SAHARANPUR/NEW DELHI: BJP has accused the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party government in Uttar Pradesh of promoting communal tension to reap political benefits after three people were killed in clashes in Saharanpur. 20 people have been arrested in connection with the violence between two commu

GANDHINAGAR: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) — the country's apex auditing agency — has slammed the Gujarat government in its five different reports, for severe mismanagement of the state's financial resources. The reports highlight irregularities amounting to more than Rs 25,000 crore,

AMETHI: In his most vocal attack yet on the Bharatiya Janata Party and its leaders, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi said the saffron party had a "dangerous ideology" and resorted to the "politics of bullying." Expressing his views on Shiv Sena MPs force-feeding a fasting Muslim employee of t

At least 16 children, driver and cleaner in a school bus were killed and 21 children injur­ed when a passenger train rammed the veh­i­cle at an unmanned level crossing near Masaipet in Medak district, about 60 km from Hyderabad, on Thursday. It is alleged that the driver of the bus was listening

Image Courtesy: TOI MUMBAI: Faced by nationwide outrage, chief minister Prithviraj Chavan on Wednesday set up an inquiry into last week's fracas at the Maharashtra Sadan in Delhi where a Shiv Sena MP forced a fasting Muslim to eat a chapatti. The inquiry will be conducted by chief secretary J S S

Thiruvananthapuram : CPI(M) will be organising protest demonstrations across Kerala on July 24 against Israel's assault on Gaza. A CPI(M) state secretariat statement yesterday called upon "all peace-loving people" to participate in the demonstrations to be held from 4 AM to 6 PMon July 24 evening

Photo Courtesy: TOI MUMBAI: The ration card — the government issued booklet for availing of subsidized food under the public distribution service — is set to lose its privileged status as a valid document for opening bank accounts. Aadhaar is now set to become the single universal document for op

India's Mars Orbiter spacecraft that left the Earth last November is nearing the Red planet with all its payloads in good condition, ISRO said Tuesday. According to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), India's Mars Orbiter or Mangalyaan has travelled over 540 million km on its journ

NEW DELHI: With the Election Commission announcing bypolls for 18 assembly seats in four states including Bihar, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Punjab, the stage is set for the first major electoral battle after the Lok Sabha polls. Polling will take place on these 18 seats on August 21. Ten seats

SRINAGAR: A youth was killed after a protest against Israel's action on Gaza turned violent on Saturday in Jammu & Kashmir's Kulgam district. Suhail Ahmad Lone (15) was killed after CRPF allegedly opened fire during massive anti-Israel protests here. Police have registered an FIR. IGP Kash

The Allahabad High Court on Friday issued notice to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a petition filed by Congress leader Ajai Rai challenging his election. The notice was issued by Justice V K Shukla after hearing Rai’s petition. Modi has been directed to file his reply within six weeks and the pe

Tax proceedings have begun against Swiss bank account holders, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley told the Lok Sabha Friday. Responding to a query from BJP member Anurag Thakur during a discussion on the union budget, Jaitley said: "Tax proceedings have begun...". He said that "SIT (Special Investi

NEW DELHI: India is home to the largest number of poor with one-third of the world's 1.2 billion extreme poor living here. It also had the highest number of under-five deaths in the world in 2012, with 1.4 million children dying before reaching their fifth birthday, according to the UN Millennium De

In what may come as a major relief to citizens, the government has decided to do away with the necessity of filing affidavits from a gazetted officer or a notary for a big chunk of government-related work and instead to promote self-attestation of documents. It has also asked states to review the

New Delhi: Ved Pratap Vaidik, the senior journalist whose meeting with Hafiz Saeed has created a political storm, today said he doesn't regret meeting man who tops India's list of most wanted. "Regrets? Apology? These are strange words coming for a journalist. Why should a journalist need to apol

New Delhi: It’s official now. Delhi has emerged as the second most populous city of the world. According to a United Nations report released on Thursday, the population of Delhi has almost doubled since 1990 and is currently at an estimated 25 million people. Although the basis of the

Bangalore:  A six-year-old girl was kidnapped and killed, allegedly by her aunt and uncle, in Bangalore on Wednesday. Police have arrested Salman Shah and his wife Shabreen, who allegedly killed the girl after the kidnapping went wrong The victim, whose name has been withheld, was picked up ea

An Indigo flight from Bagdogra came close to a descending Air India plane over Bagdogra in West Bengal on Friday, raising the spectre of a collision and giving scare to about 250 passengers on board the two aircraft. The Air Traffic Control (ATC) had given clearance to both the aircraft, accordin