Politics may make people do things that they would not normally do. Politicians sometimes go to the extreme in an effort to stay in power and while sometimes they succeed in that attempt, they also fail a lot of times. Prime Minister Modi’s campaign in Gujarat is a clear example of political oppo

Whipped up by cyclonic storm Ockhi lurking off the coast, heavy rain and gale-force winds pummelled the southern parts of the State since Thursday morning, wreaking widespread havoc and bringing normal life to a halt. Squally winds uprooted hundreds of trees, snapped power and communication lines

New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday said achieving a 10 per cent GDP growth rate is challenging and will depend on how the world is moving. Speaking at the HT Leadership Summit here, he said India has done well by growing at 7-8 per cent during the last three years. To scale to 1

Panaji: Recital of prayers over loudspeakers at one of the largest Muslim burial grounds here banned by the city municipal corporation, it was revealed on Wednesday. The order drew protests from the Muslim community have demanded that the measure be withdrawn. Panaji Corporation Commissioner Ajit

Chhattisgarh: In a major breakthrough, a suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist has been arrested from Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh. The National Investigation Agency (NIA), with the assistance of Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS), arrested the terrorist from Charbagh Bus Stand on Tuesday.

Chandigarh: After offering Rs 10 crores for beheading actress Deepika Padukone, Haryana BJP leader Suraj Pal Amu, the chief media coordinator of state unit, has resigned on Wednesday. But to everyone’s surprise, the BJP leader now have dreams of slapping people. He spoke to the reporters and said

Expressing concern on environmental degradation in Delhi, Ministry of Environment & Forests Secretary C K Mishra said on Monday that Centre is determined not to have a repeat of the smog-like situation in the national capital and no one authority could be held responsible for the issue. The mini

PATNA: Furious over the Centre's decision to withdraw Lalu Prasad's NSG security cover, RJD chief's elder son Tej Pratap Yadav on Monday said that he will "skin" PM Narendra Modi. "Narendra Modi ka khaal udhedva lenge," Tej Pratap said after coming out of the state legislature on the first day of

BENGALURU: A knucklehead statement by a Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Gopal sends communal message where he said if Muslims don’t stop “love jihad” or Bajrang Dal youths will have to be sent to attract Muslim girls in a “Dharma Sansad”, a conclave of Hindu seers, mutt heads and VHP leaders, that conc

Gorakhpur: Unable to gather enough evidence against Dr Kafeel of Gorakhpur’s BRD Medical College, police have dropped Charges of corruption and private practice against him on Saturday. Khan was dismissed from the position as a nodal officer following several deaths of children at the hospital. H

Gujarat: The Akhil Bharatiya Vidhyarthi Parishad (ABVP) had reportedly lost the student body elections that were held in Gujarat Central University. The Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University and Delhi University student body elections had reported similar losses. The independent candidates Dileep K

Malda District: Setting up the example of a kind gesture and spreading communal harmony, a group of Muslims funded for a Hindu girl’s marriage in Bengal’s village on Thursday. The Khanpur village of Malda district homes 600 Muslim families and only eight Hindu households. A local Madrasa headm

NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Saturday assured a medical visa to yet another Pakistani national who said that “after Allah you are our last hope”. “India will not belie your hope. We will issue the visa immediately,” Sushma Swaraj tweeted in response to a request from Shah

Kochi: Surrounded by heavy security, Hadiya (former Akhila) left Kottayam to Delhi on Saturday for her hearing in Supreme Court on Monday. The 25-year-old told reporters at Cochin airport that she did not accept Islam under any pressure and she wants to live with her husband, Sheffin Jahan. “I

Ahmedabad: The Supreme Court on Friday granted six weeks time to the Gujarat government for apprising it on whether any disciplinary action has been initiated against policemen convicted in the 2002 Bilkis Bano gangrape case. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar a

Two pilots, including a woman, were injured when an Air Force training aircraft exploded and crashed at Duddeda in Siddipet district on Friday. The trainee aircraft, which took off from the Hakimpet Air Force Training Academy, developed a technical snag within minutes. As the pilot and co-pilot wer

New Delhi: An RTI query revealed that since a fare hike in October this year, Delhi Metro has lost over three lakh commuters a day. The daily average passengers have been brought down to 24.2 lakh in October from 27.4 lakh in September, The Indian Express reported. As per Delhi Metro Rail Corp

A four-and-a-half-year-old girl studying in a private school was allegedly sexually assaulted by her classmate on the school premises in Dwarka, police said on Wednesday. A case has been registered under sections of rape and the POCSO Act, police said, adding that they have started their investigati