CHENNAI: AIADMK general secretary V K Sasikala on Wednesday left Chennai for Bengaluru after taking a vow in front of her friend and former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa's burial site on Marina Beach. After the Supreme Court rejected her request to give her more time to surrender in a

In yet another attack on his party’s former ally in the civic body, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday said it was time to ban the BJP. “I am not supporting the Congress but they did some development work. I am only showing what this government, which takes credit for their work, is really l

AIADMK general secretary VK Sasikala suffered a major jolt with the Supreme Court upholding the trial court's judgment convicting her in the 21-year-old disproportionate case against her. With this, Sasikala stands disqualified to take over as Tamil Nadu chief minister. The apex court set aside t

When Prime Minister Narendra Modi had made the bold move to demonetise Rs. 500 and Rs 1000 on November 8 last year, he cited counterfeit currency as one of the main reasons. While PM Modi’s intent was right but it has taken barely two months for Pakistan-based counterfeiters to come out with fake Rs

The Supreme Court today refused to interfere with the process of selection and appointment of Vice Chancellor (VC) for the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) and dismissed a plea in this regard. The apex court also declined to de-tag another plea in which the appointment of the current VC has been c

The iconic brand Ambassador has changed hands, with Hindustan Motors selling it to European auto major Peugeot for Rs 80 crore. In May 2014, Hindustan Motors had stopped production of the cars citing debt and lack of demand. A look at the landmark vehicle that caught the imagination of generations o

A delegation of Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Saturday arrested Avdhesh Rai, the absconding father of Bihar's Class 12 examination topper in Arts, Ruby Rai. A team of SIT from Patna, along with a team of police from Bhagwanpur area of Vaishali district arrested Ruby's father from their resi

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has announced that students with type-1 diabetes will now be allowed to take a mid-exam snack during the class 10 and 12 board exams. The move comes after Dr Ashok Jhingan, chairperson of the Delhi Diabetes Research Centre, approac

JAISALMR/JODHPUR: The Border Security Force will present its reply in the court as per the law, said BSF DG KK Sharma. The DG was speaking in context to the petition filed by BSF constable Tej Bahadur Yadav's wife Sharmila Yadav at the Delhi High Court, which agreed for an early hearing into the mat

BJP lawmaker Sangeet Som's brother, Gagan Som, was detained this morning in Uttar Pardesh's Faridpur for carrying pistol inside a polling booth, a police officer said. Gagan Som was whisked away from inside the booth after a pistol was recovered from his possession. An official told IANS that the ac

BHUBANESWAR: India today successfully tested a Star Wars-type interceptor missile that can hit an incoming ballistic missile, achieving a significant milestone in the direction of developing a two-layered Ballistic Missile Defence system. The interceptor was launched from Abdul Kalam Island (Wh

Hyderabad, Feb 10,2017: Whenever there is an issue of development of Urdu language, Telangana leaders make an attempt to save their skin by blaming the injustice meted out by Andhra rulers but the fact is even after three years, Govt. of Telangana did not include Khammam district for using Urdu as s

The CBI on Thursday said it has sought the court's permission for lie-detector tests on Congress leader Jagdish Tytler and arms dealer Abhishek Verma in connection with a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. The agency moved a written application in the Karkardooma court on Wednesday on the issue after the

Mumbai: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday filed a chargesheetbefore a special trial court here against two accused for "indoctrination of Ashfak Majeed and his associates to extreme jihadi ideology''. One is a member of the Islamic Research Foundation, Mumbai, and the other was wit

New Delhi, February 9: The family of BSF trooper Tej Bahadur Yadav, whose social media video clip on "substandard food" dished out to the men in the force triggered an uproar, on Thursday filed a habeas corpus petition in the Delhi High Court.Yadav's family said in their plea that they have no idea

NEW DELHI: India has issued a demarche (diplomatic missive) to China regarding itscontinued block on a UN ban on Jaish-e-Muhammed+ leader Masood Azhar. The MEA confirmed on Thursday demarches had been served to the Chinese embassy in New Delhi and in the foreign office in Beijing by the Indian embas

NEW DELHI: India has termed as "figment of imagination" Pakistan's contention that it is building a "secret nuclear city", saying it is a "diversionary tactic" to deflect attention from issues like Pakistan-sponsored terrorism and harbouring of terrorists. Pakistan on Thursday claimed that India

The tug of war for power in Tamil Nadu saw AIADMK General Secretary VK Sasikala today staking her claim to form the government, while caretaker Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam voiced confidence that "justice will win", though the numbers at present do not stack up in his favour. On Thursday, the