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

The principal of a school, where a class I boy was allegedly attacked with a sharp-edged weapon by a girl, was on Thursday arrested even as officials said the suspect wanted a holiday in the event of a schoolmate’s death. The girl was later sent to a juvenile home till January 31. Meanwhile, U

MUMBAI: A city-based lawyers’ association on Friday filed a public interest litigation in the Bombay high court against the CBI decision not to challenge a lower court order discharging BJP president Amit Shah in the Sohrabuddin Shaikh fake encounter case. In the PIL, the Bombay Lawyers Associati

HYDERABAD: Dalit leader from Gujarat, Jignesh Mewani, on Wednesday said the Narendra Modi government will have to pay a heavy price for "the atrocities being committed on Dalits" across the country. The newly-elected member of Gujarat Assembly said a nationwide movement would be launched on the i

Another case of rape of a minor has come to light in Haryana's Hisar district. In this case, a three year old victim was raped by a 15 year old minor who stayed in the neighbouring house. The crime took place when the girl's parents had gone out to work. The girl's father works in a private firm

New Delhi, Jan 16 (PTI) There will be no subsidy for Haj from this year, minority affairs minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said today Naqvi told reporters that despite the subsidy withdrawal, a record number of 1.75 lakh Muslims will undertake the pilgrimage this year from India Naqvi also said th

Amethi : Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi while praising the Chinese government for their development and employment agendas. “Jo kaam China ki sarkaar do din mein karti hai use karne mein Narendra Modi Ji ki sarkaar ko ek saal lag jaata hai. (The

Mumbai (Maharashtra): “Please don’t harass us,” Anuj Loya, son of deceased Justice BH Loya urged NGOs and politicians in a press conference on Sunday. An emotional Anuj said the Loya family was pained with the chain of events which has been happening in the past few days. Anuj Loya, son of spe

New Delhi: The state-run carrier Air India is reported to be split into four separate entities before its sale. According to the proposed plan, each company would get at least 51 percent. The indebted government airline would be bifurcated into core airline business, regional arm, ground handling

Mumbai: In an extensive search operation, jointly conducted by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), Indian Coast Guard and Indian Navy, the Aircraft Voice Data Recorder (VDR) of the Pawan Hans helicopter, which crashed off the Mumbai coast on January 13, has been recovered. So far, six bodies,

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu will today attend a solemn ceremony at the Teen Murti Memorial here to mark the formal renaming of Teen Murti Chowk as Teen Murti Haifa Chowk. The two leaders will also lay a wreath and sign the visitor’s book

Mumbai Airport fire: Another fire incident struck Mumbai on Saturday, when a blaze broke out in the Domestic Terminal of the Airport in Santacruz. As per PTI reports, the incident happened at the ceremonial lounge of Domestic Terminal 1B and has been doused. None of the flight operations have been a