SHIMLA: An Army Colonel was arrested on Wednesday over the alleged gang-rape of the daughter of a Lieutenant-Colonel posted at the Army Training Command - one of the seven commands of the Army which aims to improve effectiveness of training of the defence forces in the country. The 21-year-old wa

New Delhi: Wife of bus conductor Ashok Kumar, who was granted bail in Ryan International murder case, has alleged that he was tortured and beaten by the police to obtain a confession. “Police beat him up, hung him upside down, tortured him & even sedated him to make him confess,” she said.

Chandigarh [India]: The Haryana Cabinet on Wednesday decided to grant Rs 10,000 monthly pension to senior citizen journalists. Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar made this announcement while addressing a press conference here. “The Cabinet has decided to provide Rs 10,000 per month as pension

SRINAGAR: Unfazed by pellet blindness, 15-year-old teenager Insha Mushtaq completes her class 10 state Board Exam on Wednesday. A pellet victim from Sedow village of south Kashmir, Insha had lost vision, after suffering pellet gun injuries last year in July during a clash between stone-pelters an

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to accord urgent hearing on a plea filed by the father of a Kerala-based woman, who converted to Islam before marrying a Muslim man, that interaction with the woman be conducted in- camera. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices

LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today mocked Rahul Gandhi, saying the Congress’ move to elevate him as party president would make “easier” the BJP’s task to make India “Congress-mukt”. The chief minister’s remarks come a day after the Congress Working Committee cleared the d

New Delhi: After demonetisation last year, the government could now plan to scrap off chequebooks in a bid to increase digital transactions. Centre’s plan to move towards cashless economy had seen a surge in digital payments after the note ban, but the cash is back again in circulation, as the ch

Alwar: Rajasthan police on Monday arrested Tahir and Javed, who were travelling with dairy farmer Umar Khan, shot dead by cow vigilantes in Alwar district on November 10. They were arrested on the charges of cow smuggling while the accused got away scot free and are still absconding. Police have

نئی دہلی۔ (یو این آئی) ملک میں مسلم خواتین کو بااختیار بنانے کے رُخ پر مرتب کئے جانے والے نئے باب کے تحت آزادی کے بعد پہلی مرتبہ ہندوستانی مسلم خواتین اکیلے سفر حج پرروانہ ہونے جا رہی ہیں ۔2018 کی نئی حج پالیسی کے تحت اس تبدیلی نے ان میں اتنا زبردست جوش و خروش بھر دیا ہے کہ صرف ایک ہفتہ کے اندر اب ت

On the morning of 1 December 2014, the family of 48-year-old Justice Brijgopal Harkishan Loya, the judge presiding over the Central Bureau of Investigation special court in Mumbai, was informed that he had died in Nagpur, where he had travelled for a colleague’s daughter’s wedding. Loya had been hea

Alwar: The two companions of murdered cow trader, Umar Mohammad, have been arrested by the police, on charges of cow smuggling, officials said on Monday. Umar was killed and his body was thrown on the railway tracks in Ramgarh area. However, his two associates, Tahir Khan and Javed Khan managed t

Ghaziabad: The Uttar Pradesh Shia Central Waqf Board has come up with a proposal wherein they suggested to buid Ram temple at disputed Ayodhya site and the mosque in Lucknow. Shia Waqf Board chairman Syed Waseem Rizvi said that they have come up with the proposal following discussions with differ

Hyderabad: “I want to become a pilot.” When she instinctively answered a question at an event over a decade ago, the dream of a humble bakery worker’s daughter had started growing wings. Hijab-wearing Syeda Salva Fatima is now all set to join an airline and is one of the four Muslim women in India w

Was the Union Finance Minister too quick to welcome Moody’s upgrading India’s rating from the bottom to a rung just above it?  Moody’s, the global rating agency, has been fined in the US, in Europe and in Hong Kong for ‘rating fraud’, and all during the last year and a half. Regulat

MUMBAI: Mocking at government's elation over the sovereign rating upgrade by Moody's, ex-finance minister P Chidambaram said only a few months ago the regime had flayed the rating methodology. "Just some months ago, government had said the Moody's methodology was all wrong... A long letter was wr

New Delhi [India]: France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on Friday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and briefed him on recent developments in the bilateral relationship as follow-up to the latter’s visit to France in June.   India-France strategic partnership is not limited t

In a meeting on Friday, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates offered help to Chief Ministers of UP and AP, Yogi Adityanath and Chandrababu Naidu respectively. Adityanath had posted on Twitter that Mr Gates expressed his willingness to tackle the medical issues. Mr Gates al

Hyderabad: In an illegal drug racket, 179 kg of Ephedrine was seized by Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) in a raid that took place on Tuesday. The incident took place in Hyderabad’s Bollarum, IDA. While the media was informed on Wednesday. The value of the drugs in the international m