The induction of Kiran Bedi, former IPS officer and a key figure in the Anna Hazare anti-corruption movement, into the BJP could be a game-changer for the party. Polls to the Delhi assembly are due on 7 February, and results are due on 10 February. Her induction does not necessarily chang

Surat: Two persons were killed and about half-a-dozen others, including a senior police officer, were injured after an intense clash between two communities at Ambheta and Hansot villages near here on Wednesday. Several properties were damaged and scores of vehicles were set afire. By late evenin

NEW DELHI: National Conference on Tuesday wrote a letter to J&K governor NN Vohra offering support to PDP for government formation in the valley. Former J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah said that NC has extended support to PDP, the single largest party in the state with 28 seats. The c

New Delhi: The Supreme Court of India today directed the government to ensure that a system is put in place to allow NRIs to e-vote within 8 weeks, NDTV reported. The move comes after the government made it clear that it was willing to accept the recommendations put forth by the Election Commission

HYDERABAD: Taking strong objection to the recent mock anti-terror drill in which "terrorists" were made to wear skull caps and shout pro-Islamic slogans organized by the Gujarat police, Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) supremo Asaduddin Owaisi implied that deliberate attempts were being made t

NARMADA:  A video of an anti-terror drill showing dummy terrorists shouting a pro-Islamic slogan emerged in Gujarat on Thursday, a day after a massive controversy over a similar exercise by the state police featuring men wearing skull caps, suggesting that terrorists are Muslims. In the latest vi

AHMEDABAD:  Men playing the part of terrorists in an anti-terror drill in Gujarat were made to wear skull caps, triggering outrage over the assumption that terrorists are Muslims. The drill was carried out by the Surat police on Saturday; the video came to attention today in local media. Durin

New Delhi: LPG consumers across the country will from January 1 get cash subsidy directly into their bank accounts so that they buy the cooking fuel at market price. Domestic LPG users will get Rs 568 in the bank account the moment they join the Direct Benefit Transfer Scheme for LPG, which has n

MUMBAI:  In a dramatic order in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh and Tulsiram Prajapati encounter cases, BJP President Amit Shah was exempted from all charges by a special Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI court in Mumbai today. Pending an appeal in a higher court, the order means that Mr Shah will not h

NEW DELHI: Severe cold wave continued to wreak havoc across North India on Monday claiming 16 more lives in Uttar Pradesh alone, taking the death toll to 140. Most casualties were owing to cold-related deaths and accidents due to fog. Dense fog and icy winds were reported across UP hitting air, rail

BENGALURU: One woman died of wounds in an IED explosion on the busy Church Street in the heart of Bengaluru and three others were injured, triggering a red alert in the IT capital of the country and punctuating the run-up to New Year festivities with alarm late on Sunday. Bhavani, 37, succumbed to h

SRINAGAR:  Amid the hectic negotiations to cobble up a majority to form the government in Jammu and Kashmir, the Peoples Democratic Party today said that there is no question of the party compromising on its ideology and that government formation in the state could take some time. "We are not loo

NEW DELHI: One rupee currency notes are set to make a comeback after two decades, although in a different colour. Instead of the familiar indigo, the new Re 1 notes will be predominantly pink-green on the front and back in combination with others, a finance ministry notification said. Unlike othe

SRINAGAR:  Omar Abdullah has emphatically denied that his National Conference is in talks with the BJP on government formation in Jammu and Kashmir, even as the BJP began discussions with his arch rival the People's Democratic Party or PDP on Thursday night. "So many stories doing the rounds abou

GUWAHATI:  Bodo militants launched a fresh attack on Wednesday in Udalguri, the fourth district of Assam where violence has now spread, a day after the serial attacks in three other districts killed 76 people. 21 women and 18 children are among those killed. Home Minister Rajnath Singh will visit

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) along with its ally, the All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU), won an absolute majority in Jharkhand Assembly elections on Tuesday. The BJP-AJSU alliance secured 42 seats. The BJP alone won 37 in the 81-member House. However, in Jammu & Kashmir, a fractured

SURAT: The Vishwa Hindu Parishad claims to have brought 500 people from 100 Christian families back into the Hindu fold in a 'ghar wapsi' programme organized in the tribal Arnai village in Valsad on Saturday. The organizers said that they did not take any permission and did not violate any law. T

Voting began Saturday in the fifth and final phase of the assembly elections in Jharkhand and J&K, officials said. Sixteen of the 81 assembly constituencies will vote in this phase. Votes will be counted Dec 23. As many as 213 candidates will be battling it out for 20 legislative asembly s