An armed man was detained on Thursday after he brandished a pistol and fired at students of Jamia Millia Islamia university in Delhi, who were demonstrating against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act or CAA, police said. The man also fired at the protesters, news agency Reuters reported, in which on

India on Thursday reported its first positive case of novel coronavirus (nCoV). The Union ministry of health and family welfare in an official statement said a student from Kerala, who was studying in Wuhan University and travelled to India, has tested positive for the virus. “The patient has tes

NEW DELHI : Television anchor and journalist Arnab Goswami’s ordeals do not seem to be getting over. The Republic TV founder encountered comedian Kunal Kamra yet again on his flight back from Lucknow on Wednesday. On Tuesday, Kamra had accosted him when flying to the Uttar Pradesh capital, filming t

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday raised the upper limit for allowing abortion from the present 20 weeks to 24 weeks and will be introducing a bill in Parliament for the same. The Cabinet approved the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2020 to amend the Medical Termination of Pregnan

Coimbatore: A city hospital has removed more than half kg of human hair besides plastic pieces like empty shampoo packets from a 13-year-old girl’s stomach. The girl, a 7th standard student, complained of frequent stomach ache for the last few months and the parents, took her to the private VGM H

New Delhi: After Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur, West Delhi BJP MP Parvesh Verma on Monday openly threatened Shaheen Bagh protesters saying that it will take the BJP only an hour to clear off the protests in the area. "If the BJP comes to power in Delhi on February 11, we will clear

Bihar on Monday reported its first suspected case of rapidly spreading novel coronavirus as it isolated a 29-year-old research scholar, who came home from China’s Tianjin last week, health officials said. The woman, who was reluctant to be admitted to the Patna Medical College Hospital (PMCH) in

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The ruling LDF in Kerala organised a 620-km long human chain from Kasaragod in north Kerala to Kaliyikkavila in the southernmost part of the state against the Citizenship Amendment Act on Republic Day. The human chain had the participation of an estimated 60 to 70 lakh peopl

Aligarh: AMU Vice Chancellor Tariq Mansoor was on Sunday heckled by a group of students during his Republic Day speech here soon after he termed as "unfortunate" the recent happenings on the campus and said peaceful protests will be allowed on any issue within the ambit of law. The incident occur

NEW DELHI : India marked its 71st Republic Day on Sunday with a parade showcasing some of its newly acquired capabilities and military hardware, both homegrown and like the anti-satellite missile as well as bought from abroad like US made heavy lift Chinook and the anti-tank attack Apache helicopter

Washington: Delta Air Lines was Friday fined $50,000 by the US Department of Transportation to settle allegations it discriminated against three Muslim passengers who were ordered off their planes. In its consent order, the department said it found Delta "engaged in discriminatory conduct" and vi

New Delhi:  The Election Commission has imposed a 48-hour campaigning ban on the BJP's Kapil Mishra, effective 5 pm Saturday, for tweets Delhi Police said were "creating enmity among classes". Mr Mishra, who has a history of making communal and incendiary comments, is the BJP's candidate from the Mo

Patna: JD Women’s College in Patna, while introducing a strange rule, has directed the students to not wear a burqa to college as a part of the new dress code ordered by the college authorities. The notice served to the students says that they must follow the dress code, especially on weekdays. It a

Thiruvananthapuram: A case has been registered against Karnataka BJP MP Shobha Karandlaje and others by Kerala Police for a tweet alleging that Hindu families in the state's Malappuram district are not being given water because they supported the Citizenship (Amendment) Act or CAA. Ms Karandlaje,

Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal has defended his government’s decision to dole out freebies to the people of the city-state ahead of Assembly elections. “Freebies, in limited dose, are good for economy. It makes more money available to poor, hence boosts deman

A total of 644 militants of eight banned insurgent outfits surrendered in Assam on Thursday along with 177 arms, police said. The members of the insurgent groups -- ULFA (I), NDFB, RNLF, KLO, CPI (Maoist), NSLA, ADF and NLFB -- surrendered in presence of Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal at

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA), 2019, is “uppermost in everybody's minds”, but refused to stay the law without hearing the government first. A three-judge Bench led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sharad A. Bobde did not pay heed to fervent pleas to even

The state Cabinet, which met on Monday, has decided to inform the Centre that Kerala will not be updating the National Population Register (NPR). There are concerns that the data collected for NPR would be used to implement the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in the country. The cabinet has d