Samajwadi Party workers block a train in protest against hike in railway fares, in Allahabad on Saturday. New Delhi: Angry demonstrators blocked railway tracks and burned effigies of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday to protest a steep hike in train fares, seen as the government’s firs

NEW DELHI: In a pre-budget move, cash-strapped railways on Friday effected a steep across-the-board hike of 14.2 per cent in passenger fares in all classes and a 6.5 per cent increase in freight rates to garner Rs 8,000 crore a year. The decision, which will come into effect from June 25, marks i

(Relatives of abducted youths on their way to meet the Union home minister in New Delhi, in Jalandhar.) AMRITSAR: Most of the 40 Punjabi youths stuck in Iraq reached there allegedly through travel agents who with illegal recruitment syndicates operating from the Gulf countries trapped them using

NEW DELHI: In a move to target government welfare schemes and subsidies on citizens of the country, the Union home ministry has asked the Registrar General of India (RGI) to identify the 'citizens' and 'non-citizens' while preparing the National Population Register (NPR). The NPR authorities will un

NEW DELHI: Around 40 Indians working on projects near the Iraqi city of Mosul were kidnapped by suspected ISIS militants when they were being evacuated from the area ravaged by the war between the Shia-dominated government in Baghdad and Sunni jihadis. "Despite best efforts we are not able to con

The economy does not seem to be swaying to the Modi government’s "achhe din” tune, as the latest official figures indicate that the prices of essential commodities and food items have risen the sharpest in the last five months. The wholesale price inflation in May touched 6.01 per cent as against

The government is exploring options to evacuate nearly 100 Indians stranded in the Iraqi cities of Mosul and Tikrit, which have fallen to the advancing militants of a jihadist organisation linked to al-Qaeda. With the Iraqi government forces supported by civilian volunteers struggling to repel th

In a grisly reminder of the tragedy that struck the holy shrine of Kedarnath almost a year ago, killing thousands, more bodies have been recovered from the area. Skeletal remains of 21 bodies have been recovered from densely forested areas near Jungle Chatti, around 14 km before Kedarnath, over t

New Delhi: Famous freedom fighter, poet and journalist Maulana Hasrat Mohani was honoured today with the release of a commemorative postage stamp. Vice President of India Hamid Ansari released the stamp today in New Delhi. Addressing on the occasion, Ansari said that Maulana Hasrat Mohani was an

NEW DELHI: Retaining your mobile phone number while shifting cities — say from Delhi to Mumbai or Chennai to Kolkata — is set to become a reality. National mobile number portability (MNP) — that allows you to keep your number while moving base — is set to be rolled out with the measure getting an in

Raipur:  Six people including two Deputy General Managers are dead and 34 sustained injuries after a gas leak occurred at the Bhilai Steel Plant in Chhattisgarh on Thursday. Four plant workers are also among the dead. Of the injured, 11 people are admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). At

AHMEDABAD: Around 100 passengers of an Ahmedabad-bound Air India flight from Mumbai had a trying time when the flight's airconditioning stopped working. The passengers later created a ruckus at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport. AI-643 was supposed to fly at 5.50pm from Mumbai on Wed

A recent incident in West Bengal's Malda district left everyone alarmed when seven children died due to an unknown virus infection found in litchis. The litchi syndrome is an infection caused due to a virus that has been attacking litchis, just when the much-awaited summer fruit hit the markets. Thi

The laborious task underway to retrieve bodies of missing students, who were washed away by the strong currents of the Beas on Sunday, may take many more days as several bodies are now feared to have been trapped under big boulders. The river bed has plenty of small and giant boulders, especially

GURGAON: Tauru, the little town 32km from Gurgaon torn apart by a communal clash on Sunday, remained under curfew a day later amid an uneasy calm. In the morning, there were reports of a local businessman's shop being set on fire. "The local administration officials came soon after and called the

MANALI: At least 24 students from an engineering college in Hyderabad were feared drowned in the river Beas near Thalot village in Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district after large quantity of water was released from Larji reservoir on Sunday. The students of VNR Engineering College were on a tour to Hi

Nara Chandrababu Naidu, 64, took oath as the first chief minister of the residuary state of Andhra Pradesh on Sunday at 7.27 pm, thus completing the bifurcation of the state. At a function attended by lakhs of people, Governor E S L Narasimhan administered the oath of office to Naidu on the 70-ac

PUNE: The 1.30pm namaz at the mosque in Unnati Nagar, Hadapsar, on Saturday had the usual gathering but something was different. Many had changed their attire and a handful their appearance — Pathani suits had made way for trousers and shirts and a few young men had shaved off their beards. The b