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Over 1000 Indian Nationals Rescued From Yemen, 26 Countries Seek India's Assistance

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
Beef ban just the beginning, Maharashtra govt tells Bombay high court

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
INS Mumbai Evacuates 441 Indians From Yemen in 'War-Like Conditions'

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
ABS Now Compulsory for Trucks and Buses

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
BJP corporator booked for molesting minor girl belonging to minority community

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
Now, AIMIM to field 60 candidates for Aurangabad civic elections

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
Naval ship evacuates first batch of Indians from Yemen

BENGALURU: The first batch of Indians left the shores of Yemen on board INS Sumitra, the Indian Navy's off-shore patrolling vessel, on Tuesday night. 344 Indians and 40 other nationals were rescued from Aden, around 450km from Yemen's capital Sana'a. The vessel is sailing to Djibouti, in the H
Awaiting overseas clearance to send rescue plane to Yemen: AI

National carrier Air India, which was to send an aircraft to Yemen for bringing back Indian nationals stranded there, said the flight to the strife-torn country did not go ahead today as clearances are awaited from overseas authorities. "The aircraft for evacuating Indians stranded in Yemen will
NCP slams BJP over cow slaughter ban comment

PANAJI: Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) condemned the statement made by Union home minister and BJP leader Rajnath Singh over the government's commitment to implement a ban on cow slaughter across the country. "We condemn this. The BJP, which has a majority, never had this on their manifesto whe
Jhelum river crosses danger mark in Srinagar, South Kashmir

Jhelum river today crossed danger level in Srinagar and Sangam area of South Kashmir with heavy rains lashing most parts of the state which sounded an alert asking people to move to safer places. A senior official said water level of river Jhelum at 6 AM at Sangam (South Kashmir) and Ram Munshi B
Will try to bring nationwide ban on cow slaughter: Rajnath Singh
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday backed the demand for a total ban on cow slaughter across the country but admitted that it would not be easy to get a law passed due to the present Parliamentary arithmetic. The former BJP chief was addressing a convention of Jain saints and sadhvis in
Swine flu exposes ‘good governance’ claim of some BJP ruled states

At the time when the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi was vaunting in Delhi state elections in January this year of being “Kismatwala” (the fortunate one) in having ‘controlled’ inflation by chance as a consequence of international devaluation of petroleum products, some chief ministers of his part
Beef essential food for Goa’s minorities: CM

Panaji, March 27 (IANS) Asserting that beef is an essential part of the diet of the minority community, Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Friday asked animal rights activists to tone down their agitation against beef imported from neighbouring states, Parsekar asked the activists to ‘go ea
NRIs in home run as economy surges

MUMBAI: The trend of Indians returning from abroad to work here has picked up pace with the recovery in the country's economy. Counter intuitively this is even as the monetary benefit that these executives could expect to earn has reduced over the last few years. The gap in premium between what the
India navy plane crashes off Goa leaving two missing

Two crew members are missing after an Indian navy plane crashed into the sea off the western state of Goa. The navy said the plane, a Dornier surveillance aircraft, was on a routine flight when it went down late on Tuesday. The cause is not known. One crew member was rescued and a search opera
Maharashtra govt may have a rethink on Muslim reservations

MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government seems to be reconsidering its stance on reservations for Muslims. While replying during question hour in the legislative council on Tuesday, minister for minorities development Eknath Khadse said the state government was committed to give minorities their just shar
Karnataka CM recommends CBI probe into IAS officer DK Ravi's death

BENGALURU Bowing to mounting public pressure, Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah on Monday decided to hand over to CBI the probe into the mysterious death of an upright IAS officer that had led to national outrage and statewide protests. The chief minister made the announcement in the assembly, saying he
Muslims, Christians insecure under BJP rule: AIMPLB

(PTI Photo) LUCKNOW/JAIPUR: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board on Sunday hit out at the Modi government saying both Muslims and Christians were insecure under the BJP-led dispensation, and passed a resolution to launch a parallel campaign to counter 'ghar wapsi' and 'love jihad' propaganda o