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

In a major good news for the Gujarat government employees, the state has announced 7th pay commission benefits for about 8.77 lakh people. The government is reportedly set to implement the benefits of arrears for these government employees under the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission. The dec

As part of a campaign to reduce underage driving, parents of 10 teenagers have been sentenced to a day in prison for letting their minor children drive in the Indian city of Hyderabad. According to the BBC, the parents who were jailed said that they were unaware of a rule which says they would be

The Navi Mumbai police on Saturday denied that a refrigerator had been recovered during investigations into the disappearance and murder of assistant police inspector Ashwini Bidre-Gore, a day after reports appeared in some sections of media that the fridge in which her body was cut and stored had b

Meerut: A 57-year-old Uttar Pradesh policeman is being hailed for his grit and dedication to his duty after he put a stranger man’s life over his own daughter’s death. Head constable Bhupendra Tomar was on his usual duty with his team at 9 am on February 23 when they received a call about a man who

New Delhi: A man in his mid-twenties was stabbed at least 50 times and beaten with rods by a group of men on motorcycles in south Delhi's Khanpur area on Thursday evening.  The brazen attack was caught on camera.  A complaint has been filed against unknown men, police said. Around 4 pm on Thursda

NEW DELHI: Eight months after the Doklam standoff, junior Defence Minister Subhash Bhamre today said the situation along India's border with China is "sensitive" and had the potential to "escalate". "At the Line of Actual Control, the situation is sensitive as incidents of patrolling, transgressi

A 35-year-old Surat trader from Sarthana area committed suicide on Wednesday by jumping off his 12-storey building along with his wife and four-year-old son. The deceased was a textile trader from Surat city in Gujarat and took this extreme step because of a financial crunch. The police have recover

BENGALURU: The BJP today brought out a Bengaluru-specific 'charge sheet' against the ruling Congress in Karnataka and announced the launch of 'protect Bengaluru yatra' from tomorrow. Releasing the booklet carrying the "failures" of the Congress government, Union minister Prakash Javadekar said Be

Serial killer and rapist M Jaishankar, known as the dreaded 'Psycho Shankar', allegedly committed suicide by slitting his throat with a shaving blade at the Parappana Agrahara jail in Bengaluru. Kannada movie 'Psycho Shankra', released last year, was based on the life of the notorious killer Jais

After 71 Transfers in 34 Years, Haryana IAS Officer Retires Without 6 Months' Pay Haryana IAS officer Pradeep Kasni retires on Wednesday. (Image: News18) Known for his honesty, IAS officer Pradeep Kasni is retiring on Wednesday after a career spanning 34 years and 71 transfers. Kasni has not receiv

Gujarat assembly speaker Rajendra Trivedi on Wednesday suspended around 15 Congress MLAs for a day after they sat in the well and shouted slogans against the ruling BJP over VAT being charged on fuel by the state government. Besides these, another Congress MLA was suspended for two days by the Sp

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramaniam Swamy on Tuesday opined that veteran actress Sridevi was murdered, even as the forensic report rules out any kind of foul play in her death. Swamy also pointed a finger at the underworld terrorist Dawood Ibrahim, saying that we should take serio

Most investors have priced in Prime Minister Narendra Modi winning a second term in the 2019 elections. A change in expectations through this year could derail a rally that’s almost doubled the nation’s equity values since Modi took office four years ago. UBS Securities India Pvt. says, the optim

Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Sunday continued his tirade against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in poll-bound Karnataka and said Nirav Modi, Lalit Modi and Vijay Mallya managed to flee the country and the PM, who once described himself as the “chowkidar” of the nation, did not utter a word. “

NEW DELHI:  After the Rs. 11,400 crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam involving celebrity designer Nirav Modi and his Mehul Choksi, another alleged banking fraud of nearly Rs. 390 crore linked to the government-run Oriental Bank of Commerce has surfaced, this time by a Delhi-based diamond jewellery