New Delhi: An unidentified man allegedly opened fire and hurled a petrol bomb at the empty protest site outside the Jamia Millia Islamia on Sunday, according to officials and students of the university. The Jamia Coordination Committee (JCC), comprising current and former students of the universi

In an effort to control the spread of coronavirus, the Tamil Nadu government has announced that the inter-state borders with Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh will be closed for vehicular movement. The borders will be sealed until March 31. Only vehicles transporting essential items like medicine

New Delhi: Former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi on Thursday took oath as a nominated member of Rajya Sabha amidst unprecedented scenes of opposition members shouting slogans and walking out of the House. This is the first time ever that the House has witnessed slogan shouting and walkout du

New Delhi: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday hit out at the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh, saying its report card on the completion of its three years is “filled with lies”. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath held a press conference on the occasion of the BJP governme

New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry has recommended use of anti-HIV drug combinations Lopinavir and Ritonavir on a case-to-case basis depending upon the severity of the condition of a patient having coronavirus infection. In its revised guidelines on the 'Clinical Management of COVID - 19' issue

New Delhi: Maintaining that women and men officers should be treated equally, the Supreme Court on Tuesday cleared permanent commission for women in the Navy and asked the Centre to complete the modalities within three months. A bench headed by Justice D Y Chandrachud said there cannot be 101 exc

New Delhi: The Congress on Tuesday criticised the government for nominating former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi to the Rajya Sabha and used the remarks of former law minister Arun Jaitley on cooling-off period for judges to attack it. Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala asked whe

In a bizarre incident, some unidentified miscreants fled away with the BMW car of a stock broker after he pulled up the car to urinate on a roadside in Noida, Uttar Pradesh police said on Sunday (March 15). According to police, the incident happened in Sector 90 under Phase 2 police station limits,

New Delhi: The CBI has booked Yes Bank founder Rana Kapoor for allegedly obtaining Rs 307 crore bribe in the purchase of a Lutyen’s zone bungalow from a realty firm to go easy on around Rs 1,900 crore bank loans to the seller’s group companies, officials said on Friday. Besides Kapoor, the CBI ha

Even as India reported one more case of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) on Saturday morning, taking the total number of people infected with the viral disease to 83, seven more people have been cured of the disease and discharged from various hospitals across India. The total number of patients wh

Kochi: Twenty one passengers, who were stranded in coronavirus-hit Italy, were brought here on Saturday following which they were shifted to Aluva hospital for investigation, airport sources said. Several Indian passengers have been stuck in the European nation, despite having confirmed tickets.

Bhopal: Former Union minister and BJP leader Jyotiraditya Scindia on Friday filed his nomination here for the March 26 Rajya Sabha elections. From the Madhya Pradesh BJP office, Scindia reached the state Assembly secretariat around 2 pm and submitted his papers to the returning officer, Vidhan Sa

The rise in the number of coronavirus cases has prompted Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to postpone IPL 2020. As a precautionary measure against the COVID-19 infection, the BCCI postponed the tournament till April 15. The Twenty20 cricket tournament was scheduled to commence on March 2

Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Assembly Speaker N P Prajapati has issued notices to 22 Congress MLAs who have resigned, asking them to appear before him by Friday and clarify whether they have quit voluntarily or under pressure, a legislature official said on Thursday. The BJP, meanwhile, has said it wil

New Delhi: A day after announcing his resignation from the Congress, Jyotiraditya Scindia joined the BJP on Wednesday in presence of the ruling party's president JP Nadda. According to sources, the BJP is likely to name him as one of its candidates for the Rajya Sabha polls in Madhya Pradesh and

  New Delhi: Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed a motion to revoke the suspension of seven Congress members with immediate effect. The seven Congress members-- Gaurav Gogoi, T N Prathapan, Dean Kuriakose, R Unnithan, Manickam Tagore, Benny Behanan and Gurjeet Singh Aujla were suspended on Marc

Bengaluru: While 19 Congress MLAs from Madhya Pradesh have taken shelter in Bengaluru city, the party high command is hardly getting any support from its Karnataka unit find their whereabouts. While 17 MLAs, including six ministers landed on Monday evening, two of the four MLAs, who had come down

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday said it was yet to decide whether to approach the Supreme Court against the Allahabad High Court’s order to immediately remove the posters of those accused of vandalism during protests against the amended citizenship law. The posters, bearing photo