Guwahati, April 19 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has directed the Directorate of Health Services to rush to Majuli and probe the circumstances in which a youth had to carry the dead b Guwahati, April 19 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has directed the Directorate of

LUCKNOW/MUMBAI: A major terror attack in the country was claimed to have been averted as 10 suspected ISIS activists were held on Thursday in a major multi-state operation. The joint operation was carried out by the police teams of Delhi, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Bihar and Andhra Prade

Imphal: Two militants belonging to different proscribed underground outfits were arrested by police from Imphal East district. One militant belonging to outlawed Kuki People Liberation Front (KPLF), identified as Letginhao Haokip (33), ‘Finance secretary’ in Charge of the outfit, was arrested fro

Bundelkhand: While addressing a gathering, UP CM said: “BJP workers should not take law in their hands. When there is a disconnect over the developmental policies, they should consult their office bearers,” The Indian Express reported. He educated the workers over the new schemes of irrigation. He

New Delhi, April 20,2017 (PTI): The Central Board of Secondary Education has told schools affiliated to it that educational institutions are not commercial establishments and sale of books, uniforms and stationery by them is a violation of norms. An advisory has been issued following complaints f

Srinagar, April 20: The Valley is experiencing unprecedented conflict in recent times as security forces and civilians confronted with each other. Protests and shutdowns continue in Kashmir with no sign of end of disturbance in the Valley. Amid all these, Kashmir started a beautification drive to re

New Delhi: Claiming that Hindu scriptures do not term eating beef as a crime, an NCP leader today challenged RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat to debate on the issue. Bhagwat had recently sought a pan-India ban on cow slaughter. NCP general secretary D P Tripathi termed the activities of cow vigilante

New Delhi: Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday held a strategy meeting with Congress leaders, MLAs and MPs to discuss measures to strenghten the party in states which will go for polls before the next general elections. According to sources, he had asked the party workers and leaders

New Delhi [India]: The Supreme Court will on Wednesday pronounce the verdict on the appeal filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) against the dropping of conspiracy charges against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders L.K. Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and 19 others in the Babri Masjid dem

Mumbai: Leading singer Sonu Nigam on Monday lashed out at “forced religiousness” in India after being woken up by the ‘azaan’ from a nearby mosque, triggering a torrent of reaction for and against. The “Kal ho naa ho” singer posted: “God bless everyone. I’m not a Muslim and I have to be woken up

Lucknow: A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for “justice” to Muslim women facing triple talaaq, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday said people sitting silent on the issue are equally to be blamed as criminals for the condition of divorced women. Speaking at a book l

Jaipur: Social activist Swami Agnivesh on Monday sought to equate cow vigilantes with terrorists and demanded they should be booked under the stringent anti-terror laws for allegedly terrorising people. The way cow vigilantes are terrorising people, their act should be considered a crime committed

Lucknow, Apr 16 2017 (PTI): Striking a defiant posture on the contentious issue of triple talaq, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) today asserted that it had the "constitutional" right to implement Muslim personal law. On the Babri Masjid issue, AIMPLB General Secretary Maulana Wal

Aligarh, April 15: The Sir Syed Bicentenary Committee, Aligarh Muslim University in collaboration with the National Academy of Letters, Sahitya Academy recently organised a two-day National Seminar on Sir Syed at the Arts Faculty Lounge. Allahabad University Vice Chancellor, Professor R L Hangloo in

NEW DELHI: Delhi CM and AAP convener Arvind Kejriwalon Friday said that he is an engineer from IIT and can tell 10 ways of tampering with EVMs. "The companies, where chips of EVMs are manufactured, can use virus or bugs or something like that. The EC has no capability to read what the chips contain,

Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India]: Dubbing the incident captured in a video showing a youth tied allegedly to an Army jeep as a human shield against stone-pelting as ‘unfortunate’, National Conference working president Omar Abdullah on Friday said that the former’s human rights have been violated

Islamabad [Pakistan]: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s Advisor on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz has shared the state’s chargesheet against alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadhav and a timeline of his trial. His comments came at a press briefing on Friday following backlash from India post the death pena

Bhagwat snubs vigilante groups for flouting law New Delhi, Apr 10, 2017, DHNS:RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday supported the clamour within saffron outfits for a national law against cow slaughter. He, however, snubbed protection groups against taking the law into their hands as he said it “def