Saying that the Supreme Court’s unanimous verdict had marked a “new dawn” for a new India, PM Modi said that it has also shown the world how alive and strong India’s democracy is. The Supreme Court on Saturday ruled that the disputed land in Ayodhya would be given to a trust, that will be put tog

Hyderabad: AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday said the Supreme court verdict on the Babri Masjid-Ramjanmabhoomi land dispute was a “victory of belief over facts.” The Hyderabad MP, responding to the apex court verdict, also said he was not satisified with the ruling. The supreme court i

Chennai: Superstar Rajinikanth on Friday said the BJP has not invited him to join the party, but insisted efforts were being made to paint him with "saffron", the idealogical colour the national party is associated with. Attempts were being made to paint both himself and Thiruvalluvar with saff

Malappuram: A contract employee of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL), who had not been paid wages for the past 10 months, allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in the office here on Thursday, police said. Ramakrishnan, hailing from Vandoor in the district, had been working as a part-time s

Four states – two on the west coast and two on the east— were on alert on Wednesday after weather officials predicted impact from two cyclones that are developing in the two seas surrounding the Indian subcontinent – the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal. According to India Meteorological Departm

The winds blowing from the Mediterranean Sea and their interaction with Maha Cyclone brought the first snowfall of the season in higher reaches of Kashmir on Wednesday, bringing down the temperature across the Himalayan Valley. From early morning, rains lashed most parts of the Valley, including

The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) in collaboration with Phoenix Medical Systems on Tuesday launched India's first indigenously-designed 'Standing Wheelchair. The standing wheel chair branded as Arise enables a differently-abled person requiring a wheelchair to shift from sitting to

A BJP leader on Tuesday said that Pakistan and China should be blamed for the high levels of pollution in the national capital region and adjacent areas and alleged either of the two neighbouring countries could have released poisonous gases into India. “Ye jo zehreeli hawa aa rahi hai, zehreeli

More than 5,000 youths and political workers, detained as part of the clampdown in Kashmir since August 5, have been released, even as the Valley marked three months of spontaneous shutdown on Monday. Fresh police data show that about 6,300 people, including political leaders, had been rounded up

The Agra District Administration has installed two air purifier machines at the gates of the mughal era monument Taj Mahal to combat air pollution in the region. Sharing details of the initiative, RK Rathi, Executive Engineer, Agra Municipal Corporation said, “An agency has been directed to do me

A latest map of India released by the Centre after the abrogation of Article 370 has triggered a row, as Amaravati, the capital of Andhra Pradesh was missing from it. The new map was issued after reorganisation of the new union territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, which was officially d

Two judges of the Supreme Court on Monday explored various options to quickly improve the national capital Delhi’s toxic air that the court opined was killing people because various government agencies weren’t doing their job. At one point, Justice Arun Mishra, who was attempting to drive home the p

Udupi: The Udupi district administration has beefed up surveillance in the local fishing harbour after clamping down on bull trawling and light fishing, which allegedly threatens fish breeding. District administration also warned fishermen of strict action including cancellation of diesel subsidy

The air filled with enthusiasm when 77-year-old Sushil Kumar Dhawan was awarded with his PhD degree. The occasion was the 50th annual convocation of the Indian Institute of Technology in Delhi (IIT-D) on Saturday. Dhawan, a visiting professor at IIT-D’s department of civil engineering, is one of

Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi said the Assam National Register of Citizens (NRC) process to identify illegal aliens residing in the border State was “neither a new or novel idea” but only an attempt to update the 1951 NRC list. Chief Justice Gogoi, who is retiring on November 17, headed the

New Delhi: Two days after Jammu and Kashmir was officially bifurcated into the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh, the Union Home Ministry on Saturday released the new political map of the country showing 28 states and nine Union Territories. Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday transiti

New Delhi: A police vehicle was set afire over a clash between the advocates and Delhi Police at Tis Hazari Court in Delhi. Fire Department dispatched ten fire tenders to the spot. Jai Biswal, an office bearer of the Tis Hazari Bar Association, has narrated the incident preceding the clash. He sa

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday presented the prestigious Award for Corporate Excellence to Pepsico India for its efforts to save more than 17 billions of litres of water through community water programs and positively impacting thousands of community members. Established in 1999, t