Three days after a school teacher was shot dead in outer Delhi’s Bawana, police claimed to have solved the case with the arrest of the woman’s husband Manjeet, 38, and his alleged partner, Angel Gupta, a model by profession. The third person arrested in the case was Angel’s father Rajeev, the pol

Hyderabad: The Congress will contest 95 seats in the coming elections to the 119-member Telangana assembly, leaving the remaining to partners of the proposed grand alliance, AICC incharge of the state RC Khuntia said on Thursday. The list of the party candidates will be released on November 8 or

India has shot up by 23 spots to reach the 77th position among 190 nations in World Bank's Ease of Doing Business ranking. The advance - the second big jump in a row - marks a huge step forward in Narendra Modi government's efforts to ease processes, project a business-friendly environment, and draw

More than 100 passengers on a Doha-bound Qatar Airways aircraft had a narrow escape at the international airport in West Bengal’s Kolkata early on Thursday when a water tanker hit the plane minutes before take off. The accident took place at about 2:20 am when passengers were boarding the plane a

Devender Kumar, the CBI officer arrested in the corruption case against the agency’s special director Rakesh Asthana, was granted bail by a Delhi court on Wednesday. The court order came after the CBI lawyer did not oppose release on bail but only asked that “strict conditions” be imposed for his

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday morning unveiled the world’s tallest statue, the Statue of Unity, in Kevadiya in Gujarat’s Narmada district. The 182m-tall statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was inaugurated to coincide with the 143rd birth anniversary of Patel, India’s first home minister.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed all southern India states to burst crackers for two hours on Diwali morning. The top court added that if the states want they can scatter the timings but must not breach the 2-hour window. The order came on a petition by the Tamil Nadu government requesting

“I saw my colleague fall in front of me,” says Dheeraj Kumar, a 37-year old journalist who survived in the Maoist attack near Sameli in Dantewada on Tuesday morning. Two police personnel and a cameraman of Doordarshan were killed in the ambush. The deceased were ASI Rudra Pratap, constable Manglu

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday mocked at BJP President Amit Shah, saying his “strength” wont be enough to pull down the Kerala government led by the CPI-M. On Saturday, Shah warned Vijayan not to play with the Sabarimala issue and warned that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would not

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