PUNE: Police in Maharashtra on Tuesday booked MNS chief Raj Thackeray for allegedly instigating his party workers to ransack toll plazas at Khed-Shivapur on the Pune-Bangalore highway and at Manjari on the Pune-Solapur highway. Thackeray was booked in the two cases. On Monday, MNS workers pelt

New Delhi:  Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today said that Narendra Modi's government in Gujarat "abetted" the riots of 2002. Mr Gandhi's charge injected a tense new element into a general election campaign that has so far focused mainly on the economy and corruption. Rights groups and poli

PORT BLAIR/NEW DELHI: At least 21 people have been killed after a boat carrying tourists capsized in the Bay of Bengal near Port Blair in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The deaths have been confirmed by P Jawahar, the deputy commissioner of Nicobar, who also said that 13 people have been rescued.

NEW DELHI: Wearing gold ornaments to avoid paying custom duty will no longer work at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA). The customs department has made it mandatory for all flyers arriving in Delhi from international destinations to fill a detailed declaration form. The new form was

PATNA: Slamming Bollywood superstar Salman Khan for defending Narendra Modi, Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar on Monday said what had happened in Gujarat in 2002 cannot be "forgotten or pardoned". "You may talk anything but what happened in Gujarat cannot be forgotten or pardoned," Kumar told re

23 January 2014 | (IANS) The central bank said from April 1, 2014, public would be required to approach banks for exchanging these notes. Currency notes issued before 2005 will be completely withdrawn from circulation by the end of the current financial year ending March 31, the Reserve Bank o

AHMEDABAD: After refusing for 12 years to compensate for religious structures damaged during the 2002 riots, the Gujarat government came up with a scheme under which Rs 50,000 would be paid ex gratia in each case. To this proposal of Rs 50,000 for each shrine, the religious organization, Islamic

Police today cane-charged Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supporters as they turned violent and broke barricades to enter the area where Chief Arvind Kejriwal is protesting against the Delhi Police. AAP supporters, who have assembled in large numbers, wanted to enter the portest site near the Rail Bhavan,

Five people, including a pregnant woman and a six-year-old boy, were killed on Monday when a Volvo bus in which they were travelling overturned after hitting a median on NH-4 near Hoskote in Bangalore Rural district.  The bus, belonging to Rajesh Travels, was on its way to Bangalore from Nellore,

While most of the people are approaching Cornerstone to get rid off drug addiction. On the other side in NewDelhi The Aam Aadmi Party on Sunday launched a counter-attack on the BJP, which had accused its Minister Somnath Bharti of "racism," saying the saffron party was "supporting drug addiction and

The BJP should not be "over confident" of winning the coming Lok Sabha election, party veteran L.K. Advani said in New Delhi on Sunday, adding this was one reason why it lost the 2004 battle. Addressing the national council of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Mr Advani said there should be no slacknes

15 Jan 2014 | Correspondent | Bhatkallys News Mumbai: Dr. Zakir Naik has been listed No. 6 amongst the Most Admired Persons in Pakistan in a survey for ‘The Times’ of nearly 14,000 people in Great Britain, France, Germany, Russia, US, Australia, Pakistan, Indonesia, India, China, Egypt, Nigeria a

Tension prevailed for some time, following a clash between two groups and stone-throwing at Kamalapur area of the city on Tuesday afternoon. Four persons, including two policemen, were injured in the incident.  Police had to resort to mild caning to disperse the groups. The situation was brought

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has estimated that its membership in the State may touch five lakh by January 26.  But, party volunteers say that the State unit may not be devoid of members who may have joined just to make a fashion statement. Filtering out non-serious members may bring down its tot

13 Jan 2014 | Bhatkallys News Mumbai: All praise be to Almighty Allaah, Dr. Zakir Naik has been conferred the prestigious ‘SHARJAH AWARD for Voluntary Work’ for the year 2013 (1434 Hijri) by the Government of Sharjah under the patronage of Shaikh Dr. Sultan Bin Mohammed Al-Qasimi Member of the Su

PATNA: The socio-economic condition of Muslims in the state of Bihar is better than that of the state's dalit Hindus in most districts, but worse than the upper-caste Hindus and Other Backward Castes (OBCs), a survey has found. "Muslims are better placed in comparison to dalits in 31 of 37 distri

New Delhi:  Three days after the launch of an anti-corruption helpline by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, two constables were arrested today on charges of extortion by the vigilance department following a sting operation by a vendor. Two constables identified as Ishwar Singh and Sandeep Kum

LUCKNOW: Union steel minister Beni Prasad Verma on Saturday said the country needs a prime minister, not a "man-eater". Without naming BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, Beni Prasad Verma said, "We need a future prime minister, not a man-eater." He was addressing a convention of people