New Delhi: The death of babies at a hospital in Rajasthan's Kota has set off a political storm. With the BJP and Mayawati criticising the Congress-ruled state and the Centre showing concern, the matter has reached Congress chief Sonia Gandhi. At least nine infants died in the last two days of Dec

New Delhi: A firefighter was killed at a battery factory in west Delhi's Peera Garhi after it caught fire and the structure collapsed following an explosion, officials said. Two firefighters and a worker have been rescued. They suffered minor injuries, officials said. The police said 14 others are i

Bengaluru: Four men from the Indian Air Force have been selected to undergo training for India’s first human spaceflight mission, ISRO chief K Sivan said on Wednesday as he declared 2020 as the year of Gaganyaan and Chandrayaan-3. Addressing a press conference at the ISRO headquarters here, Sivan

Mumbai: A total of 36 ministers were inducted in Maharashtra Cabinet as part of the much-delayed expansion. The NCP leader Ajit Pawar took oath as Deputy Chief Minister, Aaditya Thackeray and 34 others were sworn-in as ministers on Monday. According to highly placed sources, Aaditya Thackeray and

Beefing up surveillance, the Indian Navy has issued orders to ban the use of social media by its personnel to curb cyber snooping, after an espionage racket with alleged links to Pakistan operating through Facebook, was busted on December 20. Apart from banning the use of social media websites an

Union Minister for Minorities, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, on Saturday demanded “immediate action” against a UP cop who purportedly asked Muslims to “go to Pakistan” during a protest. “It is condemnable if it is true. Immediate action should be taken against the police officer,” Naqvi told media here in

Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan has said only those people who are ready to praise Bharat Mata can live in India as he blamed protesters for the violence during the anti-citizenship law agitations across the country. Speaking at the 54th annual three-day conference of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyar

Lucknow: Internet services have been suspended in 21 districts and security has been tightened as part of measures adopted to prevent any untoward incident in the state on Friday. Apart from internet suspension which is aimed at checking rumours, the police have also made strategic deployment in

New Delhi: Hundreds of people with their hands tied marching towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi's residence to demand the release of Bhim Army chief Chandra Shekhar Aazad and to protest the amended Citizenship Act were stopped in the way by police on Friday. Amid heavy security arrangement and

Bengaluru/Kolkata: In a veiled reference at BS Yediyurappa, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday that a BJP leader from Karnataka backtracked on his promise of providing financial assistance to the kin of those killed in police firing during the protests against the Citizenship Ame

New Delhi: It is not leadership if leaders guide masses, comprising university and college students, to carry out arson and violence in our cities, Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat said on Thursday while commenting on protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act. Leaders emerge from crowds but are no

Union Home Minister Amit Shah denied that there was any link between the National Population Register and the National Register of Citizens, amidst protests. Amit Shah’s comments came soon after the Union Cabinet approved Rs 3,941.35 as funding for the National Population Register, and Rs 8,754.23 c

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday urged farmers to opt for less water intensive crops and irrigation methods that will help conserve water, as he launched the Atal Jal Yojana, aimed at improving groundwater level in seven states. Speaking at the launch of the scheme, he said by

The Cabinet in its meeting on Tuesday approved the National Population Register (NPR), reported PTI quoting officials. Union Ministers Piyush Goyal and Prakash Javadekar addressed the media and stated that the Cabinet has approved an expenditure of Rs 8,754.23 crore for the exercise of Census of Ind

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said the Jharkhand Assembly poll results appeared to be a verdict against the NRC and CAA. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo said BJP leaders had “aggressively” campaigned in the last two phases of the Jharkhand Assembly polls, raising the

There were reports of fresh protests and crowd build-up in at least three Uttar Pradesh districts — Muzaffarnagar, Hapur and Saharanpur — on Sunday,but timely intervention by the police ensured that there was no violence, an official said. While mobile internet services were restored in Aligarh a

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday condemned the attacks on the police during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act amid charges its personnel have fired at agitators and have been ruthless while dealing with them. More than a dozen people have died and many have been injured during

Lucknow: Days after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath promised to take action against the violent protestors, the state administration sealed more than 60 shops in Muzaffarnagar. Following Thursday's mega protest across the country against the Centre's new citizenship law, the Lucknow