Hyderabad: In a shocking incident, the Hyderabad Police have arrested a couple for beheading a baby girl as part of a human sacrifice ritual during the 'super blue blood moon' on January 31. According to Hyderabad Police, cab driver Kerukonda Rajasekhar had performed the rituals along with his wi

KAILASHAHAR, TRIPURA: Rahul Gandhi today appealed to the people of Tripura to vote for the Congress to bring good governance, saying unlike the BJP, his party does not make false promises. Alleging that neither the CPI(M) nor the BJP pay attention to development, he said the Congress is the only

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s rejection of the National Health Protection Scheme (NHPS) notwithstanding, officials from the state health department participated in a two-day NHPS workshop for states that began on Thursday. The only state that did not participate in the deliberations w

GUWAHATI: A Microlight Virus SW-80 helicopter of the Indian Air Force crashed on Thursday in Assam's Majuli island. Two pilots Wing Commander J James and Wing Commander D Vats were killed in the crash. Police in the island district confirmed the incident and the deaths. It is suspected that the c

NEW DELHI: “The fault of the deceased was only that he belonged to another religion. I consider this factor in favour of the accused ... ,” the Bombay High Court had said in its order while granting bail to three accused belonging to Hindu Rashtra Sena for allegedly killing a Muslim youth in 2014.

The family of a pregnant woman has alleged that a Communist Party of India (Marxist) local leader attacked her because of which she lost her child. The woman, who was four and a half months pregnant, lost her child after a CPM leader named Thamby kicked on her stomach. The woman, mother to a 5-ye

AHMEDABAD: 10 activists of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, or VHP and its affiliate Bajrang Dal were detained today after they allegedly tried to chase away young couples who had gathered at the Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmedabad today for Valentine's Day. VHP claimed it only asked the couples to leave

PATNA: The family of a paramilitary jawan who died fighting terrorists in Srinagar has refused to accept the compensation of Rs. 5 lakh offered by the Bihar government. 24-year-old Mujahid Khan of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) was laid to rest in his native village of Piro in Bhojpur distr

From collecting ‘evidence’ to suggesting names of ‘suspects’ who may have kidnapped a seven-year-old missing boy, police said that Avadhesh Sakya worked “intelligently” to keep the needle of suspicion away from him. Sakya, 27, was arrested from his home in north Delhi’s Nathupura on Tuesday morni

Six men belonging to the right-wing Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) have been arrested for allegedly attacking noted Malayalam poet K Sreekumar on Monday night. Sreekumar was allegedly attacked by the RSS workers when he was returning home after delivering a speech at a public function in Keral

NEW DELHI: A law cannot be declared unconstitutional just because it could be misused, a Supreme Court judge said on Tuesday during the hearing in the crucial Aadhaar case. The five-judge constitution bench had heard senior lawyer Kapil Sibal outline how the 12-digit biometric data-based Unique Iden

SRINAGAR: India has lodged a strong protest with the Pakistani foreign office a day after four soldiers, including a Captain, were killed in shelling by Pakistani troops in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district. Home Minister Rajnath Singh also condemned the firing by Pakistan. "Have full faith in th

NEW DELHI: The father of Ankit Saxena, the 23-year-old photographer killed in Delhi by his Muslim girlfriend's family, says that the murder should not be given a communal twist and exploited to whip up trouble. Through a haze of grief at losing his only son, Yashpal Saxena pleaded for sanity. "I

BENGALURU: Hitting back at Narendra Modi for his all-out attack on his Congress government, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday accused him of telling a "tissue of lies" and said he was "morally not fit" to be prime minister. "He did not speak as prime minister. He has uttered a tissu

The mystery surrounding the death of CBI Special Judge Brijgopal Harkishan Loya—who at the time of his death was hearing the sensitive Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case in which BJP president Amit Shah was an accused—has taken yet another dark turn. Judge Loya allegedly died of cardiac arrest i

minor, who was on the run, was today apprehended in connection with the mysterious death of a Class 9 student in northeast Delhi's Karawal Nagar, police said today. Tusshar (16) was found unconscious by some students in his school bathroom and was taken to a hospital on February 1. He was later r

In a shocking development, the CBI has arrested a Goods and Services Tax commissioner from Kanpur and eight others, including three officials, for allegedly running a bribery racket in the department, news agency PTI reported. Quoting the agency sources, the report said the officials used to collect

Traffic came to a grinding halt on Kolkata's Eastern Metropolitan Bypass on Saturday morning after angry locals clashed with the police. The incident took place soon after a speeding bus killed two youth at the busy Chingrighata intersection. Atleast five buses and several two wheelers were se