The brother of an Indian Police Service officer was among three terrorists killed on Monday in an encounter in South Kashmir's Shopian district. The security forces stormed their hide-out during a pre-dawn raid, officials said. The forces also destroyed an underground bunker, which was found near an

In a country where corruption is a harsh and running reality, the least we can expect is for the authorities responsible for eradicating such problems, to be cooperative and helpful. Or wait. Do we really can? A video of a police officer from Lucknow, which is going viral, says otherwise. In t

Kolkata: Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy has said that people of the country were totally "disappointed" with the administration of Narendra Modi and heaped praise on his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee, saying she is a "good administrator" and has all capabilities of leading the cou

A record-breaking jallikattu event held at Viralimalai near Pudukkottai on Sunday saw the participation of 1,353 bulls and 700 tamers. During the event, two spectators were also gored to death and nearly 40 bull-tamers were injured. The victims were identified as Ramu, 32, of Illupur in Pudukotta

New Delhi, Jan 20: Railways is working towards railway station upgrade. There are reports that around eleven railway stations under the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) will be upgraded to airport-like standard soon. The 11 stations include five in Assam. The upgradation is part of the Indian Railwa

BJP president Amit Shah, who was undergoing treatment for swine flu at All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi, was discharged Sunday. Shah tweeted later saying he was completely healthy and thanked people for their good wishes. “By the grace of god, I am completely healthy now and today

BARWANI, MADHYA PRADESH: Madhya Pradesh BJP leader Manoj Thackeray was found dead in an open field in Barwani today. He is the second BJP leader, who was murdered in less than a week in the state. Former Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan accused the Congress government of making the "death of BJP

Taking potshots at the Opposition, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday said the Mahagathbandhan (Grand Alliance) has been formed by people who got infuriated by his actions against corruption. “My stand on corruption has made some people angry as I prevented them from looting public m

Panna (Madhya Pradesh): The head of a 56-year-old woman was smashed and severed after hitting an electric pole when she leaned out of the window of a rashly-driven bus to vomit here in Madhya Pradesh on Friday, police said. The incident took place near Diamond crossing and the victim was identifi

SHILLONG: Thirty-six days after 15 miners got trapped inside an illegal rat-hole mine in Meghalaya, Navy personnel on Thursday morning were able to spot the floating body of one of them with the help of a remotely operated vehicle. “The body has signs of decomposition and efforts are on to retrie

New Delhi: Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and Sanjiv Khanna were sworn in on Friday as judges of the Supreme Court. They were administered oath by the Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi. This takes the number of sitting judges of the Supreme Court to 28, falling 3 short of the sanctioned strength

Four people died and six were trapped under snow after an avalanche in Ladakh’s Khardung La pass on Friday morning. Rescue operations are underway and sources say some vehicles are also trapped. Jammu and Kashmir has been witnessing heavy snowfall in the past few days. The Met department on Thurs

NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency or NIA today carried out searches at eight places in western Uttar Pradesh and Punjab in connection with its investigation against an ISIS-inspired group, which was allegedly planning suicide attacks and serial blasts, targeting politicians and government

Accusing BJP chief Amit Shah of trying to topple the Karnataka government by kidnapping his party MLAs, senior Congress leader BK Hariprasad on Thursday said it’s because of his deed that the BJP president is suffering from swine flu. Shah was on Wednesday night admitted to the All India Institute o

The Uttar Pradesh government has allocated ₹4,200 crore for the Kumbh Mela being held in the ‘sangam’ city of Allahabad, which is over thrice the budget of the Maha Kumbh in 2013, making the mega pilgrimage perhaps the costliest ever. “The UP government has allocated ₹4,200 crore for 2019 Kumbh M

Forty-nine people were injured on the first day of the traditional Jallikattu festival in Tamil Nadu that has attracted the ire of animal activists, officials said Wednesday. Nearly 500 bulls and a similar number of “tamers” were involved on the opening day of the festival in Madurai, said S Nata

New Delhi: With middle-class apathy on the rise, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley may double the income tax exemption threshold for the salaried from the present Rs 2.5 lakhs to Rs 5 lakhs while also reinstating tax-free status for medical expenses and transport allowance, providing some relief to the

Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge, the only dissenting voice in the panel that sacked Alok Verma as CBI director, has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to demand that the government make public documents relating to the decision “so that the public can draw its own conclusions” on Alok Verma’