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

While a show of strength is on in Ayodhya by the VHP for the Ram Mandir, the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh has cleared a 221-metre-tall statue of Lord Ram, to come up on the banks of the Saryu in the temple town. While the government did not reveal the details of cost, funding, or exact locatio

Mumbai: India does not need money from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in the next six months, the finance minister said, rejecting opposition charges the government was seeking access to the bank's reserves to fund schemes ahead of the 2019 general election. "I don't need money in the next six m

Ayodhya: A day before the Dharam Sabha called by the Vishva Hindu Parishad, Ayodhya was virtually turned into fortress with multiple layers of security and deployment of drones to keep an eye on possible mischief- mongers. A UP Police spokesperson said one additional DGP, one deputy inspector genera

Kerala is rebuilding itself after the devastating impact of the deluge that hit the state in August, the worst that the state witnessed in a century. However, it has not forgotten the fact that neighbouring Tamil Nadu was one of the first states to extend maximum support during their difficult time.

Two medical students were killed on Friday morning after they rammed a road divider and fell off the Signature Bridge in New Delhi. Initially, it was suspected that the victims were performing stunts. However, the police in their investigation have ruled out that angle. The deceased have been ide

Within hours of resigning from the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), alleging that it has become alienated from the people and become inaccessible, party MP from Chevella Konda Vishweshwar Reddy defected to the Congress party on Wednesday. Accompanied by AICC general secretary in-charge of

Tanjore: Cyclone Gaja, which hit the coastal districts of Tamil Nadu, brought with it deadly force and damaged properties and took 63 lives in its wake. The worst affected areas were Nagapattinam, Tanjore, Thiruvarur, Pudukkottai and Cuddalore districts. Despite the fact that a week has elapsed sinc

MI Shanavas, one of the three working presidents of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) and sitting member of the Lok Sabha representing Wayanad, died at a private hospital in Chennai in the early hours of Wednesday. He was 67. Shanavas was under treatment at the hospital following liver

PORT BLAIR/NEW DELHI: An American man was killed by a protected tribe in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the police said today. Seven fishermen who took 27-year-old John Allen Chau to North Sentinel Island, where the indigenous Sentinelese people live, have been arrested, the police said. The Se