Arputhammal, the mother of AG Perarivalan alias Arivu who was convicted in the assassination of former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, met with Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday seeking the release of her son. Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) chief and Chidambaram MP Thol Thirumavalava

Pilibhit: An adult tigress that injured nine persons in Mataina village in Uttar Pradesh's Pilibhit district was trapped and beaten to death by villagers on Thursday. A disturbing two-minute video of the incident shows the big cat being brutally assaulted by villagers armed with lathis and spears

only 26% of Bills were subjected to parliamentary scrutiny. Seventeen Opposition parties wrote to Rajya Sabha Chairman and Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on July 26, 2019 raising concerns over the “hurried” passage of bills in Parliament without any scrutiny, and said that this was a departure fr

Over 1.5 kg ornaments and coins were removed from the stomach of a mentally unstable woman at a government hospital in West Bengal’s Birbhum district, a doctor said. Ninety coins in the denomination of ₹ 5 and ₹10 and ornaments such as chains, nose rings, earrings, bangles, anklets, wrist bands a

Bhopal: Two BJP legislators voted in favour of a bill of the Kamal Nath government in Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday. It was a quirky reverse for the party, whose leader, hours ago, spoke of bringing down the government. Sharad Kol and Narayan Tripathi -- both former Congressmen -- voted for the Congr

A curious case of “lizards” being found in railway food was finally cracked after it was found that a senior citizen was the serial offender who contaminated his own meal to get free ones from the national transporter. A senior divisional commercial manager noticed the uncanny similarity in the modu

In a major relief to the taxpayers, the government has extended the deadline for filing income tax return (ITR) for the financial year 2018-19 by a month to August 31, 2019. "In this regard, the Central Board of Direct Taxes, in exercise of its powers conferred under Section 119 of the Income Tax

Patna/Guwahati: Floods in Bihar and Assam have claimed 170 lives till Monday with 1.07 crore people still reeling under the effect of the deluge in the two states. With two more deaths in Muzaffarpur, the number of dead in the Bihar flood climbed to 104. In Assam, the number of deaths touched 66

The personal guard of Lucknow businessman opened fire on a 17-year-old boy who scaled the boundary wall of the businessman’s house to search for a ball in Gorakhnath area on Monday morning, police said. Arvind Kumar was shot in the head as guard Sumit Singh opened fire with his double-barrel rifl

New Delhi: AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday gave a “caste” twist to BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur’s “toilet” remark and said that she believes in the caste and class discrimination happening in India. The BJP MP from Bhopal on Sunday sparked a controversy by saying that she was “not elected to

A day after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) got police custody of 16 persons arrested in connected to the 'Tamil Nadu Ansarulla Case', searches were conducted in the residences of 14 accused men. Teams were sent to their homes across Tamil Nadu to gather any incriminating evidence pointing t

Chandigarh: A disquieting incident has come to light from the Kaithal district of Haryana where efforts are underway in full swing to save the life of a newborn who was rescued from a drain by two dogs. Local police have confirmed that they have stumbled across CCTV footage showing the baby girl's m

The Allahabad High Court on Friday issued a notice to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a petition challenging his election from Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency, PTI reported. The plea was filed by former Border Security Force constable Tej Bahadur Yadav, whose nomination papers to stand for the Lok S

The Income-Tax Department has attached a ‘benami’ plot worth Rs 400 crore in Noida belonging to BSP supremo Mayawati’s brother and his wife, an official order said. The provisional order for the attachment of the seven-acre plot, “beneficially owned” by Anand Kumar and his wife Vichiter Lata, was

Patna: A 15-year-old boy from Bihar's Bhagalpur has sought permission from President Ram Nath Kovind to end his life due to 'distress' owning to strained relations between his parents, reported a news agency. The Prime Minister's Office has reportedly intervened into the matter, directing the distri

New Delhi: A Vistara flight from Mumbai to Delhi with 153 passengers narrowly escaped an aerial mishap when it was diverted to Lucknow due to lack of visibility and almost ran out of fuel on Monday. The pilot, who now has been de-rostered as per the instructions of Directorate General of Civil Av

Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari is slated to reply in Lok Sabha on the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill 2019, which proposes to levy heavy penalties for violation of traffic norms. The bill was tabled by Gadkari in the Lok Sabha on Monday. As per the norms of the bill, a fine of Rs 10,000 w

Guwahati: Eleven people have died in the second wave of floods and landslides in Assam that has affected nearly 26.5 lakh people across 28 districts. Nine deaths were reported in the last 24 hours from Dhemaji, Golaghat, Jorhat, Barpeta and Dhubri, while two persons died in landslides in Kamrup Metr