Sugarcane is ready for harvest in Muzaffarnagar district but farmers in the riot-torn region are not venturing into the fields as they have become ideal spots for the recurring killings. Since the outbreak of communal violence in September, a majority of attacks and killings in the rural area

Peer Mohideen, who was named the “prime accused” by the City police in the First Information Report (FIR) in the Malleswaram bomb blasts, walked out of the Central Prison, Parappana Agrahara, a free man on Tuesday night, days after his name was omitted from the charge sheet. A native of Tamil Nad

BANGALORE: Chief minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said outsiders settled in Karnataka should learn the local language Kannada and decried that the English education system had been reduced to a commercial activity. "Outsiders who have come and settled here have to learn the local language Kann

[caption id="attachment_44050" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Majlis-e-Mushawarat, takes up Muzaffarnagar riots, anti-communal violence Bill with Sonia Gandhi. (IE Photo: Amit Mehra)[/caption] New Delhi - With elections season in full swing and positioning for 'representation' of minority group

Eight persons have been arrested and cases registered against 15 people in connection with fresh communal violence in Budhana area of Muzaffarnagar district where paramilitary forces are patrolling tense areas. Three persons were killed last night as communal violence erupted afresh in Budhan

Mahbubnagar : (AP-PTI) Forty-five passengers were charred to death as a private luxury bus burst into flames after its fuel tank caught fire in Mahbubnagar district of Andhra Pradesh early today. "Charred bodies of 45 persons have been retrieved from the bus," Deputy Inspector General (Hyderabad Ra

NEW DELHI/PATNA: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar has ruled out any security lapse leading to serial explosions in the state capital ahead of Narendra Modi's rally that killed five people on Sunday. "There was no intelligence input with the state government," Nitish Kumar said, adding, "I wo

DUBAI: Haj pilgrims have started returning home after smoothly performing the annual pilgrimage in the holy of Mecca in Saudi Arabia. The first flight carrying 234 Indian pilgrims left Jeddah for Goa/Manglore on Sunday. According to the Indian consulate in Jeddah, there are 421 flights in the

Onset of Northeast monsoon in southern states has triggered heavy rain and flash floods in Andhra Pradesh, while districts in Tamil Nadu continue to receive rainfall in the last 24 hours.  The low pressure area over the west-central Bay of Bengal has developed into a well marked low pressure

What Shinde forgot to write - DNA Editorial Devoid of constructive suggestions, Union Home Minister's letter cautioning states about Muslims falsely implicated in terror cases falls hopelessly flat. The Centre's responsibility towards innocent Muslims falsely implicated in terror cases cannot end w

Ahmedabad: In a snub to the Narendra Modi government, the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation team (SIT) has asked for death sentence for former state minister Maya Kodnani, who was convicted in one of the worst massacres of the 2002 riots. The SIT today moved the top court for perm

NEW DELHI: The Centre on Tuesday failed to get any relief on Aadhaar card being made compulsory for availing social benefits, particularly gas cylinder subsidies, from the Supreme Court which turned down its plea to modify its interim order that no person be deprived of any schemes for want of A

The Sunday picnic turned tragic for two groups of sightseers. While five teenagers drowned in Phalguni river near Dambel in Mangalore, four more people, including two brothers, were washed away in the Gaganachukki waterfall in Chamarajanagar district.  Khalander (17), Rakshith (16), Yakshith

Violence continued in Vizianagaram town in coastal Andhra on Sunday despite indefinite curfew and shoot-at-sight orders issued to tackle protests which broke out after the Union Cabinet’s decision to divide the state.  Anti-bifurcation agitators remained undeterred and indulged in fresh clash

Tensions rose and tempers flared in the 13 Coastal and Rayalaseema districts in Andhra Pradesh after the Union Cabinet gave its nod for the formation of Telangana state, prompting deployment of police and paramilitary forces in sensitive and trouble-prone areas. People in several parts of the

New Delhi: The government has decided to withdraw a controversial ordinance that protects convicted parliamentarians and triggered a furious critique from Rahul Gandhi last week, who described the policy as "nonsense." The reversal of policy was cleared at a short cabinet meeting this evening

  [caption id="attachment_42561" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Musician Jake Clemons presented the HP LIFE Entrepreneurship Award (including $ 5,000 and a trip to New York City) to Bano Fatima of Weaver's Hut.Read more at: http://ibnlive.in.com/news/up-girl-bano-fatima-gets-hp-life-entrep

Ranchi, Jharkhand: Former union minister Lalu Prasad was imprisoned in Ranchi today after he was found guilty of embezzling crores when he was chief minister of Bihar. The conviction means he stands to be disqualified as a member of parliament, according to a recent Supreme Court judgement.