New Delhi: Delhi and the National Capital Region woke up to a blanket of smog today, after a quiet and promising Dilwai evening gave way to noisy and relentless bursting of firecrackers till late night yesterday, despite a Supreme Court ban on their sale in the NCR. The online indicators of the p

SONIPAT, HARYANA:  As India celebrates Diwali this week, scientists fear a ban on sale of firecrackers and other emergency anti-pollution measures deployed by authorities may not be enough to prevent a repeat of last year's "airpocalypse" in Delhi. Each year, as winter descends on the national ca

Kochi: “All love marriages should not be termed as ‘love-jihad‘,” observed the Kerala High Court, on Thursday, while hearing a petition with regard to an inter-religious marriage of Kannur-native Sruthi and Anees Hammed. The court further said that these kind of marriages should be encouraged as

NEW DELHI: Two Public Information Officials (PIOs) were transferred less than a fortnight after they helped make public RTI documents on generous land allotment deal to Baba Ramdev’s multi-crore venture Patanjali. According to an article published by the Times of India, it has been reported that

AGRA: In what could be construed as a veiled criticism of the ruling BJP, Former President Pranab Mukherjee on Tuesday said that attempts to redefine the concept of nationalism in India were unnecessary as "Indian nationalism is unlike the concept of European nation states". Mukherjee, who was sp

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday condemned the killing of RSS leader Ravinder Gosai in Ludhiana and demanded that the guilty be brought to justice. “I strongly condemn the killing of RSS leader Ravinder Gosai in Ludhiana. Violence is unacceptable. The guilty must be brought to bo

CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Tuesday accused the RSS-BJP of triggering violence in Kerala, saying that if it continued to do so, the saffron party would not win even a single seat in the state. Yechury said this after leading a march to the BJP headquarters here, countering the latter

JODHPUR/JAIPUR: In an embarrassment to the Vasundhara Raje government, over 250 policemen went on a day's mass leave on Monday and some of them who were supposed to give guard of honour to Union home minister Rajnath Singh in Jodhpur refused to do so. The constabulary went on leave following rumours

Kabul: National Security Adviser of India Ajit Doval paid a visit to Afghanistan on Monday at the invitation of the NSA, Afghanistan Hanif Atmar to discuss the bilateral strategic partnership and regional and global issues of mutual interest. Doval was called on the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani

Chiplun (Maharashtra) [India]: A case of food poisoning was reported on Sunday in Indian Railways’ premium train Tejas Express between Goa and Mumbai, which affected at least 24 passengers. A case of food poisoning reported in train no 22120 Tejas Express on date upon information from passengers.

Patna: Senior BJP leader Subramanian Swamy today said construction of the proposed Ram temple in Ayodhya will commence soon and it will be ready to receive devotees by next Diwali. Hurdles in the way of the proposed Ram temple are being removed, Swami said without elaborating. “Construction of

JABALPUR: Union Minister of State for Defence Subhash Bhamre said that from 2019, the maximum ammunition, which will be supplied to the army, will be manufactured in India. Addressing a press conference here on Saturday, Bhamre said Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Government is making efforts to

GHAZIABAD: The Talwar couple remained in Dasna jail on Saturday even as a certified copy of the Allahabad high court order, acquitting them in the murder of their daughter Aarushi, and domestic help, Hemraj, reached Ghaziabad. They will be released only on Monday as the CBI court has to issue an ord

FARIDABAD: In yet another incident of cow vigilantism, five Muslims were brutally beaten up by a strong mob of around hundred people on the suspicion of carrying beef, according to news agency ANI. The incident took place near Gosi village in Haryana’s Faridabad. The victim is identified as Az

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to modify its October 9 order suspending the sale of firecrackers in Delhi NCR till November 1, 2017. The court said it knew that “some people are trying to give a communal tinge to our order... but we will consider that as people expressing their anguish at ou

GHAZIABAD: Two days after Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal's WagonR car which was allegedly stolen outside Delhi secretariat has been found in Ghaziabad's Mohan Nagar area early on Saturday morning. The car was found abandoned on a service lane near Narender Mohan Hospital by a passerby who info

Mumbai: Taking a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray claimed today that the ‘Modi wave’ has waned and that the BJP now relies on “sympathy wave” to win elections. He said the national party gets “stomach ache” if the Shiv Sena becomes politically strong. The

RANCHI: The wife of key eyewitness in the Alimuddin Ansari lynching case was killed in an accident in Ramgarh district on Thursday. Jalil Ansari’s wife Julekha, aged around 50 was Alimuddin’s real sister. Alimuddin’s brother-in-law Jalil, an eyewitness in the murder case, had come to depose befor