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Drones take to the sky as 21,000 evacuated from Yamuna banks in Delhi

With the Yamuna flowing over the danger mark in Delhi, authorities on Tuesday launched 13 drones to keep an eye on the situation below. The Yamuna was flowing at 205.94 metres at 7 am on Tuesday - the danger mark is 205.33 metres - and with more water gushing in from Haryana's Hatni Kund Barrage,

Woman beaten to death over triple talaq: Family

A 22-year-old woman was allegedly beaten to death and the body set on fire by her husband and in-laws here, police said on Monday, claiming it was a case of dowry death but her family insisted she was killed because she had refused to accept triple talaq given to her on phone. According to superi

Around 60 prominent TDP leaders join BJP in Telangana

Hyderabad: Around 60 prominent national, state and district level leaders of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) along with thousands of party workers on Sunday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) here in presence of BJP working president J P Nadda. "It is a very, very good sign as far as the Telang

Jitendra Singh reaches AIIMS as Arun Jaitley remains critical, Rajnath Singh & Gautam Gambhir pay visit

New Delhi: Several Union ministers including Rajnath Singh, Smriti Irani and Jitendra Singh, and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal visited AIIMS here on Sunday to enquire about the health condition of former finance minister Arun Jaitley, who is on life support system. Jaitley, 66, was admitte

JNU should be renamed MNU, Modi Narendra University, says Hans Raj Hans

BJP MP and artiste Hans Raj Hans on Saturday said that Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) should be renamed after Prime Minister Narendra Modi as ‘MNU’. The BJP North West Delhi legislator, who was at the University to perform at an event ‘Ek shaam shaheedon ke naam’, also hit out at the Nehru-Gan

About 4,000 people arrested in Kashmir since August 5: govt sources to AFP

Thousands of people have been detained in Kashmir over fears of outbreaks of unrest after the BJP government stripped of the special status to the State two weeks ago, government sources told AFP. A magistrate speaking to AFP on condition of anonymity said at least 4,000 people were arrested and

Kerala records first arrest in triple talaq case

The police in Kerala on Friday arrested a man for giving triple talaq to his wife. The arrest was based on the Narendra Modi government's The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill. This is the first-ever arrest in the southern state since the passage of Triple Talaq Bill. According

50,000 landline phones restored in Kashmir, schools to reopen Monday

The government on Saturday restored services in 17 telephone exchanges in Kashmir and mobile internet in five districts on Jammu region and started the process to ease restrictions across Jammu and Kashmir 12 days after they were imposed, a top official of the Jammu and Kashmir administration said i

India should withdraw illegal petition filed by Nehru in UNSC if it wants to take back PoK: Subramanian Swamy

New Delhi: BJP maverick Subramanian Swamy has said that if India wants to take back Pakistan Occupied Kashmir then it needs to withdraw the illegal petition filed by Jawaharlal Nehru in the UNSC in 1947. He further said that once the petition is withdrawn then the Line of Control (LoC) will become i

Former finance minister Arun Jaitley in critical condition at AIIMS

NEW DELHI: Former finance minister and veteran BJP leader Arun Jaitley remained in a critical condition and was put on life support by Friday afternoon. He was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi on August 9. President Ram Nath Kovind, health minister Harsh Va

"What kind of petition is this," says Chief Justice on Article 370 plea

New Delhi: A legal challenge to the centre's decision to end special status to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 was adjourned by the Supreme Court today with Chief Justice of India saying the petition "has no meaning". Petitioner ML Sharma, a lawyer-activist, has said he will file an amended peti

TN’s Vellore district to be split into 3, Tirupathur and Ranipet to become new districts

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami announced the creation of two new districts in the state on Thursday. During his address at the Independence Day function in Chennai, he said that Vellore district will be trifurcated into Vellore, Tirupathur and Ranipet. The CM also announced that a ne

Independence Day speech: Modi announces Chief of Defence Staff post, Jal Jeevan Mission

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Independence Day address from the ramparts of the Red Fort was not only a summing up of what his newly re-elected government had accomplished in the last 75 days but also unveiled a powerful social charter going forward, including raising concerns over population explo

Supreme Court declines govt. plea to re-open NRC process in Assam

The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined the government’s plea to re-open the National Register of Citizens (NRC) process in Assam and conduct a sample re-verification of data collected, especially in the border districts of the State where cross-border “infiltration” from Bangladesh is high. A Benc

Fire breaks out in east Delhi’s Gandhi Nagar market; 21 fire tenders at spot

A fire broke out at a garments godown in East Delhi’s Gandhi Nagar on Tuesday morning. At least 21 fire tenders were rushed to the spot. Nearly half-a-dozen shops were gutted in the fire, the fire department said. No casualties have been reported so far in the blaze, about which the fire depar

Income Tax department busts inter-state tax theft worth Rs 700 crore

The Income Tax department raided 62 locations to bust a tax theft worth Rs 700 crore in Tamil Nadu. The searches were conducted on properties belonging to SNJ Group, which is involved in liquor manufacturing business with bases across Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Goa. As many as 55 plac

Suspense over Rahul's successor ends, Sonia Gandhi named interim Congress chief after CWC meeting

New Delhi: Sonia Gandhi was named interim Congress president on Saturday, returning to the helm after almost 20 months. The announcement was made late on Saturday night after the Congress Working Committee (CWC), the party’s topmost body, accepted Rahul Gandhi's resignation during its second meet

Manmohan Singh to file nomination for Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan

New Delhi: Former Prime Minister and senior Congress leader Manmohan Singh will file nomination for the Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan. The 86-year-old leader will file his nomination on August 13. The seat has been vacant after the death of state BJP president Madan Lal Saini, who was elected to th