Carcasses of 10 more lions have been found in the forests of Gir in Gujarat, a week after a lioness and a cub died. 21 lions have died in Gir in the last 18 days alone. The rising number of lion deaths in the national park in such a short span of time is a cause of worry for forest officials and con

A crude bomb exploded at the crowded marketplace in Dumdum on the northern fringes of Kolkata Tuesday morning, killing a seven-year-old boy and injuring nine others and triggering a war of words between the ruling Trinamool Congress and the BJP. Bibhas Ghosh died at SSKM Hospital, said Purnendu B

Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra held court, along with his successor Ranjan Gogoi, for the last time on Monday, stopping a lawyer who broke into song to wish him a long life to say he was “responding from the heart” but will speak from his mind in the evening. CJI Misra, who presided over benc

Hyderabad: In a gruesome incident, two Class 10 students were burnt alive in an alleged clash over an affair with the same girl in Telangana's Jagtiyal town, police said on Monday. The police suspect that both the students, aged 16, set each other ablaze on Sunday night after consuming liquor. Th

A family from Tamil Nadu’s Nagapattinam district on Saturday alleged that a private hospital in Thanjavur had charged them for three days of medical treatment to their kin after his death. In a complaint lodged with Thanjavur south police station, Subash, son of the deceased N Sekar (55) said the

Militants shot dead on Sunday a constable guarding a police station in south Kashmir’s Shopian district, continuing attacks weeks before the state holds local body and panchayat elections. Saqib Ahmad Mir, 23, was injured when militants fired indiscriminately at the Shopian police station and die

Key witnesses in the Pehlu Khan lynching case, including his sons and lawyer, were allegedly fired upon in Alwar on Saturday when they were on their way to Behror to depose in the case. Lawyer Asad Hayat, who was in the car when the incident took place, said he was accompanying witnesses Azmat an

LUCKNOW: In the murder of an employee of an international company by two constables, the Uttar Pradesh police have admitted that "law was violated" and "excessive force" was used. "It's a pure crime," UP police chief OP Singh said today promising speedy justice and strict action against the accused.

HYDERABAD: MIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Thursday said that judiciary cannot and should not decide what is an essential feature of Islam as it is the job of the religious clergy. The Hyderabad MP said it would have been better if the Supreme Court had referred the Babri Masjid case to a Constitut

New Delhi: A day after Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar spoke in support of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the ongoing Rafale controversy, general secretary Tariq Anwar resigned from the party and from his Lok Sabha seat, Katihar, on Friday. Speaking to reporters in Katihar on

Hyderabad: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Thursday alleged the ordinance making instant triple talaq a punishable offence is a murder of democracy and said it will move court against the move. It said the government did not bother to discuss the issue in Parliament and it's a

In a freak incident, a 25-year-old worker was killed after being sucked into a machine in a plastic factory here on Wednesday, police said. The incident occurred at the factory located in the Noida Special Economic Zone (NSEZ), under Phase 2 police station limits, they said. “Wajid reached for

Five states and the union territory of Chandigarh, ruled by three different parties — the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) — on Tuesday agreed to move towards uniform fuel rates. The prices of petrol and diesel have hit record highs in recent weeks and the Cen

Five people, including four children, were killed in north Delhi’s Ashok Vihar when a three -storeyed house collapsed on Wednesday morning, police said. “It was an old four-storey building. We are trying to ascertain how old it was and also if it was listed as a ‘dangerous buildings’,” the offici

The Supreme Court Tuesday left it to Parliament to ensure that people with criminal cases are kept away from office. Asking Parliament to draft a law, a five-judge bench headed by Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra said it could not add more disqualifications to the Representation of the People Act.

New Delhi: Incessant rains triggered flash floods and landslides in hill states of northern India, with at least 11 people killed on Monday in Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Haryana, and a 'red alert' being issued in Punjab. The Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) issued an advisory to t

India successfully conducted an interceptor missile test off the Odisha coast Sunday night, achieving a major milestone in developing a two-layer Ballistic Missile Defence system, defence sources said. The interceptor was launched from Abdul Kalam Island, earlier known as Wheeler Island of the In

A day after suspended paediatrician of BRD Medical College Hospital Dr Kafeel Khan was arrested by Bahraich police for allegedly creating nuisance at the district hospital and later granted bail, Gorakhpur police on Sunday arrested him and his brother for allegedly opening a bank account in a nation