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

MUMBAI: Three girls drowned and five were missing after a private boat with 40 students, who were on a school picnic, capsized this morning off the coast of Dahanu in Palghar district of Maharashtra. Police said that 32 students had been rescued and a search for the missing ones was continuing wi

NEW DELHI:  A Pawan Hans helicopter crashed off the Mumbai coast with seven people on board, including two pilots. The helicopter lost contact with the air traffic control today shortly after take-off from Juhu Aerodrome at 10:20 AM this morning. The chopper, Dauphin N3 with registration number V

BUXAR, BIHAR: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's convoy was attacked in Buxar's Nandar during his "Vikas Samiksha Yatra". The attackers threw stones but the chief minister was rescued safely. Some of the security personnel in his convoy injured. According to reports, people of Nandan village wan

NEW DELHI: Passports will soon stop serving as valid proof of address, with the foreign ministry announcing that the last page will not be printed anymore. The last page of the Indian passport includes names of the father or legal guardian, mother, spouse, and address. The decision follows the

For the first time ever, four senior Supreme Court judges addressed the media on Friday, January 12. The press conference was held at Justice Jasti Chelameshwar's residence and also saw Justices Ranjan Gogoi, Madan Lokur and Kurian Joseph addressing the media. Speaking to the media, Justice Chela

NEW DELHI:  The government confirmed on Thursday that National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval met his Pakistani counterpart Nasir Khan Janjua in Bangkok last month with a focus on how to fight terror and end cross-border terrorism. "Yes, I agree talks took place. I also agree that the issue is

NEW DELHI: Senior citizens, NRIs and handicapped people are still awaiting a solution to their long pending mobile-Aadhaar verification problem despite the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) deadline for providing relief having expired on January 1. The main problem faced by this category of

Expressing deep concerns over cow vigilantism in India, Salim Turky, an Indian origin Tanzanian lawmaker, claimed that it has become a “Nasur” (canker sore) for the country. The two-time lawmaker of the Tanzanian ruling party Chama Cha Mapinduzi(CCM), who is in New Delhi to attend the “First PIO-par

Lucknow: Two-days after Shia Waqf Board Chairman, Waseem Rizvi wrote a letter to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting him to shut down madrasas alleging that they encouraged students to join terrorist ranks, Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbasi Naqvi lashed out at media and ter

Union minister Nitin Gadkari hit out at the Navy on Thursday, asking why all officials need to stay in posh South Mumbai, while criticising it for opposing the construction of a jetty at Nariman Point. “Actually, Navy is needed at the borders from where terrorists sneak in. Why does everyone (in

DEHRADUN: A Haldwani-based transporter who staggered into the BJP headquarters in Dehradun last week, telling a startled minister who was holding a janta durbar that he had taken poison after suffering "immense" losses following demonetisation and later implementation of GST, died on Tuesday. Doctor

A research scholar pursuing his PhD from the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has allegedly gone missing from the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus, police said on Wednesday. Mukul Jain, who is pursuing his research under a guide from IGNOU and a co-guide from JNU’s School of Life

NEW DELHI: A plea claiming that all students of the Kendriya Vidyalayas, irrespective of their faith and belief, have to compulsorily recite a prayer based on the Hindu religion at the morning assembly, today led the Supreme Court to seek the government's response. A bench of Justices R F Nariman

MANAMA (BAHRAIN), JAN 9:  Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday slammed the government for allegedly dividing people on the basis of caste and religion and converting the anger of jobless youth into hatred among communities, as he urged NRIs to help fight forces of “hate and division”. In his f

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today made the playing of the national anthem in cinema halls before a screening of movies optional, modifying its earlier order. The apex court modified its November 30, 2016, order by which it had made the playing of the anthem mandatory in cinema halls before the s

In a tragic development, powerlifting world champion Saksham Yadav lost his life on Sunday after succumbing to injuries received in a road accident earlier in the day at Sindhu border in Delhi, reports ANI. Yadav was admitted to Max Hospital, Shalimar Bagh, in northwest Delhi. Earlier in the day, a

Indore: Six children, as well as the driver of Delhi Public School died after the school bus collided with a truck in Bicholi area on Friday. The accident occurred after bus steering got jammed and rammed head-on into a truck, News18 reported as officials saying. According to TOI, eyewitnesses