New Delhi: Incarceration of Muslim youths in fabricated terror cases is becoming more dangerous than communal riots, Maulana Arshad Madani, the Jamiat e Ulama Hind chief, said here on Friday. “Thousands of youths are languishing in different jails across the country for years, some for as long as

Salman Khan will not have to go to jail pending disposal of his appeal against conviction in the 2002 hit-and-run case after the Bombay High Court suspended his sentence and granted him bail, in a huge relief to one of the reigning superstars of Bollywood. "This is not a case where I should keep

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has declared that his government views all religions at par and won't tolerate any discrimination. In an extensive interview to Time magazine, the prime minister said his and the BJP's philosophy was "Sabka saath, sabka vikas - Together with all, progress for all.

Salman Khan was today sentenced to five years rigorous imprisonment by a Mumbai sessions court, which convicted him of culpable homicide in the 2002 hit-and-run case, dealing a big blow to the Bollywood superstar. Judge D W Deshpande, who held the 49-year-old actor guilty of "all charges", includ

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