New Delhi: A Jaish-e-Mohammed Sajjad Khan, a close aide of Pulwama attack mastermind Muddasir was arrested here, police said on Friday. Sajjad Khan (27), a resident of Pulwama, was arrested near the Lajpat Rai market late Thursday night, they said. "Muddasir, the mastermind of Pulwama attack w

Samajwadi Party leader Ram Gopal Yadav has revived attack on the Narendra Modi government over Pulwama terror strike owned by Pakistan-based terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed. Yadav has called the Pulwama terror attack a “conspiracy” in which “soldiers were killed for vote”. The SP leader said if th

BJP MLA from Lakhimpur Kheri, Yogesh Verma, was shot at during Holi festivities at the party office on Thursday. Lakhimpur Kheri SP said that the BJP legislator was shot in the leg. Verma was immediately rushed to the hospital and he is out of danger, ANI reported. A case has been registered and

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan on Thursday rejected reports that he is planning to contest elections, saying that he has no plan to jump into politics and is also not thinking of campaigning for any political party. "Contrary to the rumours I am not contesting elections nor campaigning for any p

A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Wednesday acquitted main accused Swami Aseemanand and three other accused in the 2007 Samjhauta Express bombing case. Mukesh Garg, counsel for Aseemanand, told reporters that the court acquitted them as the NIA was not able to prove the charg

Goa's new BJP-led coalition government of Pramod Sawant on Wednesday won a vote of confidence on the floor of the Legislative Assembly during a specially convened session. While the government got 20 votes, the Opposition secured 15 in the 36-member truncated House of 40. Deputy Speaker Michael L

Srinagar: A 28-year-old school teacher, who was arrested in connection with a terror case, died in police custody here, triggering protests at his town in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on Tuesday, police said. The state government has order a magisterial inquiry to ascertain the cause and

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday completed two years in office and said on the occasion that the last two years have been exemplary in terms of development that the state has witnessed. “Today, we have completed two years in the government. We thank the Centre for

Panaji: BJP president Amit Shah will meet alliance partners in the Goa government Monday evening to decide the next coastal state's chief minister amid stalemate over the issue, a party leader said. The BJP has not been able to convince its alliance partners the Goa Forward Party (GFP), the Mahar

Pointing to 'Main Bhi Chowkidar' [I am also watchman] campaign launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress president Rahul Gandhi unleashed a bitter attack against by repeatedly stating that Mr. Modi had launched the campaign after his “theft” was caught. He also alleged that the Prime Minist

Former Supreme Court judge Pinaki Chandra Ghose is likely to be the first Lokpal of the country, officials in the know of developments said. Justice PC Ghose’s name was cleared by the selection committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, Chief Justice of I

“Bharosa Party”, “Sabsi Badi Party”, and “Rashtriya Saaf Niti Party” are some of the 2,300- odd political parties that India has on the eve of the 2019 general elections. The Election Commission of India’s latest data on political parties, registered till March 9, a day before the Lok Sabha elect

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday sought the Election Commission's response on a plea by Opposition leaders seeking the counting of Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) slips of 50 per cent of EVMs in each constituency before the Lok Sabha results are declared. A bench comprising Chief Ju

Bulandshahr: In a major embarrassment for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party at the Centre, Union Minister of State for Culture and Tourism, Mahesh Sharma, has sparked controversy ahead of the crucial 2019 Lok Sabha elections by saying that “if God cannot fulfil needs, how can a Member of Parliament”

In an attempt to prevent future incidents where government authorities reveal the identity of a sexual assault survivor, the Madras High Court ordered the government of Tamil Nadu to pay an interim compensation of Rs 25 lakh to the Pollachi survivor for ‘violation of her privacy, dignity and image’.

Mumbai: At least six people were killed and 32 injured as a major portion of a foot overbridge near the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT) railway station in Mumbai collapsed on Thursday evening. An eyewitness said when the bridge collapsed, there was a red light at the nearby signal, an

Gujarat: Moving to act on the order banning popular battle royale game PUBG, Rajkot police has now gone ahead and arrested as many as 10 people for playing the game over the last two days. Of the 10 arrested, six are undergraduates, reports the Indian Express. The six college students were arrest

The Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday transferred the Pollachi serial sexual assault and blackmail case to the Central Bureau of Investigation. On Tuesday, the Tamil Nadu Police had said that the Crime Branch-Criminal Investigation Department has taken over the case. The case relates to allegati