New Delhi: A butterfly park in Asola Bhatti Wild Life Sanctuary in south Delhi was today dedicated to the public on the World Environment Day. Delhi Environment Minister Imran Hussain and Labour Minister Gopal Rai inaugurated the park spread over 3-acre of land with 60 varieties of native trees,

New Delhi: Jet Airways and IndiGo today said their flights to Doha are operating as per schedule, amid some Arab states severing their diplomatic ties with Qatar — a development that could also result in airspace restrictions over the Gulf region. In a major diplomatic crisis in the Arab region,

The Indian Penal Code (IPC) holds that the death of a person caused in a ‘sudden fight’ is not murder. A Bench of Justices A.K. Sikri and R.K. Agrawal interpreted this exception to murder in a recent judgement, noting that unlike murder, death caused in a ‘sudden fight’ meant that blows were exch

The CBI has busted a racket in fixing postings and transfers of civilian officials working with the Army. The agency has arrested Lieutenant Colonel Ranganathan Suvramani Moni and a middleman Gaurav Kohli in connection with the racket. Among those named in the FIR are two other Army officers — Pu

Bihar’s Intermediate Board topper in the Humanities stream, Ganesh Kumar, was arrested late on Friday after the Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) cancelled his results. Ganesh Kumar had got 82.6% in the examination. “Bihar Intermediate topper in Arts stream Ganesh Kumar’s result has been canc

Federal anti-terrorism officials searched the homes and offices of separatist leaders in Kashmir on Saturday as part of an investigation into whether money from Pakistan was being used to fund violent street protests against the Indian government. In what is the first such crackdown on financing

New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday said the Islamic State (IS) has failed to make its base in India, which has the second largest Muslim population in the world. “India is the second country with the highest number of Muslims. Despite having that large a Muslim population, the IS ha

Islamabad: India has issued a medical visa to a two-and-a-half-month-old baby from Pakistan, suffering from a heart disease, after his father sought intervention of External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. Swaraj’s intervention came after the infant’s father brought the matter to her notice on Tw

St Petersburg: India is committed to protecting the climate, irrespective of the Paris agreement, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said here today but avoided a direct reference to the US withdrawing from the international deal. Addressing the St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) here i

Bhopal: The police have arrested 118 people in connection with the May 30 communal clashes in Old City area here. “We have arrested 118 people since May 31. More arrests in connection with the violence will be made,” Superintendent of Police (Bhopal North) Arvind Saxena told PTI today. “Thos

New Delhi: Gold prices tumbled by Rs 250 to Rs 29,100 per 10 gram at the bullion market Wednesday, tracking a weak trend overseas and muted demand from local jewelers. Silver also dropped by Rs 450 to Rs 40,000 per kg due to reduced offtake by industrial units and coin makers. Traders said a w

New Delhi: Six more airports in the country, including Patna and Chennai, will do away with the practice of tagging and stamping domestic passengers’ hand baggage from tomorrow. The four other airports that will usher in the new practice include those at Jaipur, Lucknow, Thiruvananthapuram and Gu

Jaipur: Justice Manish Chand Sharma, a Rajasthan High Court judge has asked the Supreme Court to declare cow the national animal and also requested it to give life imprisonment to people who kill it. He also mentioned 11 benefits of cow urine. “I spoke with the conscience. Our religious texts tel

Germany: PM Modi has left for Spain on Tuesday after his one-day visit to Germany. This will be the first Indian prime ministerial visit to Spain in nearly 30 years after the visit of then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1988. India and Germany held the fourth round of the biannual Inter-Governme

Barrackpore : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today told the officials in her administration that there was no need to follow the Centre’s notification banning the sale of cattle for slaughter at animal markets till the state government issued a direction to that effect. She, however,

Chennai,TN: A Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) – Madras PhD scholar was allegedly beaten up on Tuesday by right-wing students for organising ‘Beef Fest’ in the campus. The victim, R. Sooraj has been beaten up for conducting ‘ Beef Fest’ in IIT. He has been seriously injured in his right eye.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has embarked on a four-nation tour of Germany, Spain, Russia and France with the aim of boosting India's economic engagement with these nations and inviting more investments. The prime minister's tour comes after he celebrated his three years in office with much fanfa

Nagpur: Bharatiya Janata Party national president Amit Shah spent about seven hours in the city on Monday after landing in Nagpur around noon. In the evening, he was closeted with Sarsanghachalak Mohan Bhagwat and his deputy Bhaiyyaji Joshi at the Mahal headquarters of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sang