New Delhi: The Congress on Friday demanded Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar own responsibility for violence that erupted after Dera Sachcha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim was convicted of rape, and quit. “Reckless violence, deaths and destruction in Haryana proves complete breakdown of l

Four-member probe committee led by chief secretary Rajive Kumar has observed that children had died for causes ‘other than lack of oxygen’ at Gorakhpur’s BRD medical college on August 10 and 11. On the basis of recommendations this committee, an FIR was lodged on Wednesday against six officials o

New Delhi :The Supreme Court has asked the lower court in Gujarat to decide within four months the trial in a 2002 Gujarat riots case related to the Naroda Gam incident in which 11 persons were killed. A bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar was informed that the trial was in progress in the m

Panchkula (Haryana), Aug 25 (IANS) At least 12 people were killed in firing by security forces as enraged supporters of Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmit Ram Rahim Singh went on a rampage here on Friday after his conviction in a rape case, police and hospital sources said. The sources said security f

KANPUR: Due to derailment of 12225 Azamgarh-Delhi Kaifiyat Express train between Pata-Achalda station on Kanpur-Etawah section of North Central Railway today, the following trains have been diverted today: The 12565 Darbhanga-New Delhi Bihar Sampark Kranti Express diverted to run via Moradabad. T

Bhopal: At least 55 students of a private school were on Wednesday were taken to the hospital after they complained of uneasiness following inhalation of ammonia gas which leaked from a cold storage nearby, district authorities in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara said. Nearly 800 students were present

RANCHI: A one-year-old boy died at a hospital here on Monday as his father was short of Rs 50, according to Jharkhand Police. The boy, Shyam, was brought to the Rajendra Institute of Medical Science (RIMS) at Jharkhand for treatment on Sunday after he suffered head injuries in a fall. Accordin

NEW DELHI: AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi on Tuesday said there was need for society to reform and that the AIMPLB would meet in Bhopal early next month to take a view on the apex court judgment on triple talaq. Reacting to the Supreme Court majority judgement striking down the practice of instant

New Delhi: The physical police verification for getting a passport will soon be a thing of the past as the government plans to connect the service with a robust national database of crimes and criminals that will check the antecedents of applicants at the click of a mouse. Union Home Secretary Ra

Hyderabad: The Vishwa Hindu Parishat national joint general secretary Surendra Kumar Jain has alleged that the Hyderabad City was transforming as ‘Mini-Pakistan’ due to Owaisi Brothers. Participating in Bajarang Dal national executive committee meetings here on Sunday, Jain described the persons

New Delhi : With the Supreme Court granting bail to 2008 Malegaon blast accused Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Shrikant Purohit, senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Monday said that it was expected as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Government is trying to protect all the accused connected with th

New Delhi: The government has decided to proffer 40 per cent reservation for girls at 100 Navodaya-type schools and five higher education institutes it plans to set up for minority community students, Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has said. The Minister of State for Minority Affairs said the

There would be a bank strike on August 22. Over 10 lakh bankers will go on strike on August 22 as talks between the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) on one side and Indian Banks' Association, chief labour commissioner and the Department of Financial Services (DFS) failed on Friday. A notice of

New Delhi : Delhi’s Patiala House Court on Saturday pulled up the Delhi police for delaying the de-sealing of the hotel suite in which Sunanda Pushkar was found dead. They have also asked the Police as to why has it taken two months to inform the hotel that they would need more time. On other

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah will meet chief ministers and deputy chief ministers of all party ruled states on Monday to take stock of development and social welfare work being done. Besides 13 chief ministers and six deputy chief ministers, a few cabinet ministers

Pulling up private schools that have been served show-cause notices for overcharging students, the Delhi government has warned it will take over 449 of them if they do not refund the extra fees within 2 weeks. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, in a press conference in nearly four months, said

Raipur: A local BJP leader was arrested on Friday after 300 cows died allegedly of starvation and lack of medicines in the government-aided gaushala in Durg district of Chhattisgarh. The Chhattisgarh Rajya Gau Sewa Aayog, which lodged an FIR with the police after its team visited the cow shelter

New Delhi: In pursuance of a Supreme Court order, the NIA on Friday registered an FIR to probe the conversion of a young Hindu woman from Kerala to Islam and her subsequent marriage to a Muslim man in 2016, an official said. The NIA probe will be supervised by retired apex court Justice R.V. Rave