The standoff between the government and the Supreme Court over the appointment of judges saw a two-judge bench question the Attorney General Friday about the status of Collegium recommendations for High Courts. The Attorney General, in turn, said the number of recommendations being made by the Colle

Police on Saturday arrested 14 of the 18 people charged in connection with the alleged gang-rape and burning alive of a 16-year-old girl at Raja Kendua village in Chatra district of Jharkhand the previous day. The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) Act has been invoked agains

The buckle on a belt, which bore the name of the school an eight-year-old boy attended, helped police catch a man who allegedly killed him and his mother at their home in south Delhi’s Okhla last week. Babloo Kumar Mondal, 29, had allegedly planned the murder days before he slit the throats of th

In the wake of the Jinnah portrait controversy, Internet services have been suspended in Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). This decision by the district magistrate was taken as students decided to go on a protest for five days against the police inaction. As mentioned in ANI, at least 40 people, incl

Patna: A 14-year-old girl in Jharkhand was burnt alive inside her home in Jharkhand today, allegedly by men who had gang-raped her last night. The incident took place in the Naxal-affected Chatra district of the state. The girl's family says the four men, allegedly drunk, kidnapped her last nigh

The Railways slapped a vending contractor with a fine of Rs 1 lakh after a video, which went viral, suggested that water from a train toilet was mixed to prepare tea and coffee, the South Central Railway (SCR) told PTI. In the video, which has been widely circulated on social media, a vendor is s

A heavy dust storm swept across several parts of western and northern India on Wednesday, killing at least 68 people and injuring hundreds in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand and leaving a trail of destruction, uprooting trees and disrupting power supply in Punjab and Haryana as well. At

A day after a couple was harassed inside a metro train in Kolkata, a group of youngsters on Wednesday travelled between two stations as a mark of protest, offering ‘free hugs’ to commuters. According to an eye witness, the couple was allegedly taunted and manhandled by a group of elderly men and sub

A 17 -year-old student on Tuesday allegedly committed suicide near Chennai’s Tirunelveli railway station in an apparent protest. The deceased has blamed his father’s alcoholism for the incident which forced him to take the extreme step to end his life. The police have recovered the suicide note f

A special CBI court on Wednesday convicted Rajendra Nikalje alias Chhota Rajan and eight others for the murder of senior journalist Jyotirmoy Dey. All have been sentenced to life imprisonment. The court, however, acquitted journalist Jigna Vora and Joseph Paulson of all charges. Rajan and others wer

Kolkata Metro, which is the country’s first Mass Rapid Transit System, witnessed a shocking incident on Monday evening when a couple was thrashed for “standing too close to each other”. The incident took place at Dum Dum metro when the youth was beaten by a group of passengers. Images of the inciden

In the not-so-distant future, you would be able to use your mobile for calling and browsing the Internet mid-air through a flight. You would also be able to use apps like WhatsApp and Skype to make calls on landlines. These two were among the several key recommendations of the regulator that the Tel

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said India made no distinction between religions and had no history of attacking other countries or schools of thought. Speaking at an event here on the occasion of Buddha Purnima, the Prime Minister said the teachings of the Buddha were based on

Opposition parties on Monday lashed out at the BJP over the labelling of the candidates for the post of police constables with their respective caste on their chest during a medical examination in Madhya Pradesh on Monday. Congress president Rahul Gandhi launched a scathing attack on both the BJP

Extending warm greetings to the people on the auspicious month of Ramzan Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that Prophet Mohammad is an inspiration for all and his teaching of equality and brotherhood should be followed by all. While addressing his 43rd edition of monthly Radio programme

AHMEDNAGAR:  Two workers of the Nationalist Congress Party or NCP were shot dead by three unidentified men in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district last evening, police said today. The incident comes less than three weeks after two local Shiv Sena leaders were killed in a similar manner in Ahmednagar

JODHPUR: A purported audio clip of Asaram, serving his life-in-prison term at a Jodhpur jail, has surfaced online in which the self-styled godman is heard telling a person over phone that his time behind bars is ephemeral and "good days will come". According to Jodhpur Central Jail DIG Vikram Sin

New Delhi: Haryana's Anu Kumari, 31, secured second rank in UPSC exams and topped the prestigious examination among women. Mother of a four-year-old, Anu Kumari achieved this feat in her second attempt. She was just short of one mark in her previous UPSC preliminary examination. A devoted mother, sh