Over 13,000 people have been rescued from the flood affected areas as rain continued to batter Jammu and Kashmir with the toll reaching 150 on Sunday. Relief efforts were intensified to rescue those marooned by floods. Flood waters from major rivers and streams damaged many buildings, including h

NEW DELHI:  Nearly 150 have died in Jammu and Kashmir which is witnessing its worst flood in 50 years. Lakhs of people over 10 districts have been hit. Chunks of Srinagar are under water, including the Army Cantonment. The Army, which has launched a major rescue operation, says the situation is as b

NEW DELHI: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said he will sign a long-awaited uranium nuclear deal with his Indian counterpart Friday, expressing hope for a “bright and golden” relationship between the two countries. Abbott said he wanted first-rank relations between India and Australia on the

India is the suicide hotspot of the world, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) report, which said that around 2.58 lakh people took their own lives, the highest for any country across the globe. The WHO figures, however, do not match with the official records. The WHO’s figure is hig

NEW DELHI:  Narendra Modi took decisive action as chief minister of Gujarat to secure round-the-clock supplies of electricity. Now, as Prime Minister of India, he is under attack for failing to avert a national power crisis. More than half of India's thermal power stations have less than a week's

The senior-most Supreme Court judge Justice H L Dattu is likely to become the next Chief Justice of India (CJI) as the government has reportedly cleared his appointment to the post. The Centre’s decision came after CJI R M Lodha recommended Dattu’s name to the top post in the judiciary. Justice D

MUMBAI: Thousands of Haj pilgrims travelling to Mecca with private tour operators have been denied visas by the Saudi embassy in Delhi because their new scanning machine cannot read the data in these Indian passports. The pilgrims are in a spot as each has paid Rs 2.25 lakh to the Saudi authoriti

New Delhi: If the UPA government had food, education, job and information for all, Prime Minister Narendra Modi - who has just unveiled banking for all - now plans to give a little cyberspace to all. The government is working on an ambitious plan to provide each citizen with a "unique digital clo

AHMEDABAD: Gujarat high court on Thursday granted conditional bail to Hyderabad-based cleric Mohammed Abdul Qavi who was arrested in connection with the 2003 ISI conspiracy case. A bench headed by Justice Anant Dave ordered Qavi's release on a bail bond of Rs 50,000. The HC asked him to surrender

A month after assuming office, Narendra Modi had rued the absence in his case of the customary honeymoon period for a new prime minister. Now, the by-election setbacks and signs of dissonance at the top have cast a further shadow on his first 100 days as prime minister. The sombre mood was not qu

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday reiterated his Government’s commitment towards waging a relentless struggle against the divisive forces. He said people who professed the Samajwadi (socialist) ideology have always been in the forefront of the fight against social evils. Fl

NEW DELHI: The first major controversy hit the 3 month-old Narendra Modi government on Wednesday when Union home minister Rajnath Singh publicized his anguish about the "rumour" that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had rebuked his son Pankaj Singh for seeking to influence transfers and postings in Delh

Ahead of the Assembly elections in four crucial states, the NDA government on Wednesday lifted the restriction of one cooking gas cylinder per month to a household, allowing consumers to avail 12 cylinders in their quota at any time of the year.  An official statement said that according to the U

New Delhi:  The Supreme Court today refused to disqualify ministers with criminal cases, leaving the decision to the "Prime Minister's wisdom". "No disqualification can be prescribed," a Constitution bench of the country's five senior most judges said. "It is expected that the PM will not appo

Auhor: Harsh Mander In the three months since Narendra Modi’s spectacular triumph, many corners of the country have begun to smoulder in slow fires of orchestrated hate and distrust against India’s Muslims and this is mostly unnoticed by the majority. Only a few violent episodes make it briefly t

New Delhi:  Three people who arrived at Delhi airport this morning from Ebola-hit Liberia, have been isolated and taken for further tests. 112 people are arriving at the Mumbai and Delhi airports on seven flights through the day. Following are the latest developments: Health authorities have str

A villager walks past marks on the wall of a house caused by mortar rounds fired from the Pakistan side of the border at Treva village in Arnia sector of Jammu on August 24, 2014. (AP photo) NEW DELHI: In what is being perceived as the biggest ceasefire violation, Pakistan troops have targeted 35

Jammu:  Violating the ceasefire yet again, Pakistani troops targeted at least 25 Border Security Force (BSF) posts in Jammu and Kashmir last night, forcing the Indian side to retaliate. The firing reportedly began around 10 pm and is still on. Pakistani rangers resorted to unprovoked firing and s