New Delhi: Exercising its constitutional powers, the Supreme Court on Thursday made it mandatory for all political parties to give reasons for putting up candidates with criminal antecedents in general and assembly polls. A bench headed by Justice Rohinton F Nariman took note of the "alarming" ri

Lucknow: Three people were injured in an explosion at the district sessions court in Lucknow when a crude bomb was hurled at a lawyer on Thursday, with police recovering two more live bombs from the premises. The lawyer identified as Sanjeev Lodhi, who also holds a post in the Lucknow Bar Associa

The Delhi Police detained a 38-year-old man on Wednesday in connection with the shooting at MLA-elect Naresh Yadav’s convoy in the city’s Kishangarh area the night before, PTI reported. An AAP volunteer, identified as Ashok Mann, was killed in the incident. The incident occurred hours after the part

Guwahati: The data of the final citizens' list in Assam, published last August, has vanished from the website of the state National Register of Citizens (NRC) where the data was published as mandated by the Supreme Court. The Union Home Ministry said the NRC data is safe and cited "some technical is

Arvind Kejriwal is set to return for a third term as Delhi's Chief Minister, with the Aam Aadmi Party sweeping the Assembly polls. As of 4.05 pm, the party was leading in 56 seats  and have declared as the winners in 6, out of a total strength of 70. Trends show that the BJP may increase their ta

Thrissur/ Kasargod: In a sign of relief to Kerala, India’s first novel coronavirus patient has tested negative for the infection in fresh test at the National Institute of Virology’s local centre in the state, health officials said. However, an official announcement on the ‘recovery’ of the patie

New Delhi: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday attacked the BJP over the Supreme Court’s decision on the issue of reservation in appointments and promotions, alleging that the ruling party was weakening the equal rights given to Dalits and tribals by the Constitution. Her attack came

New Delhi: Omar Abdullah's sister Sara Abdullah Pilot has challenged his detention and charges under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) before the Supreme Court, asking for the former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister to be produced in court and freed immediately. Sara Abdullah Pilot says her b

New Delhi: A woman police officer was shot dead in north-west Delhi allegedly by another cop on Friday night.The incident took place at around 9:30 pm when sub-inspector Preeti Ahlawat, 26, was walking home from the metro station in Rohini area. She was returning home from work when her batchmate fr

Chief Minister Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy launched the first Disha Police Station in the State in Rajamahendravaram on Saturday. Disha Police Stations are model stations aimed at rendering speedy justice for female victims of Sexual assault (rape), harassment and Protection of Children from Sexual Off

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said in Lok Sabha that even Jawaharlal Nehru had wanted Indian citizenship for religious minorities from Pakistan as he hit out at the Congress while defending the amended citizenship law. Replying to a debate on Motion of Thanks to the Presiden

At least seven people, including three children, were killed on Thursday after allegedly inhaling poisonous gas leaking from a chemical factory in Uttar Pradesh’s Sitapur district, officials said. Preliminary probe suggested the gas leaked from the pipeline in the chemical factory in Biswan and t

Two major counterfeit currency printing gangs were busted by the Hyderabad police on Tuesday with sleuths of the Commissioner's Task Force - North Zone and South Zone -- making arrests. The North Zone team seized counterfeit currency of about Rs. 9,27,000 and other incriminating material after re

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today announced in parliament a trust to oversee the construction of a Ram Temple in Ayodhya, as ordered by the Supreme Court. "I am pleased to announce that a significant decision has been taken to follow the directives of the Supreme Court. As per the dir

New Delhi: Air India flight crew that brought over 600 Indians from China’s Wuhan have been sent on a week-long holiday, an Air India spokesperson said. About 647 Indians and 7 Maldives citizens have been brought to India from Wuhan, China in two special Air India flights. Air India’s 64 crew

New Delhi: The government's new budget is unlikely to drag the country out of its worst slowdown in more than a decade as it has proposed only moderate spending increases and small cuts in personal taxes, economists said on Sunday. They said there was a risk the government might miss its fiscal def

In a surprise move, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a new, optional, individual Income Tax regime in her Budget speech on Saturday. The tax rates have been reduced to a large extent under this new regime – however, those opting to file taxes under the new slabs will not be able t

New Delhi: A man has been arrested in south Delhi's Shaheen Bagh for opening gunfire in the locality where women of all ages have been protesting against the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act since December. According to eyewitnesses, the man, who identified himself as Kapil Gujjar, opened