New Delhi,:Over 200 academics, writers, artists and filmmakers have written to President Pranab Mukherjee saying that he erred over the hanging of Afzal Guru and expressed deep "anguish and outrage". In the letter submitted to the president Wednesday, they said: "We believe that you made a grave

New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation will investigate a 4,000-crore helicopter deal between the government and Italian defence giant Finmeccanica, whose CEO was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly offering bribes in India to land the contract, according to Italian media. The Defence M

Kolhapur: In a speech that could well attract another case against him, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray today threatened the family of the state's Home Minister and NCP leader RR Patil in the presence of police at a rally in Kolhapur in Maharashtra. "When my workers are t

Allahabad, India:  A stampede at a railway station in northern India killed at least 36 Hindu pilgrims on Sunday, the busiest day of the world's largest religious festival at which some 30 million had gathered to wash away their sins in the sacred Ganges river. Twenty-seven of the dead were wom

New Delhi: A court here today directed Delhi Police to lodge an FIR against Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray for allegedly branding Muslims from north India as insurgents and threatening them to throw out of the state. The court said it was “primary and bounden duty of the police to

[caption id="attachment_25929" align="alignleft" width="380"] Reuters[/caption] Hyderabad: In a move towards ensuring women’s safety, the Andhra Pradesh government today decided to set up all-woman police station in every district of the state. It was decided to open two to four women police s

HYDERABAD: Veteran Muslim leader and vice-president of Majlis-e-Tameer-e-Millat (METEM), Maulana Sulaiman Sikander died here on Sunday morning after a prolonged illness. Maulana Sikander, 86, trusted lieutenant of Maulana Syed Khaleelullah Hussain founded METEM to rejuvenate declining morale of t

  Srinagar: The entire Kashmir Valley remained under curfew for the second day after the execution of Afzal Guru at Delhi's Tihar Jail yesterday for his role in the attack on Parliament in 2001. Top Jammu and Kashmir officials reviewed the security measures last night. No major incide

LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh chief ministerAkhilesh Yadav on Saturday midnight undertook a major rejig of the state bureaucracy, transferring 56 Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and 60 Indian Police Service (IPS) officials. In one of the biggest reshuffles of the state bureaucracy since he took over

  NEW DELHI: As Praveen Togadia faces denunciation and arrest for his provocative rhetoric, BJP leaders seem uneasy about the way the VHP leader upped the ante. Saffron strategists see the provocation from the VHP firebrand as an unnecessary distraction at a time when they were hoping to

DHULE: Six policemen were arrested on Friday on charges of theft and breaking open a stall during the Dhule riots of January 6. While two of the policemen are constables, the other four are jawans from the State Reserve Police Force (SRPF). Inspector Sanjay Patil of the Dhule city police stat

New Delhi: The national capital has the highest number of security personnel on VIP-guarding duties in the country after Punjab. More than a dozen policemen guard each of the 427 VIPs, who are being given security in Delhi, according to the “Data on Police Organisations in India-2012″. The data,

[caption id="attachment_25400" align="alignleft" width="380"] Praveen Togadia. AFP.[/caption] Mumbai: Maharashtra Police on Friday registered a case against Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Praveen Togadia for allegedly making a hate speech in Nanded against a community in January, a top police

Mumbai: The Maharashtra Police today registered a case against Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Praveen Togadia for making a hate speech in the Nanded district of the state last week. Local cops who had heard the speech had earlier said they "did not find it communal." Action in the case ha

It is pronounced in BJP-ruled States, says Evangelical Fellowship report At least 131 instances of violence against and persecution of Christians occurred across the country in 2012, according to a report released by the Evangelical Fellowship of India. It says Karnataka has the highest nu

Muslim community leaders, including members of the All-India Muslim Personal Law Board, on Sunday dared the BJP to field Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi from Lucknow or Faizabad, where Ayodhya is located, for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. Speaking to TOI, a large number of Muslim members of

Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Wednesday stressed the need for making the controversial Armed Forces (Special Power) Act (AFSPA) a more “humanitarian” law, but said the Union government could not move forward as there was “no consensus” between it and the Army on the issue. “The Army ha

NEW DELHI: Indian riot police fired a water cannon yesterday at hundreds of students who were protesting at an appearance by hardline nationalist politician Narendra Modi outside a college in New Delhi. Mr Modi, tipped to be the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) candidate for prime m