MUMBAI: Claiming that Sushma Swaraj has been targeted under a "political game" to oust her from BJP, Shiv Sena on Tuesday said it is imperative for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to step in and order an investigation to know who is so keen on "maligning" her "clean" reputation. Sena, which has come

An FIR has been registered against a Hindu Mahasabha leader for her controversial remarks that Muslims and Christians must undergo sterilisation to restrict their growing population. The FIR was lodged against vice president of All India Hindu Mahasabha Sadhvi Deva Thakur at Sadder police station

Srinagar: All fights have been cancelled at the Srinagar airport for today after the tyre of an Air India flight burst while the plane was landing this afternoon. The authorities said it would take two more hours to remove the plane, which has come to rest in the middle of the airport's only r

NEW DELHI: Telecommunications company Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) will begin its free roaming service today, under which customers will not have to pay to use mobile services while travelling outside the circle to which their connection belongs. Apart from this, BSNL shall also be setting

New Delhi: Air India, denying reports that a lizard was found in a packed meal on board its Delhi-London flight, is now investigating the source of what the airline calls "mischievous propaganda to tarnish" its image. A picture of a small lizard's head poking out from underneath a bun on a meal

Twenty two people — nine women, seven children and six men, were killed when a van hit the railings of Dowleswaram Cotton Barrage near Rajahmundry and fell into the Godavari in the early hours of Saturday. The deceased, belonging to Ramaiahpeta of Atchyutapuram mandal in Visakhapatnam district, w

Mumbai: In an effort to modernize madrassas in the state, Maharashtra government has decided to make it obligatory for madrassas to teach students subjects such as English, mathematics, science and social sciences if they want government aid. Maharashtra Minority Affairs Minister Eknath Khadse ha

At least 16 persons were electrocuted on Friday when a bus in which they were travelling came in contact with a live wire in Pachewar area of Tonk district of Rajasthan, officials said. 16 deaths are confirmed and several others also received burn injuries, District Collector Rekha Gupta said.

The high court (HC) here has refused to grant interim relief to Nestlé India in the Maggi recall case. The court directed the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in Maharashtra, and the state government to file replies to the company's petition in

NEW DELHI:  Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Thursday morning that the Indian Army's operation to neutralise two camps of militants on Tuesday has led to a "change in mindset." "Change requires a change in mindset. A simple action against insurgents has changed the mindset of the securit

KATHMANDU, Nepal — Landslides caused by heavy rains struck several remote villages in eastern Nepal overnight on Thursday, killing at least 21 people, a local official said. At least 27 other people are missing, and several are known to be trapped, said Surendra Bhattarai, a senior official in th

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not perform yoga at the mega event on Rajpath to mark the 'International Yoga Day' on June 21, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on tuesday. Ms Swaraj, who was briefing the reporters on the arrangements to mark the Day, said "he (Modi) w

Amid protest by minority groups against Yoga Day allegedly being made compulsory, the BJP Member of Parliament from Gorakhpur Yogi Adityanath on Monday said those who want to avoid Yoga can “leave Hindustan”. He also said people opposing 'Surya Namaskar' should drown themselves in the sea. The fi

Sparking a fresh row between the Delhi government and the Centre, Law Minister Jitender Singh Tomar was arrested on Tuesday for submitting fake degree certificates to the Bar Council of Delhi.  Tomar later submitted his resignation saying that he did not want to affect the image of the Aam Aadmi

Driven by the determination that lakhs of rupees lapse as the Muslim investors are reluctant to receive interests on their bank investments, the MSS puts that interest to use for public welfare activities. Kozhikode: After years of being a barren garden, the garden in front of the Kuthiravattam Gov

The scramble for booking tatkal tickets in the morning should now be a little bit easier, with IRCTC adding two high-capacity servers that have doubled peak-time efficiency. Tatkal reservations on all Indian trains total roughly 4,00,000 tickets (around 2.5 lakh PNRs) and are considered the hardest

Bangladesh and India have sealed a deal to swap border territories, more than 40 years after it was negotiated. The prime ministers of both countries watched as bureaucrats signed the pact in Dhaka, Bangladesh’s capital. The deal, reached in 1974 but only recently ratified by India’s parliament,

Just when the Narendra Modi government was celebrating its first year in office on a note of simulated well being, Gardiner Harris, bureau chief of New York Times in New Delhi, spoilt the party by making a gloomy announcement: New Delhi, the capital of Modi's dream nation, was unlivable and that Har