an area of confrontation. A large number of devotees opposing…
On the occassion of Dussehra celebrations, the Delhi Traffic Police on Friday issued a traffic advisory marking special traffic arrangements and imposing restrictions in the…
To ensure that there is no cheating in the 2019 high school and intermediate examinations, the UP Board has now made installation of digital voice…
Taking a serious note of the allegations of indiscipline against two of his grandsons, Indian National Lok Dal president Om Prakash Chautala has suspended Hisar…
09:51 Two women escorted by 100 cops minutes away from entering Sabarimala : Journalist Kavitha Jakkal of the Hyderabad-based Mojo TV and woman activist and devoteee…
Four persons were charred to death when an Omni bus hit a lorry in the early hours of Friday near Ulundurpet in Villupuram. The accident…
IMAGE: Elderly devotees being assisted by the police to climb up the 18 steps to pay obeisance at Lord Ayyappa Temple in Sabarimala on Thursday.…
‘The BJP should be really wary of Nitish Kumar, or he will also take the BJP down with him.’ IMAGE: Rashtriya Lok Samata Party Working…
Amid strong protests by devotees opposing the entry of girls and women of menstrual age into the Lord Ayyappa temple, two women, including a reporter…
08:24 Woman scribe begins climbing Sabarimala hill under heavy security: A woman reporter from Hyderabad began trekking to Sabarimala hill on Friday, a day after…
IMAGE: Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray addresses the Dussehra rally at Shivaji Park in Mumbai on Thursday. Photograph: Mitesh Bhuvad/PTI Photo Making a strong pitch for…
Activist Trupti Desai was detained early on Friday morning by the Pune Police, ahead of her visit to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the…
The Centre has asked the Kerala government to ensure peace across the state following protests against the Supreme Court order allowing women of all age…
On the occassion of Dussehra celebrations, the security nationwide has been beefed up and special traffic arrangements and restrictions imposed in the national capital. Delhi…
Indian researchers have developed a skin gel that inhibits the absorption of the most commonly used pesticides that can cause serious ill effects on health…
Ruling out prospects of taking over from his father Chandrababu Naidu, Nara Lokesh Babu, who is panchayat raj and IT minister in Andhra Pradesh government,…
India Thursday said it was engaged with the US, Iran and other stakeholders on the issue of American sanctions on import of Iranian oil which…
A man in cyclone-ravaged Odisha’s Gajapati district Thursday apparently walked for eight kilometres carrying the body of his seven-year-old daughter, who died in a landslide,…
SRINAGAR: The army on Thursday foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control (LoC) in Uri sector of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. Alert…
A Delhi court on Thursday took cognizance of a criminal defamation complaint filed by former minister of state (MoS) M J Akbar against journalist Priya…
When income tax sleuths came calling at Patiala’s famous chaatwala, they had a big surprise in store for them: Rs 1.20 crore undisclosed income. The…
Several BJP leaders Thursday supported RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s push for a law to enable construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya, saying the legislation is…
The most high profile name that has featured in the ‘Me Too’ movement that gathered pace in India in the last three weeks is central…
MUMBAI: Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday targetted Narendra Modi-led government over delay in construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya. Making a strong pitch…
RAIPUR: Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on Thursday released its first list of six candidates for the first phase of Chhattisgarh assembly polls scheduled to…
Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday visited the cyclone-affected Gajapati district in Odisha. Pradhan took stock of the situation and spoke to people about the…
PAMBA: Amid mounting protest in Kerala against the entry of women of menstrual age into Sabarimala temple, the Travancore Devaswom Board will meet on Friday…
Former Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand Chief Minister ND Tiwari passed away on Thursday in Delhi. The veteran Congress leader was 93-year-old and died after a…
NEW DELHI: The BJP on Thursday accused Congress of defaming and ‘demeaning’ the Hindu community in India. BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra said that the Congress…
19:55 #MeToo: Fourth sexual harassment allegation against Jatin Das: Painter Jatin Das has been accused of sexual harassment by a fourth woman, who on Thursday…
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Thursday arrived in the national capital. Wickremesinghe is on a three-day visit to India. During his visit, Wickremesinghe…
The All India Congress Committee (AICC) on Thursday released the list of candidates for assembly elections in Chhattisgarh. The list includes names of 12 candidates…
New Delhi: The government on Thursday said that the onus was on Pakistan to create conducive conditions for talks by taking steps such as action…
A woman journalist made a brave but vain attempt on Thursday to trek to Sabarimala temple while sporadic violence marked the ‘hartal’ called by Hindu…
‘#metoo has put front and centre an issue that society has suppressed for far too long,’ says Kanika Datta.Illustration” Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com In America, since the…
BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha government on Thursday said cyclone Titli and subsequent floods caused a loss of about Rs 2,765 crore and affected 60.11 lakh people.…
LUCKNOW: Senior congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad has courted a controversy by saying that Hindu candidates no longer invite him to campaign for them as…
Nearly a year after a 37-year-old woman from Bengaluru created a flutter by claiming to be the biological daughter of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister…
NEW DELHI: Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said the Narendra Modi government’s focus on renegotiating UPA-era defence deals instead of finalising them, was causing…
Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi on Thursday urged all political parties to start internal complaints committee to register cases of sexual harassment. Maneka…
Former Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand chief minister Narayan Dutt Tiwari died in Delhi on Thursday. He was 93. Tiwari, who died on his birthday, had…