NEW DELHI:  Dawood Ibrahim, one of India's most-wanted men for masterminding the 1993 blasts in Mumbai in which 300 people were killed, has not been located so far, the government said in Parliament today, contradicting its own stated position that he is in Pakistan. In response to a question by

A day after an AAP volunteer accused senior leader Kumar Vishwas of not clearing the air on "rumours" about an illicit liaison with her, its national secretary Pankaj Gupta today dismissed the development as a "non-issue", saying it could be a "vendetta" against Vishwas and AAP waged by some "anti-p

Officials in Nepal say the death toll from last weekend’s massive earthquake has climbed past 7,040. National police officer Babu Kanji Giri said on Sunday that the death toll had reached 7,040 as more bodies are found in the debris. The Home Ministry said that 14,123 people were injured in th

New Delhi: In a startling revelation, former Deputy Inspector General of Central Bureau of Investigation Neeraj Kumar claimed that one of India most wanted terrorist and underworld don Dawood Ibrahim was once ready to surrender. Kumar in his book said he spoke to Dawood thrice in June 1994 and he

The 24-hour strike by state transport corporation employees and some private operators against the proposed Motor Bill hit normal life across the country on Thursday. Commuters faced hardship in Kerala with buses, taxis and auto-rickshaws going off the roads, while transport services were cripple

NEW DELHI: A US panel tracking international religious freedom has, in its latest report on India, noted that religious minorities in the country were exposed to "derogatory" comments by leaders of the ruling BJP as well as "violent attacks and forced conversions by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (

Highlighting the farmers' plight a day after his Punjab visit, Rahul Gandhi today targetted Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Lok Sabha for his foreign tours and said he should travel to the state to know first hand about the condition of the farming community. "Again his (PM's) tour is on the card

NEW DELHI: The new chief election commissioner, S Nasim Zaidi, on Sunday said the EC would soon devise a long-term strategic plan aimed at strengthening the institution, making the election operation more efficient and raising voter awareness. Speaking to mediapersons soon after taking charge as

JD(S) Supremo HD Deve Gowda on Thursday said that Janata Parivar will not destabilize the BJP govt in Centre but will highlight its failure in delivering election promises. Deve Gowda claimed that even a year after Narendra Modi came to power, poor are still suffering from malnutrition and farmer ar

Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi will become the next Chief Election Commissioner later this month. The Law Ministry has initiated the file for the appointment as the incumbent, H.S. Brahma, retires on April 19. Highly placed sources in the government said here on Wednesday that the Law Minis

Satyam scandal prime accused B Ramalinga Raju, once the poster boy of the ITeS industry, and his brother B Rama Raju were sentenced Thursday to seven years rigorous imprisonment and fined Rs 5.5 crore each after they were convicted by a special court in the Rs 7,800-crore accounting fraud that shook

CHITTOOR:  Among the 20 alleged sandalwood smugglers who were shot dead in the sandalwood forests of Andhra Pradesh this morning, many were reportedly from across the border, provoking strong protests from Tamil Nadu, which wants an independent inquiry to determine how the men were killed. "Such

NEW DELHI:  India today evacuated 1,052 more Indians - including 574 from the Yemeni capital Sana'a on three Air India flights and 479  from Al Hodeidah on board the Indian Naval Ship Mumbai. Nearly 3,300 of the estimated 4,000 Indians in Yemen have been rescued in Operation Rahat,  so far. Defen

MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government on Monday told the Bombay high court that the beef ban law may just be the beginning, and indicated that the ban on the slaughter of other animals may follow. The statement was made by Maharashtra advocate general Sunil Manohar, who justified the new state law c

NEW DELHI:  The Indian Navy on Saturday evacuated 441 people, including a pregnant woman and children, from the Port of Aden in strife-torn Yemen in almost 'war-like conditions'. 175 of those evacuated are foreigners. "Absolute tough environment at Aden... Evacuation of stranded Indians were carr

With road safety becoming a constant concern in the country, the government is finally taking corrective and preventive measures for making our roads more safe. One such measures includes making it mandatory for all commercial vehicles manufactured on or after April 1, 2015 to have anti-lock braking

Mira Road (District Thane, Maharashtra): A BJP corporator from the Mira-Bhayander Municipal Corporation (MBMC) has been booked for allegedly molesting a minor girl here. The girl is a 13-year-old, class 7 student, belonging to a minority community. Police said Ashwin Kasodriya, 38, the corpora

AIMIM MLA Imtiyaz Jaleel (middle) and his team holding interviews for candidates ahead of Civic Polls in Aurangabad Aurangabad: Buoyed after winning two seats in 2014 assembly election in Maharashtra – one of it being the Aurangabad (Central) seat – the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (A