Kochi : The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) seized drugs worth Rs.1 crore at the Kochi International Airport on Wednesday morning . According to media reports, drugs were been transported to Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) when they were seized by DRI team following a tip off given to them. One

Accepting requests from senior Telangana Congress leaders, the Congress has relieved Digvijaya Singh as AICC in-charge of the state. R C Khuntia has been named Telangana in-charge while Satish Jarkiholi has been appointed AICC Secretary. “Congress president Sonia Gandhi has approved a new AICC team

Maharashtra Minister of State for Home Ranjit Patil Tuesday announced the suspension of Byculla jail Superintendent Chandramani Indulkar and Tanaji Gharbudwe, who was holding charge in her absence as acting Superintendent on the day Manjula Shetye died inside the prison. The state also said it would

Chandigarh: Harshit Sharma, 16-yr-old boy Chandigarh boy has been offered Rs 1.4 Cr by Internet giant Google for icon designing. Harshit is a student of Class-XII of Government Model Senior Secondary School. The offer by the search engine was disclosed by the government official of Chandigarh.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a plea seeking the cancellation of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s state Legislative Council membership for allegedly concealing a pending criminal case against him. A bench of Justices Justice Dipak Misra, Amitava Roy and A M Khanwilkar said

A high-voltage hearing was today witnessed in a case of alleged fabrication of evidence in a 2002 post-Godhra riot case in the Supreme Court which asked a volley of questions to social activist Teesta Setalvad for opposing a probe against her former aide Rais Khan Pathan. The apex court was heari

Delhi: For the first time a jeweller has been robbed by thieves who posed themselves as CBI officials. Five masked men and another sixth one in Khaki outfit rang the bell of the jeweller Nawal Kishore Khandelwal’s house in central Delhi’s Karol Bagh. The police said the incident, which took place

New Delhi: The Lok Sabha on Monday witnessed a heated discussion over reported incidents of mob lynching across the country with Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge accusing the government of “indirectly encouraging groups like the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Bajrang Dal as well as Gau Rakshaks.”

Jaipur: According to the recent sources, 700 and more cows, are reported dead due to heavy rainfalls in Jalore District of Rajasthan. This agonizing incident is reported from Pathmeda village, one of the biggest gaushalas shelters in the country accommodating around 10,500 cows. One of the Gau

New Delhi: Prime Minister Modi has asked his government to find a diplomatic solution for row over Doka La in the Sikkim sector and has said that ‘it is enough of the confrontation’. The Modi government has deployed National Security Advisor Ajit Doval to find a solution formula with Beijing. Acc

RAMESWARAM: An engraved ‘Bhagavad Gita’ near the statue of late president APJ Abdul Kalam has kicked up a row, with his family seeking to put in to rest by placing a copy of the Quran and Bible near it. “An unnecessary controversy was raised by some people. DRDO officials worked tirelessly for th

Jammu: Army chief General Bipin Rawat on Friday visited posts at the Line of Control in the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir and directed the troops to remain prepared to counter the nefarious designs of the “adversary”. Mr Rawat, who arrived on a two-day visit to the Jammu region on Frida

Thane: Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari has said all the roads in the country would be converted into cement-concrete ones to ensure their stability and durability. “In Mumbai, the cement concrete roads built 20 years ago are still in a good shape. But some political leaders, bureaucrats an

New Delhi: Speaking at an event ‘Understanding Kashmir’ in Delhi, organized by the Bureau of Research on Industry and Economic Fundamentals, and also about the various issues and the recent arrests of separatist leaders in Kashmir, J&K CM Mehbooba said this is only containing the situation but n

NEW DELHI: A 17-year-old boy was forced to drink acid by a group of people, a day after a scuffle over the shortage of paneer at a dairy store, family members said on Thursday. Deputy Commissioner of Police Romil Baaniya said: “Two suspects have been detained this (Thursday) evening in connecti

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir’s top cop today played down reports of former Hizbul Mujahideen commander Zakir Musa being named as the head of al-Qaeda cell in the state, saying “a terrorist was a terrorist” regardless of the terror outfit. Musa had recently broken ranks with Hizbul Mujahideen after

New Delhi: In an attempt to improvise the catering services in trains, the IRCTC will be handed over the catering services in all trains with pantry cars by December-end this year, railway board member (traffic) Mohd Jamshed said on Wednesday. Passengers in seven Rajdhani and six Shatabdi train

PATNA: After Nitish Kumar resigned as Bihar Chief Minister, his grand alliance partner and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav said the former stepped down fearing his exposure in murder case slapped against him, while also questioning his intent behind the decision. “Nitish Kumar