New Delhi [India]: A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court against the swearing-in of V. K. Sasikala as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. The apex court is expected to hear the matter within a week. Petitioner Senthil Kumar knocked the doors of the apex court seeking a stay on the swearing-in

A earthquake, epicentred in Uttarakhand and measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale, rattled residents of Delhi and north India on Monday night, creating panic and leading office workers to evacuate buildings, the IMD said. According to the preliminary IMD report, the quake, classified as moderate, occu

A dramatic chase culminated into a fierce gun battle between police and criminals near Nehru Place metro station in south Delhi on Monday morning. Sources said that about 13 rounds were fired in the encounter in which two policemen were injured. Police sources confirmed that casualty was avert

The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) administration on Sunday suspended five resident doctors for the death of a pregnant nurse due to their alleged negligence. Over 300 nurses held a protest march in the hospital after the death, following which the suspension orders were issued.

Ghaziabad: Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said the government may take a major step to ban triple talaq after the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections. Speaking at a press conference here yesterday, he said the tradition denies respect for women and it needs to be banned. “The government

Rampur (UP): Samajwadi Party leader and senior Uttar Pradesh minister Azam Khan, known for making controversial remarks, today compared Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the mythical demon king Ravana. Without taking Modi’s name, he said, “The king who rules over 130 crore Indians goes to Lucknow to

Taking potshots at Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, BJP chief Amit Shah on Saturday alleged the two “good-looking princes” (“khoobsurat shehzade”) involved in corruption are now out to mislead the people of Uttar Pradesh, and accused the Samajwadi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday took on his political rivals in Uttar Pradesh terming them a “scam.” Addressing a mammoth rally in Meerut, Mr Modi said, “The BJP’s fight in this election is against ‘scam’. Do you know what ‘scam’ stands for? It is ‘s’ for Samajwadi Party, ‘c’ for Congres

Even as the people were grappling for getting their money at Banks and ATMs, RBI is likely to release new Rs 100 series into open market. According to the information, the new series will resemble that of 2005 Mahatma Gandhi series and will have letter R and Governor Urjit Patel’s signature at th

Wagah (Punjab) [India]: India on Saturday reunited a five-year-old Pakistani boy with his mother at the Wagha border crossing, months after he was allegedly taken to India by his father. The child, Iftikhar Ahmed, was received at the crossing by Pakistani officials, who promptly handed over his c

AHMEDABAD: Two persons who were convicted in connection with the 2002 tiffin-bomb blast case, in which the state government had invoked the Prevention of Terrorism Act (Pota) was released from prison after spending 13 years in jail by the Supreme Court on Thursday. The court declared Habib Hawa a

Gandhinagar (Gujarat) [India]: Around 26 have been acquitted by an additional district court in Kalol in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar in connection with the 2002 post-Godhra Riots case citing lack of evidence. On January 31, the court pronounced the order stating that substantial evidence could not be p

NEW DELHI: Beleaguered businessman Vijay Mallya dismissed the charges of financial irregularities brought in against him by the Central Bureau of Intelligence (CBI) as "false and misconceived" in a series of tweets today. "(I) am shocked at the CBI allegations. All false and misconceived to say t

NOIDA: A 26-year-old BTech graduate tricked more than 6 lakh people into giving him their money through a Ponzi scheme that promised big returns for hitting 'likes' online. In a little over a year, Anubhav Mittal's Social Trade perpetrated a fraud of Rs 3,700 crore. The scheme operated through a

New Delhi: Following the Pakistan Interior Ministry’s statement that India should provide concrete evidence against Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed, the man behind the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks and whom Islamabad put under house arrest earlier this week, India on Thursday said all evidence against

Bulandshahr (UP): BSP supremo Mayawati today warned the Muslim community that any split in their votes would benefit BJP. Addressing a rally here, she said that if elected to power, BSP would not let communal riots erupt in the state. She alleged that the BJP government at the Centre was imple

Mumbai: In a shocking development, a Maharashtra government approved textbook for class 12 suggests that ugly or handicapped girls are the reason for the social evil of dowry in the country. The reasoning appears in the textbook of Sociology under the title, “Major Social Problems in India” presc

Indian Union Muslim League Member of Parliament E Ahamed has passed away. News of his death emerged early today from the Ram Manohar Lohia hospital, where Ahamed was admitted after suffering a heart attack on Tuesday. Ahamed collapsed in the Parliament's Central Hall while President Pranab Mukherjee