An FIR was registered against BJP MLA from Rudrapur seat, Rajkumar Thukral, for allegedly thrashing and abusing three Dalit women outside his residence on Saturday. According to the complaint, the incident took place on March 9 when Thukral called a “Panchayat” at his residence in Rudrapur, in Ut

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: After a year of forced separation and a legal fight that finally validated their marriage, Hadiya and her husband Shafin Jahan reached Kerala early today morning. The couple had a stopover at Sainaba's house in Malappuram. Sainaba is said to have played a crucial role in the c

Trouble continued along Assam-Mizoram border on Saturday with the Mizoram Police alleging that a Mizo student was injured in firing on a group by the Assam Police at Zopui, while the latter denied the charge and claimed that the protesters were only pushed back when they tried to intrude into the st

Six months after the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh, Karnataka police on Friday arrested a man said to be linked with a right-wing radical group for his suspected involvement in the sensational killing. The Special Investigation Team, probing the murder, said it arrested alleged gunrunner KT

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is in Agartala for the swearing-in ceremony of Biplab Deb as Chief Minister of the north-eastern state, on Friday, said the Opposition in the state may have “experience” but we (BJP) are “enthusiastic” and “ambitious”. He also sought the Opposition’s cooperation in

Mumbai: Congress leader Sonia Gandhi on Friday said she chose Manmohan Singh as the prime minister in 2004 as she was aware of her limitations and knew that he was a better candidate. She was speaking at the India Today Conclave in Mumbai. “I knew my limitations. I knew Manmohan Singh would be a

In a landmark judgement, the Supreme Court on Friday recognised that a terminally-ill patient or a person in persistent vegetative state can execute an “advance medical directive” or a “living will” to refuse medical treatment, saying the right to live with dignity also includes “smoothening” the pr

A pregnant woman, who was riding pillion on a motorcycle with her husband in Tamil Nadu's Trichy district on Wednesday, died after a traffic cop allegedly kicked the two-wheeler while chasing the couple for not wearing helmets. According to a report by The News Minute, 34-year-old Usha was travel

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today said that Hadiya's marriage with her husband Shafin Jahan is legal and valid, and a relationship she has formed of her free will and consent. In doing so, the apex court overturned an earlier order of Kerala HC, which had cancelled the marriage saying it wasn't

Thane: Fugitive mafia don Dawood Ibrahim is willing to come to India but with certain preconditions, his brother Iqbal Kaskar’s lawyer Shyam Keswani told a Mumbai court on Tuesday. Renowned criminal lawyer Shyam Keswani said Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar had offered to return to India provided the author

The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education)not to make Aadhaar number mandatory for enrolment of students appearing in the NEET (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test) 2018 and other all India exams. A five-judge Constitution Bench, headed by Chief jus

Biplab Deb will take oath as chief minister of Tripura on March 9 after his unanimous election as leader of the BJP legislature party in the state on Tuesday. Union minister of road, transport and highways Nitin Gadkari announced Deb’s name as chief minister while its alliance partner Indigenous

Hyderabad, Mar 6 (PTI) In a shocking incident, a man allegedly hacked off his teenager sons hand following a tiff over the sons habit of watching films on cell phone, police said today. Qayyum Qureshi (45), a butcher by profession, was arrested this morning. Qureshi allegedly chopped off his 1

The victory of the BJP-Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) alliance brought down the 25-year rule of the Left in the north eastern state. This was one of the last remaining citadels of the leftist ideology in the country, leaving Kerala as the lone state governed by Left parties. In a cle

In a statement that will add further fuel to the contentious Babri Masjid-Ram Janmabhoomi controversy, the Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar today said India will turn into Syria if the Ram temple issue is not resolved soon. In an exclusive interview with India Today TV's Padmaja Joshi,

A San Francisco-bound Air India flight from Delhi was diverted to Sapporo in Japan after a medical emergency onboard, the airline said today. An airline spokesperson said a passenger on the flight had suffered a heart problem and that an update on the passenger's health status would be available

Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Friday challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to dissolve Parliament and opt for an early general election. Modi's rule "has not given anything except disappointment," Owaisi, the leader of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul

New Delhi: The vehicles of India’s top constitutional authorities—the President, the Vice President, governors and lieutenant governors—will soon have to display their registration numbers. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways in its affidavit filed before a bench of acting chief justice G