New Delhi: Effective July 1, the Indian Railways will have many changes in its existing rules and regulations that will benefit millions of passengers. The main highlight of these changes are refund on Tatkal ticket, confirmed ticket facility for train passengers among others. Let's have a look

Income tax defaulters could face a range of punitive measures by the Narendra Modi government as part of a crackdown on tax evaders, after an earlier decision was made to "name and shame" defaulters who owe more than Rs 1 crore in taxes beginning this financial year. A defaulter may not be able t

Some Muslim families besides those of Hindus have moved out of Kairana area in Uttar Pradesh's Shamli district due to law and order problem, Union minister Sanjeev Balyan claimed today. "First of all, I have not visited Kairana. Secondly, you all must have seen that there is law order issue in th

Established in central Kolkata’s Esplanade area in 1840 by famous British photographers William Howard, Samuel Bourne and Charles Shepherd, the studio was regarded as the oldest running photographic studio in the world. One of the world’s oldest running photo studio ‘Bourne and Shepherd’ here h

In the first of its kind case in India, a ‘Harlequin baby’ girl with almost no external body skin was born to a farmer couple from Wadi, Nagpur on Saturday. The baby had a severe congenital disorder, which is called Harlequin Ichthyosis. Dr. Yash Banait, an obstetrician and gynecologist at the Lata

Sena leader Vishnu Gupta said they were inspired by Trump's hard talk against Daesh. New Delhi, 14, June 2016: A small group of Donald Trump fans in India has celebrated the presumptive Republican presidential nominee's birthday with a cake and balloons in a New Delhi park. About 20 members of

Biodiversity ecologist Uma Ramakrishnan, a scientist at the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS) who is working to save the country's tigers, has become the first Indian to win the Parker/Gentry Award presented by the Field Museum. Every year, the Parker/Gentry Award honours an individual,

New Delhi: The National Federation Of Indian Railwaymen (NFIR) on Friday said its members will go an indefinite strike starting 11 July. The federation is demanding minimum pay of Rs.26,000 as against Rs18,000 recommended by the Seventh Central Pay Commission, scrapping of new pension scheme and giv

The Sena took strong objection to Modi's repeated statements criticizing the corrupt systems in India during his foreign trips, saying this would prove counter-productive in the long run. The Shiv Sena today asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi "to stop maligning India on foreign shores" with his p

Since he came to Bengaluru in 2012, Benedict Jebakumar has been taking the Outer Ring Road (ORR) to travel from his home in Banashankari to his office in Bellandur. He noticed that his two-wheeler often got punctured on the ORR near Silk Board. While he initially blamed his bike's tyre quality , he

Hyderabad, 6 June 2016: For Muslims, using tooth paste to brush one’s teeth while fasting is not advisable. Doubts have been expressed by many Muslims whether using toothpaste would have an impact on fasting. Islamic scholars have advised that Muslims can use miswak (twig) stick to brush their teeth

No fresh term: President Pranab Mukherjee has indicated to close confidants that he is not interested in another term and, in any case, does not expect the BJPto re-nominate him. Mukherjee, 80, who completes his term next July, is already sorting out his papers and gifts presented to him during his

MATHURA:  An administrative probe into the Jawahar Bag violence has begun and the report will be submitted within a fortnight, Aligarh commissioner Chandra Kant said today. "The report will not be delayed. It will be submitted to the government within a fortnight," he said in Mathura. "I have

SRINAGAR: Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad today termed as a "threat to the secular fabric" of the country the policies of RSS and accused the BJP-led central government of dancing to its tune. "The policies of the RSS are a threat to the secular fabric of the nation and the p

MUMBAI, June 6: Seventeen people were killed and around 30 others were injured near Panvel on the Pune-Mumbai Expressway this morning as three vehicles -- two cars and a bus -- fell into a ditch after the bus rammed one of the cars. The mishap took place at around 5.30 AM, said Navi Mumbai police

Wife says he was only researching about IS, Rajasthan ATS asked him to stop doing namaaz "in a bid to deradicalise him" The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday filed a charge sheet against a marketing manager of the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) for his alleged links to the militant outf

AHMEDABAD: High Court is expected to deliver its verdict Thursday on 62 people accused of a massacre during religious riots which swept Gujarat state 14 years ago, a prosecutor said. They are charged with murder, rioting, criminal conspiracy and arson over the deaths of 69 Muslims sheltering in a

The Delhi High Court today said that the police team should reach the crime scene before the current time of ten minutes so that citizens of the national capital feel they are in safe hands. The court said that maximum response time should be "like a pizza boy delivering the stuff faster than t