ISLAMABAD:  Pakistan says India must explain what caused a Pakistani fishing boat to explode, killing four people on board on New Year's Eve,  after a senior coast guard official said it was deliberately targeted. BK Loshali, Deputy Inspector General of the  Coast Guard, is shown in a video released

Terming corruption charges against Teesta Setalvad baseless, civil society on Tuesday stood behind the social activist and her husband Javed Anand. If BJP president Amit Shah, who faced grievous murder charges in the Sohrabuddin fake encounter case, could get the luxury of not having to appear be

KANPUR: A delegation of Muslim clerics led by the Sunni Ulema Council's General Secretary met RSS functionary Indresh and posed six questions to the Sangh including whether it has prepared a format to turn India into a Hindu 'Rashtra', which he claimed left the saffron outfit irritated. The Musli

NEW DELHI:  The death toll from swine flu this year has soared to 585 with 100 more casualties reported across the country in three days since February 12, prompting the Centre to order additional stocks of medicines and diagnostic kits. While the total number of swine flu deaths had stood at 485

NEW DELHI: Breaking his silence over the rising incidence of attacks on churches and aggressive religious conversions, the Prime Minister said on Tuesday that his government will ensure complete freedom of faith. Narendra Modi asserted that everyone had the right to retain or adopt the religion o

NEW DELHI: In a sign that Sri Lanka under its new leader, President Maithripala Sirisena, is veering towards India as a partner of first choice, India's neighbour across the Palk Strait on Monday signed a civilian nuclear cooperation agreement with India. This is the first time that India's strategi

New Delhi: The price of petrol was on Sunday hiked by 82 paise per litre while that of diesel was also increased by 61 paise per litre, reversing the declining trend of the past six months. The revised prices will take effect from the midnight of February 15 and February 16. The upward revisio

NEW DELHI:  When Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal took oath as Delhi Chief Minister at Ramlila Maidan on Saturday, the crowd was hanging on to every word he said in his first speech. The popular chief minister wasted no time in striking a populist note saying, "Do you like it when a minister bl

KOLKATA:  A 17-year-old boy has been arrested for allegedly raping a five-year-old girl in Kolkata on Friday. The alleged crime took place at the BJP's 'mandal' or branch office in Behala in the city's south. Police say the accused is the son of a shop owner located next to the BJP's office. T

NEW DELHI: Exactly a year after his government resigned following a tumultuous 49-day stint in Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal took oath as chief minister on Saturday. Far from being a man in hurry — as he clearly was last time — he pledged to serve Delhi for five years, described himself as "sabka CM" and p

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convenor Arvind Kejriwal will be sworn in as the eighth chief minister of Delhi along with six other Cabinet ministers at Ramlila Ground on Saturday. The list of seven ministers, including the chief minister designate, was sent by the party to Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung

NEW DELHI: Anna Hazare would not be there at the Ramlila Ground when Arvind Kejriwal will be sworn in as the Delhi chief minister on February 14, Times Now reported. The ground, which served as the battleground for the 46-year-old anti-graft crusader during the Anna Hazare-led India Against Corru

Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party registered an emphatic and decisive victory in Delhi elections, effectively halting the Narendra Modi wave that had swept the BJP to power at the Centre and three states. In a stunning election result, Kejriwal’s AAP won 67 seats in the 70-member Delhi Assembly an

VARANASI: Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today inaugurated BSNL's free Wi-fi service in Varanasi and promised a project worth over Rs 100 crore to boost Internet connectivity in the district. Besides, the Minister announced setting up the state's first IT park with support from the central

Parbhani (Maharashtra): The police associated with the investigation into February 1st blast in an apartment here that caused death of a chemical engineering professor has ruled out terror angle and have indicated it to be instance of suicide. On February 1 Atul Bhagwanrao Waghmare (29 year

CHENNAI: Coming down on what he termed were increasing instances of right-wing leaders and some central ministers making Hindutva statements, DMK president M Karunanidhi on Saturday said it was surprising and shocking to watch the 'silence' by Prime Minister Narendra Modi over them. "The silence

Anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare has said he will launch a campaign against the government, three years after he staged a hunger strike that forced radical policy changes. Mr Hazare said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had failed to enact the changes his hunger strike had called for. He said th

In a parting shot, US President Barack Obama on Tuesday prodded India on "religious freedom” and said the country known for its diversity would succeed as long as it was not divided on the basis of faith. "India will succeed so long as it is not splintered along the lines of religious faith, as l