CHANDIGARH:  Punjab's Muslim-dominated town of Malerkotla remained tense today following violence triggered by an alleged incident of desecration of Muslim holy book, the Quran. Miscreants resorted to burning of vehicles and damaging property following rumours that torn pages of the holy book wer

NEW DELHI: With Pakistani Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives being responsible for the death of as many as eight Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel, Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit on Saturday shrugged off the question on the attack, asking to rather focus on the Iftaar Party that was goin

Marking the first anniversary of the announcement of the government’s flagship programme, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched the ‘Smart City Mission’ projects from Pune’s 5,000-capacity Shiv Chatrapati Sports Complex. Apart from the Pune’s projects, as many as 69 such works will be l

Poking fun at Rahul Gandhi’s “energising” foreign trips, a Madhya Pradesh BJP leader on Thursday announced a reward of Rs.1 lakh to anyone who locates or provides information about the Congress vice-president, who has left for a short visit abroad. Madhya Pradesh BJP spokesperson Vijendra Singh Sis

A shocking case of medical negligence was reported at Fortis Hospital, in Delhi’s Shalimar Bagh area on Tuesday, where doctors operated upon a 24-year-old CA student’s left leg instead of his injured right leg. The incident happened after Ravi Rai fractured his right ankle on Sunday evening as he

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