New Delhi(PTI): Amid a stalemate in Parliament, the Congress on Tuesday asked why the government is not allowing an urgent debate on price rise and GST when the entire opposition was demanding it. Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said a debate under Rule 267 has been held several times in the

Kolkata (PTI): Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday arrested West Bengal minister Partha Chatterjee in connection with its investigation into the teacher recruitment scam, an official of the agency said. Chatterjee, who was the state education minister when the scam took place, was arrested a

Allahabad, Jul 18: The Allahabad High Court on Monday directed the civil judge (senior division) of Mathura to expedite and decide within three months an application for a survey of the Shahi Eidgah and Jahanara's mosque by the Archaeological Survey of India and the objections filed by the Sunni Cen

New Delhi(PTI): A married couple was arrested at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport here for allegedly trying to smuggle 45 hand guns into the country, customs officials said on Wednesday. The officials who made the arrest said a ballistic report will confirm whether the guns are real or n

New Delhi(PTI): SpiceJet's Dubai-Madurai flight was delayed on Monday after the Boeing B737 Max aircraft's nose wheel malfunctioned, Directorate General of Civil Aviation officials said. Monday's incident is at least the ninth incident of technical malfunction in a SpiceJet aircraft in 24 days.

New Delhi, Jun 13 (IANS): The recent surge in Covid-19 cases in the country is part of the new normal as the virus continues to mutate, experts said on Monday and added that use of masks and booster doses are imperative to tackle the disease. India on Monday recorded 8,084 fresh Covid cases, the

Patna(PTI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday asserted that there was "no need" for an anti-conversion law in the state where the government was "alert" and members of different religious communities lived in peace. He gave the statement when asked by journalists about the need for s

New Delhi, June 6: People can now book 24 train tickets in a month on the IRCTC website and app if their user ID is linked to Aadhaar, otherwise only 12 tickets can be bought, the Railways announced on Monday. So far, the Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) allowed people to

Budaun (UP), Jun 5: Five police personnel and two unidentified people have been booked here for allegedly torturing a man in custody. Rehan (20) was held by police on suspicion of theft when he was returning home from work. He was given electric shocks and the accused inserted a wooden stick in h

Srinagar(PTI): Three soldiers were injured in a blast inside their private hired vehicle in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, police said. The nature of the blast is being investigated, Inspector General of Police, Kashmir, Vijay Kumar said. "A #blast took place inside a priva

Nuh (Haryana), Jun 1: Three people, including an eight-year-old boy, died in a septic tank in this district, police said on Wednesday. The incident took place in Bichhor village in Punhana block on Tuesday, they said. After the boy fell into the tank accidentally while playing near it, the boy

Banihal (J&K), May 23: A baby girl who was declared dead in a hospital here soon after her birth on Monday was found to be alive when her family was forced to dig up her grave nearly an hour after she was buried, officials said. Locals in the area objected to her burial in their graveyard and

Panaji(PTI): The Goa Police have arrested a man from his home town in neighbouring Karnataka for allegedly raping a 12-year-old Russian girl at a resort in Arambol in North Goa, where he worked as a room attendant, an official said on Thursday. The accused, Ravi Lamani (28), a married man, was ar

Dahod (PTI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of creating two Indias, one for the rich and another for the poor, and claimed that the resources of the country are being given to a few wealthy people. Launching his party's campaign for this year's Gujara

Sambhal (UP)(PTI): A man was held for allegedly making objectionable comments against Prime Minister Narendra Modi on social media, police said on Tuesday. Irfan Hussain of Darani village in Kudh Fatehgarh area was arrested following a complaint by BJP workers, Superintendent of Police Chakresh M

Berhampur, May 6: The headmistress of a high school in Odisha's Ganjam district has been suspended after a video of some students dancing in a classroom to a song of Telugu blockbuster 'Pushpa' went viral on social media, an official said. Several Class 10 students assembled in the smart classroo

Panaji, May 6: Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Friday said the BJP did not want the complete disappearance of the Congress as there is need for an opposition. Speaking at Goa Fest 2022, the Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas also said the Narendra Modi government is "not completely

Solapur (PTI): Union minister Ramdas Athawale on Thursday slammed MNS chief Raj Thackeray over his call for removal of loudspeakers from mosques, and said the MNS leader will not get any political benefit from his "hard stand" on the issue. Addressing a press conference here, the Republican Party