Mumbai, 24 Sep. 2016: Considering the shifting socio-political situation of the country, All India Muslim Majlis e Mushawarat (AIMMM), an oldest advocacy group of Indian Muslims, has decided to hold series of meetings in a four day program and reflect on key issues facing the community. The progr

Decks have been cleared for the September 26 morning launch of India’s weather satellite SCATSAT-1 and seven other satellites – five foreign and two domestic – with its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) rocket, said Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). According to ISRO, the Mission Rea

Patna: Senior lawyer Ram Jethmalani is set to represent criminal-turned-politician Mohammad Shahabuddin in the Supreme Court on 26 September after the apex court on Monday issued notice to former RJD MP on a plea challenging grant of bail to him in a murder case. "Jethmalani has accepted Shahabuddi

The Border Security Forces (BSF) arrested a Pakistani man who was trying to cross the International Border (IB) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Akhnoor sector on Friday Abdul Kayum, who claims to be a resident of Pul Bhagawa in Pakistan’s Punjab province, was arrested in the wee hours in the Pargwal area.

Pakistan’s state-run airline cancelled all flights to Gilgit-Baltistan on Wednesday after airspace over the region was closed by the aviation regulator against the backdrop of a spike in tensions with India. Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) spokesperson Danyal Gilani attributed the cancellat

Surender Singh (34) travelled seven kilometres from Jahangirpuri to Burari early every morning just to follow second-year BA student, Karuna (22), to school. He would wait for six hours outside the gate till she was done teaching to follow her back home. Singh had reportedly been stalking her for

After a high-level meeting that took place on September 19, Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the move to diplomatically isolate Pakistan at every international forum. Union ministers Rajnath Singh, Arun Jaitley and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Army Chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag a

NEW DELHI: In the old days, stowaways would travel unnoticed by hiding in obscure corners of ships. But the commander of a leading Indian airline managed to travel in the cockpit twice — even flying the aircraft once — without leaving any trace he was ever on board. While the mystery of the 'ghost

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought a response from the Delhi government and the police on a PIL that has sought quashing of provisions of the Delhi Cattle Preservation Act that criminalises possession and consumption of beef in the city. A division bench of Chief

LUCKNOW: The raging feud within UP's ruling Samajwadi Party remained unresolved 48 hours after it erupted with chief minister Akhilesh Yadav's sacking of two ministers, with senior minister Shivpal Yadav , stripped of four key portfolios, rushing to Delhi to meet the party chief and elder brother Mu

In the latest in a series of incidents of attacks on policemen in Maharashtra, four youths of a Ganesh Utsav mandal allegedly tried to drown a sub-inspector in Kalyan township of Thane. Raising the safety of police personnel as a matter of serious concern, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray today m

New Delhi: A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court questioning the sacrifice of animals on Bakr-Eid and the validity of a provision of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, saying the practice was “cruel, inhuman, barbarian” and cannot be protected in the name of religion. The PIL, filed by

Braj,UP: “Beat cattle smugglers but don’t break their bone,” is the VHP’s gau raksha vibhaag (cow protection department) advised to its young ‘Gau Rakshaks.’ According to a report in the Times of India, Khemchand, a member of the gau raksha department’s central committee in a meeting in western U

Srinagar: Two members of the all-party delegation — Sitaram Yechury and Asaduddin Owaisi — on Sunday held a meeting with moderate Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq at the tourist resort here where he is being kept under detention. Yechury of the CPI-M, and Owaisi of the All India Majlis-e-Itteh

London: Britains charities watchdog today asked a UK-based Hindu charity to maintain its distance from the RSS as it was found in a sting operation that a speaker having formal links with the right-wing group had made remarks against Muslims and Christians at a camp. The Charity Commission issued

NEW DELHI: In a dramatic development, the woman who featured in the sex CD of former AAP minister Sandeep Kumar turned up at the Sultanpuri police station in outer Delhi on Saturday and accused him of raping her. Police registered an FIR against the MLA after which he was arrested late in the evenin

Kannur: Another political murder was reported on Saturday from Kerala's Kannur district which has of late seen increased political clashes between activists of the state's ruling CPI-M and BJP/RSS activists with a BJP worker hacked to death. The incident occurred at Thilenkery where Bineesh was f

Srinagar: A young police officer from Kashmir has tied the knot with a girl from PoK as cross-LoC bonds blossomed at a time when the state Police grappled with pro- Pakistan protests in the Valley. Owais Geelani, a sub-inspector with Jammu and Kashmir Police, married Faiza Geelani, a resident of