Hyderabad: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday said that if the Narendra Modi government is really concerned about the empowerment of Muslims, it should take concrete steps like providing reservation and demand-driven scholarships to the community. “Let the Modi government ban ‘gau rakshaks

New Delhi, 25 Sep. 2016: A total of 17 NDRF teams comprising over 550 personnel have been deployed by the Centre in the flood-affected regions of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Karnataka. The central force has also deployed about 60 boats and teams of paramedics to help those stranded after the heav

Srinagar, 25 Sep. 2016:: Curfew was lifted from all parts of Kashmir on Sunday but restrictions on assembly of people remained in force in most areas as a precautionary measures. The entire Kashmir Valley is curfew-free today but restrictions are in place in many parts as a precautionary measure,"

Kozhikode: In an attempt to reach out to Muslims, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday told a BJP meet here that they are "not object of hate" nor should they be considered as "items of vote market" but should be treated as "your own". He invoked BJP ideologue Deendayal Upadhyay to make these

Palanpur: A Dalit family, including a pregnant woman, was allegedly assaulted at Karja village in Gujarat's Banaskantha district after the members refused to dispose of a cow carcass, police said on Saturday. Six persons were arrested under the Indian Penal Code and the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocit

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