NEW DELHI:  The government has scrapped its plan to issue orange coloured passports to those who have not passed their Class 10 examination. It has also decided not to discontinue printing the last page of the passport, which is used as a valid proof of address. In a statement today, the foreign

All India Women NGO's Meet on the theme "Triple Talaq Bill Women's Perspective", will be organised at Constitution Club of India, Rafi Marg in New Delhi on Monday, 29th January 2018. The conference is being organised by Muslim Mahila Research Kendra. The program is expected to start at 1:30 pm an

The Tamil Nadu government announced a partial roll back of the bus fares after the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) government's decision to raise the Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) bus fares came under severe attack from the opposition and the state residents alike. Af

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis announced compensation of Rs 5 lakh to kin of Lalbaug resident Rajesh Maruti Maru (32) who died in Nair Hospital on Saturday night after getting sucked into Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machine. The death highlights a major issue at civic-run hospi

At least 49 people have been arrested so far in connection with the violence which broke out in Uttar Pradesh’s Kasganj district on Saturday after five shops were torched by a mob while they were returning from the cremation of Chandan Gupta who died in firing between two groups on Friday. The commu

Law is not the solution to social problems, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi has said, claiming that triple talaq bill was a ploy to send Muslim men to jail. “Will triple talaq stop after the law is brought?” a release from the AIMIM quoted Owaisi as saying at `Tahafuzz e Shariayat’ (`Save Sharia’)

ASSAM: The two men killed were among the hundreds of Dimasa tribals who were protesting a media report that quoted a draft document by a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) functionary on the Naga peace deal where he suggested a separate development authorities for the Nagas in Dima Hasao. Many in

An Indian Air Force commando whose actions led to the killing of six dreaded terrorists in Kashmir last November will be posthumously awarded the Ashok Chakra at the Republic Day Parade on Friday. The 31-year-old Garud commando, Corporal Jyoti Prakash Nirala, will be the third recipient of the co

Panic hit a residential area in southwest Delhi’s Kakrola on Tuesday night when a sudden loud explosion was heard in a tunnel allegedly dug up by thieves to steal oil from an underground Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) pipeline, which transports petroleum products from Sonepat to Bijwasan.

Two bike-borne assailants on Thursday attacked a school bus carrying around 22 children, shot the bus driver and allegedly abducted a kid in New Delhi's Dilshad Garden area, said media reports. According to News18, Delhi Police has launched investigation in the incident and efforts are on to resc

Hundreds of protesters took to the streets in Gurugram on Wednesday setting a state-run bus on fire despite prohibitory orders imposed in the city even as they pelted stones at a school bus that was passing through the area. A GD Goenka School bus came under attack after protesters allegedly belongi

Ranchi: A special CBI court on Wednesday sentenced former Bihar Chief Ministers Lalu Prasad and Jagannath Mishra to five years in prison in a fodder scam case. The special Central Bureau of Investigation court of Judge S.S. Prasad pronounced the judgment related to fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 33.

AHMEDABAD: President Ram Nath Kovind today drew a parallel between APJ Abdul Kalam and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying while the former President was a "space scientist", the current Prime Minister is a "social scientist". President Kovind was addressing the 66th convocation ceremony of the

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today sought to know from those who have challenged the constitutional validity of Aadhaar how the unique identification number of a person makes any difference in a networked world when the data was already available with private entities. A five-judge constitution b

The main conspirator of the 2008 Gujarat serial blasts has been arrested following an exchange of fire days ahead of Republic Day, Delhi Police said today. Abdul Subhan Qureshi, co-founder of the Indian Mujahideen (IM) and linked to the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), was arrested from

NEW DELHI: Om Prakash Rawat has been appointed as the next Chief Election Commissioner, the law ministry said today. Mr Rawat, who is currently an Election Commissioner, will succeed the outgoing Achal Kumar Joti, who is retiring tomorrow. Ashok Lavasa, a former finance secretary and an Indian Ad

CHANDIGARH:  The Haryana government on Saturday said it will enact a law to provide for capital punishment for those found guilty of raping girls aged 12 years or below. The state government would make a request for setting up fast-track courts for dealing with rape cases to ensure speedy justice

A class 12 student on Saturday allegedly killed his school principal by firing four shots with a .32 bore gun in Haryana’s Yamunanagar, news agency PTI reported. “The accused student fired four shots at Swami Vivekanand School principal Ritu Chhabra, who was in her office, with a .32 bore gun and cr