A Manipur journalist, who was granted bail last month after being arrested on charges of sedition for an allegedly offensive Facebook post on Chief Minister Nongthombam Biren Singh, has been detained for 12 months under the National Security Act (NSA). Kishorechand Wangkhem, 39, who was working a

As Jammu and Kashmir completed six months under Governor’s rule, President Ram Nath Kovind on Wednesday imposed President’s rule in the state. Kovind signed the proclamation for imposition of Central rule in the state, which plunged into a political crisis in June after the Mehbooba Mufti-led coa

The Kerala High Court, today, rejected Dileep's plea for CBI probe in the Malayalam actress' assault case. As reported by ANI, the court observed that the police investigation was going in the right direction and Dileep's plea had no significance. However, Dileep argued that the police investigation

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will launch on Wednesday GSAT-7A, a geostationary communication satellite, from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Andhra Pradesh’s Sriharikota. The 26-hour countdown for its launch began yesterday as the Geosynchronous Launch Vehicle GSLV-F11 is scheduled

A major fire broke out on Monday at a Mumbai hospital killing at least eight people, disaster management officials said. Over 140 people have been rescued so far. Six were killed on Monday, and two died this morning, taking the number of dead to eight, news agency ANI reported. One of the victims

A day after being convicted in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, former MP Sajjan Kumar Tuesday wrote to Congress president Rahul Gandhi resigning from the primary membership of the party. “I tender my resignation with immediate effect from the primary membership of the Indian National Congress in the

The Madras High Court on Monday directed the Central government to notify the statutory rules related to online sale of drugs and medicines by January 31, 2019 and banned online sales till then. Justice Pushpa Sathyanarayana held that the pharmacies in the country would be entitled to sell medici

The Delhi High Court on Monday awarded life imprisonment to Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, overturning the Delhi trial court’s verdict of acquitting him. Kumar has been convicted for criminal conspiracy, promoting enmity and acts against communal harmony. He has be

Chennai: Coastal Andhra Pradesh and north Tamil Nadu are likely to experience rainfall in the next two days with a deep depression set to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm and make a landfall between Ongole and Kakinada in the neighbouring state on Monday. Squally winds, with a speed of 45-5

Lucknow: After approving the construction of a 221-metre long statue of Ram in Ayodhya, Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government has decided to install four new statues in the state, including that of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Swami Vivekananda. Vajpayee’s 25-feet tall st

Mumbai:An IndiGo flight from Mumbai to Lucknow via Delhi was grounded Saturday after a bomb threat call, airport sources said. The aircraft was taken to an isolated bay for a secondary ladder point check after a Bomb Threat Assessment Committee (BTAC) found the threat as specific, the sources sai

New Delhi: Farm loan waivers should not form part of poll promises as has been the trend of late, former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Raghuram Rajan said on Friday at a press briefing organised by the University of Chicago Center in Delhi. Rajan is among 13 independent economists of internat

A search operation is underway to rescue at least 13 workers trapped and feared dead due to flooding in an illegal coal mine in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district on Thursday. Water is being pumped out and efforts are on to identify the mine workers. The incident was reported to the district

NEW DELHI: Shortly after the Supreme Court rejected any corruption in the Rafale jet deal and dismissed petitions asking for an investigation, parliament exploded today with calls for Congress president Rahul Gandhi's apology from the ruling BJP and its allies. Slogans of "Rahul Gandhi maafi mang

An Interpol red corner notice has been issued against fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi, a key accused in bank fraud cases at Punjab National Bank. The red corner notice, which asks countries to help arrest a wanted person, is seen as a huge setback for Mehul Choksi who became a citizen of the Carib

Nagpur: A 35-year-old Buddhist monk was Tuesday killed by a leopard while he was meditating under a tree in Ramdegi forest in Maharashtra's Chandrapur district, an official said on Wednesday. The monk, identified as Rahul Walke, was attacked by the big cat in the deep forest in the east Maharashtra

HYDERABAD: The Asauddin Owaisi-led All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) Tuesday won seven of the eight seats it contested in the Telangana assembly polls, retaining its hold in its traditional bastion of the Old City of Hyderabad. All the seven sitting MLAs, including Asauddin Owaisi's

New Delhi: The Lok Sabha was adjourned on Wednesday till noon following protests by Congress, Shiv Sena and AIADMK members demanding JPC probe on the Rafale deal, construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya and justice for farmers of the Cauvery delta respectively. As soon as the Question Hour began af