JAMMU:  There was a sharp decline in firing from Pakistan along the 200 km International Border in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi and others in his government took a tough stand, warning Pakistan that it would pay an "unaffordable price for its adventurism".

(Alaknanda river: Photo Getty Images) NEW DELHI: The Narendra Modi government, which believes itself to be efficient and hard working, got a slap on the wrist on Thursday from the Supreme Court which said it behaved like 'Kumbhakarna', the mythological character who loved sleeping for long period

New Delhi: Governments must be seriously hemmed in with guidelines for how many newspaper ads they can place and the ads must not "glorify politicians in power", says a committee appointed by the Supreme Court. NDTV has accessed the detailed report of the committee, which was created in April thi

MUMBAI: The Election Commission of India has issued a notice to Union surface transport and shipping minister Nitin Gadkari for allegedly inducing the voters to take bribes and then decided on whom to vote. The commission has vowed to take action against him if he did not clarify on his statement by

‘I will not speak a word against the Sena’ Explaining his silence on the Shiv Sena at his election rallies so far in Maharashtra, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said he would not speak a word against the BJP’s estranged ally as a “tribute” to the late Balasaheb Thackeray. In his election

NEW DELHI: At least 5 people have been killed and 26 have been injured in a major ceasefire violation by Pak Rangers in Jammu & Kashmir's Arnia sector, according to Times Now. According to reports, Pak troops fired at BSF posts and also targeted civilian areas in Arnia sector. Reports say

PATNA: At least 33 people, most of them women and children, were killed and 26 injured in a stampede at Gandhi Maidan during Vijaya Dashmi celebrations on Friday. Panic stricken people ran amok in confusion after an electric pole snapped with a loud bang, leading many to believe a bomb had gone off.

NEW DELHI:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched a massive five-year Swachh Bharat Abhiyan or Clean India campaign on Mahatma Gandhi's 145th birth anniversary. The PM led a cleanliness pledge at Rajpath along with about 30 lakh government employees across the country. Early this morning h

GORAKHPUR: 12 people have been killed and over 40 injured after two passenger trains collided in eastern Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday night. The accident took place around 10:45 pm near Gorakhpur town nearly 270 km from state capital Lucknow. Krishak Express, travelling from Varanasi to Gorakhpur,

AIADMK general secretary Jayalalithaa on her way to the Parappana Agrahara court complex in Bangalore on Saturday. A special court has convicted her in a disproportionate wealth case. Photo: The Hindu Sasikala, Sudhakaran and Ilavarasi also given four years' imprisonment, fined Rs. 10 crore e

JEDDAH: Two senior politicians from India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which is led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will represent India at Haj 2014. Arif Beg from Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, and Abdul Rasheed Ansari from Delhi are among the few Muslim faces in the party. Beg is a former fed

NEW YORK:  India and China have resolved the stand-off at the Ladakh border. The withdrawal of troops will begin today and be completed by September 30, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Thursday while describing the resolution of the issue as a "big accomplishment." "I am happy to

The Mangalyaan spacecraft beamed its first photos of Mars' crater-marked surface on Thursday, a day after India successfully put the probe into the red planet's orbit. The Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) posted one of the photos, titled First Light, on its Facebook page, showing an oran

MUMBAI:  "The alliance with the Shiv Sena is over," the BJP said in Mumbai this evening, ending a 25-year-old partnership. It said it was taking the decision with a "heavy heart" and promised a courteous break-up. "We asked them to be flexible, but the Shiv Sena stuck to 151 seats. There is very

Ahmadabad: An Indian man was recovering well after undergoing surgery to remove a bullet that had been lodged in his heart for two months, a doctor said Wednesday. Bharat Sharma, 32 was shot twice in July after becoming accidently caught up in a bank robbery in the country’s eastern U

September 24 2014 | Bhatkallys News New Delhi: To counter the impacts of the saffron hate campaign in Uttar Pradesh, the state unit of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind has launched a 10-day Peace and Love Campaign. Through the campaign, Jamaat members and leaders are meeting non-Muslims with a message of pea

BANGALORE:  Mangalyaan, India's maiden Mars mission, successfully entered the planet's orbit today, in a historic moment for India's space programme. "History has been created," said Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who watched the spacecraft successfully enter the Mars orbit this morning. Here are 10

Agencies | Sep 23, 2014 New Delhi A 20-year-old man was mauled to death at a Delhi zoo by a seven-year-old white tiger, Vijay, on Tuesday afternoon, after the victim apparently lost balance and fell into its enclosure. Though it is not clear how the man, identified as Maqsood, fell 18ft into a