Patna: Bihar witnessed a peculiar marriage on Thursday when very much against the established social custom, a bride led her marriage procession to the house of her would be in-laws after the groom did not turn up on the scheduled date of marriage, angry at not being given adequate dowry. The b

NEW DELHI: Home minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday told Lok Sabha that the government would prepare a National Population Register (NPR) incorporating all genuine Indian citizens and issue them national identity cards in a time-bound manner. "We have to identify who is an Indian citizen and who is

Hyderabad : The All India Muslim Personal Law Board Monday said the Darul-Qaza (Sharia courts) never claimed that they are constitutional institutions or have legal powers. All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) assistant secretary Mohammed Abdul Raheem Qureshi, said the Supreme Court Monda

New Delhi: Shariat courts run by Muslim clerics have no legal sanction and their decisions are not binding, the Supreme Court ruled today restraining fora like 'Dar-ul-Qazas' from giving verdicts or issuing 'fatwas' against a person who has not asked for it. The apex court, however, refused to decl

New Delhi:  A day after 46 Indian nurses returned to Kochi in Kerala from war-torn Iraq, a special chartered flight carrying 200 more Indians from Najaf landed at the Delhi International Airport this morning. "The situation is very bad in Iraq. We thank the Indian embassy, they helped us in getti

NEW DELHI: A day that started with despair for Indian nationals in Iraq ended on a bright note as ISIS on Friday afternoon released 46 Indian nurses who had been held captive. The nurses had been forcibly taken from Tikrit to ISIS' stronghold Mosul sparking fear that they too had been kidnapped,

MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: The passport delivery system could soon become hassle-free and quick. On the directions of the chief passport officer in the ministry of external affairs, Mumbai may lead the way to do away with cumbersome processes that currently delay the issuance of a passport. The ministry i

This photo taken on Tuesday, July 1, 2014, shows damaged homes due to clashes between fighters of ISIS and Iraqi security forces in Tikrit, 130 kilometers north of Baghdad, Iraq. (Photo: AP)   THIRUVANANTHAPURAM/NEW DELHI: The 46 Indian nurses who were forcibly moved by suspected ISIS mil

(Reuters) - Pramod Patil's 40-acre field in Lasalgaon usually turns green around now with germinated soybean and corn seeds, but this year he has yet to begin planting because of scanty monsoon rains in Maharashtra. Like 27-year old Patil, millions of farmers are hoping rains will strengthen in t

Waterlogged railway track near Kurla MUMBAI: Strong rain lashed the city on Wednesday, bringing citizens much-needed respite from the heatwave. The suburbs were the bigger beneficiary than the island city. While the Colaba weather station recorded 17.2mm of rain from 8.30am to 8.30pm, the Santa C

(Reuters) - India summoned a senior U.S. diplomat on Wednesday to explain reports that the U.S. National Security Agency was authorised to spy on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party before he took office, and to seek assurances this would not happen in future. The U.S. State Department said it w

Chief Justice of India RM Lodha has slammed Modi govt over the Gopal Subramanium row. NEW DELHI: Chief Justice of India RM Lodha has hit out at Narendra Modi government for rejecting the candidature of former solicitor general Gopal Subramanium as SC judge. "The first thing I had taken objecti

NEW DELHI: India's operation in strife-torn Iraq is fast taking the shape of a full-scale evacuation of all Indians. Evacuation is being carried out not only from Sunni-controlled troubled areas, but also from Shia-dominated areas that are relatively peaceful, indicating that New Delhi now believes

NEW DELHI: India has made a fresh request to Switzerland seeking bank details and names of Indians having unaccounted money in Swiss banks, as the government expands its efforts to combat the menace of black money. The latest request has been made by the finance ministry after a Swiss governm

The All India Institute of Medical Sciences. NEW DELHI: Top cardiologists of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here have decided to start an initiative called the Society for Less Investigative Medicine (SLIM) — a movement that aims to take on the growing menace of excessive med

Rescuers search for survivors in the debris of an under-construction building which collapsed in Porur near Chennai on Saturday Chennai:  Nine people have died and 25 are still feared trapped under the debris of an 11-storey under-construction building that collapsed near Chennai on Saturday even

A major fire broke out in a building at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) station here on Friday evening, partially disrupting suburban train services during rush hour, but no casualty was reported. Officials from Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM), whose headquarters are located opp

NEW DELHI: Congress on Friday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his government's completion of a month, saying his work involved the rail fare hike, rising sugar prices and a policy that would see regular hike in prices of petroleum products. The party took a dig at Modi for his comment ab