The Congress on Thursday hit out at the government over the transfer of Delhi High Court Judge S Muralidhar, alleging that the Modi dispensation was waging a battle of revenge against the judiciary. Muralidhar was transferred to the Punjab and Haryana High Court, on a day when a bench headed by h

New Delhi: Few videos which surfaced after the communal violence broke out in North-east Delhi are a testimony to the fact that humanity is not dead yet. While rioters from both communities wreaked havoc in the national capital, there was a silver lining. In many of these videos members from t

In his first reaction to incidents of violence in Delhi which have left at least 20 people dead, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday appealed for peace and brotherhood, and said he has held an extensive review of the prevailing situation in various parts of the national capital. He also sai

An Intelligence Bureau (IB) officer was killed in Northeast Delhi on Tuesday, during the national capital’s worst violence in last two decades. The incident came to light on Wednesday when the body of 26-year-old Ankit Sharma was pulled out of a drain in Chand Bagh. Sharma worked as security assi

The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday said polling for 55 Rajya Sabha seats spread over 17 States set to be vacated in April will be conducted on March 26. Announcing the schedule, the ECI said in a statement: “The term of office of 55 members of the Rajya Sabha elected from 17 States

New Delhi: Six Supreme Court judges are down with swine flu and a meeting had been held with the Chief Justice to explore remedial measures, a senior judge said today in court. Hearings in two constitution bench cases, including a nine-judge bench on the Sabrimala religion versus rights case, have b

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government on Monday said 9,261 cattle died in various cattle shelters in the state in 2019 but no action was taken against officials concerned as the death was due to natural causes. Replying to a question raised by BSP member Sushma Patel in the assembly as to how man

Ahmedabad: US President Donald Trump landed here on Monday for his first visit to India to a grand welcome by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and thousands of people who lined the streets and packed into the Motera stadium to say “Namaste Trump”. There were tableaux, folk dancers and musicians rolli

Bhadohi: The Uttar Pradesh police on Saturday (February 22, 2020) gave a clean chit to Bhadohi BJP MLA Ravindra Nath Tripathi who was accused in gang-rape case as there was "no evidence" found against him. Meanwhile, the police arrested his nephew Sandeep Tripathi who was also accused in the gang-ra

Krishnagiri: Daughter of dead sandalwood smuggler Veerappan, Vidya Rani, joined the BJP on Saturday at an event organised in Tamil Nadu’s Krishnagiri. Party general secretary Muralidhar Rao and former Union Minister Pon Radhakrishnan were present at the event. “I want to work for the poor and

Officials of Tihar Jail in Delhi have written to all the four death row convicts in the December 2012 gang-rape and murder case about their last meeting with families ahead of their March 3 hanging, news agency ANI reported on Saturday. A Delhi court had issued fresh warrants on February 17, for

Agra: The Taj Mahal will be shut for visitors from 12 noon on February 24 (Monday) in view of US President Donald Trump's maiden two-day visit, said the Archaeological Survey of India on Friday. Vasant Kumar Swarnkar, Superintendent Agra Division, ASI said, "Due to security reasons, Taj Mahal wil

Geneva: India ranked 77th on a sustainability index that takes into account per capita carbon emissions and the ability of children in a nation to live healthy lives and was placed 131st on a ranking that measures the best chance at survival and well-being for children, according to a UN-backed repo

A Volvo bus of the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (Kerala RTC), which was heading from Bengaluru to Ernakulam in Kerala, met with an accident in Tamil Nadu’s Tirupur district in the early hours of Thursday. Nineteen people, including the driver and conductor of the bus, died in the accident

A large number of anti-CAA protesters, majority of them Muslims, held a massive protest against the amended Citizenship Act at Chepauk here, even as agitations were held across Tamil Nadu on Wednesday. The protest call here was given by a collective of Muslim outfits. Agitators carrying placards

Mumbai: The Shiv Sena on Wednesday hailed as “historic” the Supreme Court’s judgment directing the government to grant permanent commission to women officers in the Army, and said the Centre’s stand of opposing command postings for women was “regressive” and an insult to them. An editorial in Sen

Hyderabad: The Unique Identification Authority of India faced public wrath after it came to light that three Hyderabad residents from the minority community were "asked to prove their citizenship", prompting the Aadhaar issuing authority to issue a clarification. According to the notices dated Fe

Coronavirus may have wrecked a havoc across the world prompting the scientific community to hard pressed finding an antidote to it, but Hindu Mahasabha sees it as an 'avatar' to punish non-vegetarians. "Corona is not a virus, but avatar for the protection of poor creatures. they have come to give