Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of giving scripted interviews on public platforms. “The first Indian PM who takes “spontaneous” questions that the translator has pre-scripted answers to!” Gandhi tweeted while alluding to PM’s interview at Singapore’s Na

Kolkata: The owner of an eatery was shot dead on Sunday evening in West Bengal. The man's crime: demanding Rs.190 for a plate of biryani from four customers. After he asked for money, a fight erupted and one of the customers shot the eatery owner, according to the police. Sanjay Mondal was dec

Purulia: The man, whose body was found hanging from a power transmission tower here on Saturday, had committed suicide, the police said on Sunday on the basis of the post-mortem report, even as normal life was partially hit in the district following a 12-hour bandh called by the BJP, which claimed t

New Delhi: The government on Sunday said the records related to the investigation into the Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi case were safe as they were transferred out before a fire broke out in the Income Tax Office in Mumbai. The clarification came following media reports claiming the records were d

Chief Election Commissioner O.P. Rawat on Saturday ruled out bringing back ballot papers in elections and said the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) was being made a “scapegoat” as “it cannot speak.” Political parties needed to blame someone or something for their defeat, he said. “In July 2017, th

SHILLONG: The army was asked to be on standby and curfew continued in parts of Meghalaya's capital Shillong for the third day on Saturday after night-long violence during which a mob burnt a shop, a house and damaged at least five vehicles besides injuring a senior police officer. At least 500 peopl

Kozhikode: A 39-year-old woman, who was under observation for Nipah virus symptoms, died on June 2. However, the samples of the woman were found to be negative, Kerala health minister K.K. Shailaja told reporters. The cause of her death has to be ascertained, she said. A health department o

A civilian, hit by a CRPF vehicle during clashes outside Srinagar's Jamia Masjid, succumbed to his injuries on Friday night, becoming the first casualty since the Centre announced halting of operations in Kashmir 18 days ago. Kaiser Bhat, from Srinagar's Fateh-a- Kadal, succumbed to his injuries

Lucknow: BSP chief Mayawati remained mum on the victory of “grand alliance” in Kairana and Noorpur byelections, leading political circles to speculate that the conspicuous silence could be an essay in political eloquence targeted at prospective partners. Mayawati’s refraining from commenting on S

BHOPAL:  The national health protection plan of the Narendra Modi-led government is even better than the famous 'Obamacare' plan of former US president Barack Obama, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said today. "We (people) have begun to say that Modi-care has gone far ahead of Obamacare," Mr Singh sa

Palghar bypoll result: Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday attacked the Election Commission after the Palghar by-election results. The seat has been won by BJP. The Shiv Sena chief said: “Seeing the corruption in Election Commission, I would suggest that even election commissioners should not be appointed,

NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday launched a veiled attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying that people are missing an educated PM like Manmohan Singh. "People missing an educated PM like Dr Manmohan Singh Its dawning on people now - PM to padha likha hi hona chahi

Assessing the four years of the NDA government and his ministries, Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Water Resources and Ganga Rejuvenation, says that in 48 months the government has done 10 times more work than what the Congress could do in 48 years. He says the BJP wil

Shillong: Mocking the Congress's claims of coming back to power, Union Minister Smriti Irani today predicted the party's president Rahul Gandhi would not be able to even secure his Lok Sabha constituency in the 2019 general elections. Irani, who was here to attend the convocation ceremony of the Nat

Petrol and diesel prices were lowered today, marking the first such reduction in the last 17 days. The price reduction, which was surrounded in confusion initially, was marginal at best. Prices of both petrol and diesel were cut just by a paisa across the country. The new petrol prices, at Ind

Bank Strike 2018: A two-day nationwide bank strike has been called from tomorrow as the negotiations on a nominal 2% wage hike failed to convince the bank unions. The bank employees’ strike will take place on May 30 and May 31 as they will be protesting the wage hike, which could impact ATM services

Former President Pranab Mukherjee’s decision to accept the invitation extended to him by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has taken many Congress leaders by surprise. Though UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Congress president Rahul Gandhi are yet to state their stand on the matter, several part

As many as 34 people were killed and several others injured in thunderstorms that tore through various parts of the country, including Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, over the last 48 hours, ANI quoted officials as saying on Tuesday. While Jharkhand reported the death of 12 people, the toll i