At least 35 people reportedly died and hundreds were stranded as heavy rain, caused by a deep depression in the Arabian Sea, lashed Saurashtra and south Gujarat on Wednesday. While Amreli was the worst affected district, major cities Ahmedabad, Surat, Rajkot and Bhavnagar were also severely hit b

NEW DELHI: Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje has "admitted" to BJP leaders that she indeed signed an affidavit to back former IPL boss Lalit Modi's application for resident status in UK, Times Now reported on Thursday. Raje has told BJP brass that "she signed documents as a friend of Lali

NEW DELHI:  A Delhi court has accepted a complaint that union minister Smriti Irani misrepresented her educational qualifications, triggering strong calls for her resignation from the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party, whose Law Minister Jitender Singh Tomar was arrested earlier this month on charges

Lucknow : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav has ordered special facilities for Muslim prisoners observing 'Roza' (fast) during the holy month of Ramadan, a state government spokesman said on Tuesday. Following his instructions, under humantarian and health grounds, all such prisoners wo

MUMBAI: In a daring rescue operation in adverse weather conditions, India Navy on Monday rescued 20 crew members of a vessel in distress, Jindal Kamakshi, 40 nautical miles northwest of Mumbai harbour, a Navy official said. All rescued crew members are undergoing medical check-up. "While 19 we

20th June 2015 |  Bhatkallys News The program was started with inaugural words of Prof. Kaushal Kumar Mishra head dept of political science Banaras Hindu University. He stated the conference as historic event organised by BHU & SIO both and will send a positive message to whole nation, he als

New Delhi: Only 10 days are left to exchange pre-2005 currency notes, including those of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 denominations at banks, as the deadline ends on June 30. Seeking cooperation for withdrawing pre-2005 currency notes from circulation, the RBI had asked the public to deposit the old desig

The traffic on the Pune-Mumbai Expressway was badly affected after landslide on the lane towards Mumbai near Khandala tunnel on Monday morning. Long queues of vehicles were seen on one side of the Expressway. A staffer at the Expressway control room said that the landslide occurred around 10 am a

Uprooted from Mumbai after the 1992-93 riots, thousands of Muslim families found safety in Mumbra on the city’s outskirts. Visiting it over a few days, Basharat Peer discovered islands of progress amid large seas of neglect in the township that nine lakh people call home On a recent afternoon, af

Terming the latest TV advertisement of the AAP-led Delhi government as a "violation" of the Supreme Court's order, BJP on Thursday threatened to approach the apex court if the commercial was not withdrawn soon. In a statement issued here, BJP's national secretary RP Singh said even though Chief M

The alleged mastermind, a woman called Akka who supplied the beverage to the shanty, is currently on the run. The death toll in the hooch tragedy in Malad’s Malvani area rose to 33 on Friday with 20 more dying overnight. Confirming the latest figures, Mumbai Police added that nine others were criti

Ghaziabad: A case has been filed against Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan and his son Abhishek Bachchan in a Ghaziabad court, saying they were seen covering their bodies with the national flag in a manner insulting to the nation. Complainant Chetan Dhiman in his complaint before the judicial magis

MUMBAI:  The people of Mumbai have been asked to stay at home today after 15 days' worth of rain on Friday left the city battered and struggling to cope. Heavy rains have been forecast over the next 24 hours as well. Train services, which were badly hit due to waterlogging yesterday, have resumed.

Ghaziabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's younger brother Prahlad on Wednesday said educational qualifications of HRD Minister Smriti Irani should be verified as being done in the case of former Delhi Law Minister Jitender Singh Tomar. Prahlad, vice-president of All India Fair Price Shop Dealers'

KARACHI:  Pakistan today released 113 Indian fishermen lodged in a jail here in a goodwill gesture, days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi called up his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif to greet him on the holy month of Ramzan. "We have got orders from Islamabad that the fishermen have been re

MUMBAI:  Train services have been severely hit in Mumbai and schools have been closed after heavy rain lashed Mumbai overnight. (See pics) With the weather department forecasting heavy showers over the next 24 hours and a high tide of 4.60 metres around 2 in the afternoon, the Brihanmumbai Munici

“Damage to India’s ethos may be irreversible; violence against and Sangh Parivar threats to religious minorities mounts; government targets education, social sector, dissent, media, science & culture are the highlights of the ‘One Year of Narendra Modi government’” New Delhi: “At least 43 dea

The United States military is made up of honorable men and women from a variety of cultural, ethnic and religious backgrounds. Yet out of an active-duty military force of 1.4 million, only three observant Sikh men serve in the U.S. armed forces, according to NPR. The small percentage of active Si