MUMBAI: An onion-grower from Maharashtra who had to sell his produce for little over Rs. 1 per kg has sent his earnings to the Prime Minister to mark his protest. Sanjay Sathe, resident of Niphad tehsil in Nashik district, was among the handful of 'progressive farmers' selected by the Union agric

Hyderabad: "India is my father's country. Nobody can force me flee." This was AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi’s response to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's comment that if BJP comes to power in the Telangana, Owaisi will have to flee. "It is my religious belief that Prophet Adam w

After demitting office as Supreme Court judge, Justice Kurian Joseph, who was one of the four judges to go public against the functioning of then Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, said that the top court was not going in the right direction under Misra, reports ANI. On January 12, Justices J Ch

New Delhi: India will buy locally-manufactured BrahMos supersonic missiles as a part of its Rs 3,000 crore ($431 million) defence-spending plan. A panel chaired by defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman also approved buying armoured recovery vehicles, or ARVs, for its battle tanks, according to a st

New Delhi: As the 2019 Lok Sabha elections approach, opposition leaders on Friday united to lend their support to the farmer agitation in Delhi. Congress president Rahul Gandhi, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, Nationalist Congress party chief Sharad Pawar, Loktantrik Janata Dal’s Sharad Yadav,

PUNE: A 27-year-old woman has lodged a police complaint alleging that her doctor husband administered her an HIV-infected saline a year ago. According to the police, the woman claimed that her husband, a homoeopathic doctor, and his parents were harassing her for dowry since the couple got marrie

RAJASTHAN: As Rajasthan is just a week from voting for a new government, BJP's national president Amit Shah went all out in his attack on the Congress, which is hoping to snatch the state from the BJP on the back of anti-incumbency sentiment, during a rally in Rajasthan today. Mr Shah targeted Ra

Mumbai: The Maharashtra government’s decision to award 16 per cent reservation to Marathas has led to demands of quota from other communities. On Friday, Asaduddin Owaisi’s All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) said it would move court demanding quota for Muslims in education and governm

A senior Delhi police officer died on Thursday after allegedly jumping from the police headquarters building at Central Delhi’s ITO area. Prem Ballabh Kumar, a 55-year-old ACP rank official, jumped to his death on Thursday morning at around 10am. “Preliminary enquiry has revealed that the ACP

The Maharashtra Assembly Thursday unanimously passed a legislation granting 16 per cent reservation to the Maratha community under the socially and educationally backward category. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had tabled the Bill along with an Action Taken Report (ATR) on Maharashtra State Backw

Patna: In a shocking case reported from Bihar's Saran district, the Government Railway Police (GRP) men arrested a suspected corpse smuggler and recovered 50 human skeletons at Chapara railway station on Tuesday. The accused was identified as Sanjay Prasad and he was travelling via Baliah-Sealdah

NEW DELHI: Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha apologised to a specially-abled woman who alleged that she was forcefully lifted from her wheelchair by CISF personnel for security checks. Asking for an inquiry to be initiated in the case, he tweeted: "Really sorry for the suffering that

ISRO is all set to launch its workhorse rocket PSLV-C43 carrying India's earth observation satellite HysIS and 30 co-passenger satellites, including 23 from the US, from Sriharikota on November 29. The space agency said the 45th flight of PSLV will be launched from the First Launch Pad (FLP) of S

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has come down heavily on the Nitish Kumar government in Bihar, questioning its attitude towards recent revelations of rampant sexual abuse in state-run shelter homes. “The state's attitude is extremely unfortunate and tragic to say the least. This is inhuman and shame

New Delhi: Anil Ambani’s Reliance Infrastructure has sued The Wire for Rs 6,000 crore in Ahmedabad city civil court for an online video show on the controversial Rafale deal. The video discussion –titled ‘Rafale Deal: Understanding the Controversy’ – was published on August 23, 2018. The discussi

No homework for students of classes I and II and prescribed weight limit of school bags for each class are part of the fresh directives issued by the HRD ministry to states and union territories across the country. According to the official order, the HRD ministry has “instructed all the states a

NEW DELHI: Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, who turned down Pakistan's invitation to visit the groundbreaking ceremony for Kartarpur Sahib citing cross-border terror, today questioned the army credentials of Pakistan army chief Qamar Bajwa, citing multiple attacks in his state. Today happens t

A contempt petition was filed in the Supreme Court on Friday against Bharatiya Janata Party's Kerala state president PS Sreedharan Pillai, Sabarimala Temple priest and three others for not implementing the top court's order. Earlier Solicitor General Tushar Mehta had declined to give sanction to