A 20-year-old civil services aspirants from Tamil Nadu allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself at her rented room in central Delhi’s Regarpura near Karol Bagh on Saturday. Police said the woman left behind a note in which she apologised to her parents and brother for not fulfilling their d

NEW DELHI: The body of a minor girl was found stuffed in a trolley bag at a roadside near Yamuna Biodiversity Park today, a police official said. The police were informed about the incident at 7.30 am and a team from the Timarpur police station visited the spot, the official said. When police

Former Delhi chief minister Madan Lal Khurana died in Delhi on Saturday night after a prolonged illness. He was 82. Khurana, a BJP leader, was the chief minister of Delhi from 1993 to 1996. “He breathed his last at around 11 pm at his residence,” his son Harish Khurana told PTI. He said his

Seven elephants were killed after coming in contact with sagging live electric wire in Odisha’s Dhenkanal district late Friday night. The incident took place near Kamalanga village in Dhenkanal. “We have received information about the death of seven elephants due to electrocution. Field officials

Five Maharashtra policemen including a sub-inspector were suspended on Friday for giving special treatment to underworld don Dawood Ibrahim’s brother Iqbal Kaskar, police said. Joint commissioner of Thane police, Madhukar Pandey issued the suspension order, but police did not reveal the names of

Srinagar: Two terrorists were killed during an encounter with security forces in Sopore area of Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir Friday, officials said. A soldier who received injuries ininitialntial round of firing has also succumbed to his injuries. "Two terrorists have been killed in th

Chennai: After Madras High Court upheld the disqualification of 18 rebel AIADMK MLAs yesterday, they will move the Supreme Court against the order. One of the MLAs Thanga Tamil Selvan from the rebel faction on Friday said they will approach the apex court within 1- 3 months on their lawyer's advice.

The National Investigation Agency ( NIA) has arrested Shafeek Ahamed, 30, of Adirampattinam, Thanjavur, for his alleged involvement as conspirator who facilated an IS operative to procure Indian passport in 2017. Sources said Shajahan was arrested on July 01, 2017 at IGI airport, New Delhi on his

A 35-year-old political activist from Shiv Sangram Party, part of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance, died on Wednesday evening after the boat in which he was travelling capsized nearly 2.5 km off the Mumbai coast. Siddhesh Pawar was part of a delegation of political activists, government o

Savji Dholakia, the Surat-based diamond merchant, has done it again! Dholakia has once again decided to gift all his employees around 600 cars as 'Diwali gifts' in a special event called 'Skill India Incentive Ceremony' on Thursday. The employees of Hare Krishna Exporters will be presented with a

Kolkata: A 100-year-old woman was brutally raped allegedly by a 20-year-old youth in the middle of the night in West Bengal's Nadia district, the police said on Wednesday. "The incident took place on Monday night. Argha Biswas alias Abhijit was caught by the family members of the old woman. A com

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered that from April 1, 2020, only Euro VI fuel compliant vehicles will be permitted to be sold and registered across the country. The order was passed by a bench of Justice Madan B Lokur, Justice S Abdul Nazir and Justice Deepak Gupta, which said, ''N

NOIDA: Three Paytm employees were arrested on Monday for allegedly trying to extort Rs. 20 crore from the e-wallet giant's founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma after threatening to leak stolen personal data and confidential information, Noida Police said. The arrested woman, who allegedly masterminded th

The Supreme Court ruled out imposing a complete ban on the sale of firecrackers during Diwali but put certain conditions in place for the sale and use of firecrackers. In its order, a bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan and AK Sikri said that it is permitting the sale and manufacture of ‘green’

Lucknow, Oct 22: Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council chairman Ramesh Yadav’s wife Meera Yadav was on Monday arrested for killing her 23-year-old son Abhijit Yadav, police said. She was detained late on Sunday for interrogation, during which she broke down and accepted strangulating her own son.

Chennai: The Congress will not project party president Rahul Gandhi or any other leader as the prime ministerial face ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha elections, former finance minister P Chidambaram has told News18 Tamil in an exclusive interview. The Congress has been trying to stitch together a grand a

Petrol and diesel prices were cut for the fourth straight day Sunday on softening international oil prices, providing some relief to consumers battered by two months of relentless rate hikes. Petrol price was cut by 25 paise a litre and diesel by 17 paise, according to the price notification of stat

In an unprecedented move, the country’s premier investigation agency, Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), has named its Special Director Rakesh Asthana in a new FIR involving a bribery scam. Mr. Asthana, a 1984 batch IPS Officer of Gujarat cadre, is accused of accepting a bribe of ₹ 2 crore in