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

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday rolled out the Centre’s flagship scheme — Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Abhiyaan, also known as Ayushman Bharat or the National Health Protection Mission (AB-NHPM). “This is the world’s largest health scheme which will serve a population that equals 27-28 Europe

Alwar: In a major embarrassment for the BJP government ahead of the Rajasthan assembly elections, two party leaders on Saturday got into a fistfight in the presence of state’s chief minister Vasundhara Raje during an event in Alwar. A video tweeted by news agency ANI showed the two leaders—Rohita

Two politicians in Andhra Pradesh, including a sitting legislator, were gunned down, allegedly by Naxals in Dumbriguda mandal of Araku valley in Visakhapatnam district. Present MLA Kidari Sarveswara Rao and ex-Araku MLA Siveri Soma, who were travelling together, were reportedly killed in the attack.

New Delhi: Ratcheting up his attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said former French President Francois Hollande has called him a "thief" in the Rafale deal and sought a Joint Parliamentary Committee probe into the issue. Addressing a press conferenc

A police inspector in Andhra Pradesh caused a flutter threatening to cut tongues of elected representatives if they spoke in a manner hurting the morale of the force, targeting a ruling TDP MP, who hit back daring him and lodging a complaint. “We have so far observed restraint. Henceforth, if any

The Trump administration Saturday told a federal court that its decision to revoke work permits to H-4 visas holders, who are primarily spouses of H-1B foreign guest workers, is expected within the next three months. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in its latest court filing Saturday to

SRINAGAR: Seven Jammu and Kashmir policemen in Shopian district on Friday announced their resignation on social media after the abduction and killing of three of their colleagues by militants. The seven policemen who have resigned include a constable and two special police officers (SPOs). Two

A person lost his life at a school in north Bengal after clashes erupted between police and agitating students over the appointment of teachers on Thursday. The incident took place at Daribhit High School near Islampur under North Dinajpur district. The incident left ten students, policemen and loca

State-run plane maker Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) could have built Rafale fighters in India had the government managed to close the original negotiations with Dassault and had actually signed a work-share contract with the French company, said T Suvarna Raju, who was heading HAL till three w