Mumbai, Oct 5 (PTI) MNS chief Raj Thackeray today led a march to the Western Railway headquarters here to protest the recent stampede on a foot overbridge that left 23 people dead, and said he felt "betrayed" by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Thackeray addressed a gathering of protesters

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat high court on Thursday rejected a petition filed by Zakia Jafri that challenged a clean chit given by the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) to then-chief minister of Gujarat Narendra Modi and other top politicians and bureaucrats. Jafri, whose husband

Rameswaram, October 05, Four Tamil Nadu fishermen were arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy while they were fishing off Neduntheevu on Thursday. The fishermen from Pudukottai district were arrested for allegedly fishing close to the island nation. They were taken to Karainagar along with their boat

October 3, New Delhi India’s first female combat aircraft pilots are likely to fly supersonic fighter jets after they finish the last leg of their training later this month, Indian Air Force officials told Hindustan Times on Tuesday. Three women are currently training on British Hawk advanced je

October 4, Jharkhand Barely five years back, Asha, 17, daughter of a roadside eatery owner in Jharkhand capital Ranchi’s Ormanjhi area, would have never dreamt of an overseas trip. Girls in her locality are often married off as teenagers. Life took a complete U-turn for the teenager after she join

October 4, Madhya Pradesh Police in a Madhya Pradesh town allegedly rounded up a group of farmers and forced them to disrobe after a protest demonstration, according to leaders of the Congress backing the agitation, who have decided to approach the country’s human rights watchdog. Dozens of fa

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has reached Kerala to join the BJP's Jan Raksha Yatra (or March for People's Protection), a day after party president Amit Shah launched its ambitious march from Kerala's Payyannur in Kannur district. "I am a worker of the BJP. If political killings h

KANNUR: BJP President Amit Shah on Tuesday launched a scathing attack on the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) in Kerala, saying Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan was responsible for the political murders of BJP and RSS workers in the state. Shah said as many as 120 BJP and RSS workers have been m

New Delhi: As Taj Mahal was missing from the tourist itinerary of Uttar Pradesh, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday taking a jibe at Yogi Adityanath government termed it as ‘Andher Nagri, Chaupat Raja (Useless ruler of a town plunging into darkness)’ “The sun doesn’t lose any of its

October 3, Gonda District, Uttar Pradesh A major communal violence averted by police with the help of local residents after two miscreants throw mortal remains of calves to incite communal violence. Accordingto police, the duo Ramsevak Dixit and Mangli Dixit took away the cow and the calf belo

Mumbai,October 2,201 - The Congress said on Monday political and administrative accountability for the stampede on a foot-over-bridge at the Elphinstone Road station in Mumbai needed to be fixed. “The people need answers from Railway Minister Piyush Goyal and former Railway Minister Suresh Prab

October 3, Uttar Pradesh An uproar couldn't be avoided when the Uttar Pradesh government dropped the iconic Taj Mahal from its list of tourist destinations published recently. The new booklet, titled 'Uttar Pradesh Paryatan-Apaar Sambhavanaayein', instead mentions temples in Mathura, Ayodhya,

New Delhi: Amit Shah will on Tuesday launch a 15-day march in Kerala to target the state's CPI(M) government with the BJP accusing the Left party of being on a "killing spree" against its workers. Making the announcement, Union minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday accused the CPI(M) of "murder po

Kolkata, 2 October 2017: The driver of a local train fell so sick while at the wheel today that he fainted and fell right off the train. Fortunately for passengers, the train automatically came to a halt as the driver had taken his hand off the "dead man's switch" - the automatic switch that gets tr

October 2, New Delhi For seventy years, Mahatma Gandhi’s statue, which has found a home in hundreds of locations across the country and the world, wasn’t seen at one important venue: his Samadhi at Rajghat in the national capital. Here the nation’s founding father was remembered only through t

GUWAHATI: A wheelchair-bound man was called a "Pakistani" at a cinema hall in Guwahati for failing to stand during the National Anthem. Arman Ali, who helps run an NGO, had taken his nephew and nieces for a matinee show of Lucknow Central last week. They were seated in one of the front rows. As othe

October 1, Gujarat A 21-year-old Dalit man was allegedly beaten to death by a group of men belonging to the upper caste Patel community for attending a garba event in Gujarat’s Anand district in the early hours on Sunday, police said. The incident took place around 4 am. Jayesh Solanki, cou

New Delhi: The country’s largest lender State Bank of India from 1st October 2017 lowered the minimum average monthly balance (MAB) requirement in a savings account to Rs 3,000 from Rs 5,000 and also revised downwards penalties for not maintaining such a balance. The public sector lender also dec