The principal of a private school in Patna was on Wednesday arrested for allegedly raping a girl student repeatedly on the school premises in the last few months. A school clerk was also taken into custody for making a video clip of the crime and blackmailing the victim. Police said the incident

A BSF jawan, alleged to have been honey-trapped by Pakistan’s ISI over Facebook, has been arrested for spying by Uttar Pradesh’s anti-terror squad, state police chief OP Singh said. Singh said the Border Security Force (BSF) jawan was arrested from Noida near the national capital on Wednesday.

A photograph has helped raise nearly Rs 50 lakh for the family of a sewage worker who died after allegedly inhaling toxic gases, in Dwarka’s Dabri Extension in the national capital late Friday evening. A journalist with Hindustan Times posted a photograph of Anil’s sobbing son standing next to hi

Addressing a public meeting in his Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced development projects worth more than Rs 500 crore. The projects primarily focus on improvising transport facilities, connecting Varanasi to various parts of the country through railw

An elderly auto driver was allegedly assaulted by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers in Chennai on Sunday night as he questioned party state president Tamilisai Soundararajan over the increasing fuel rates. As Soundararajan was addressing media in Saidapet on Sunday night, the auto driver named

With chief minister Manohar Parrikar in New Delhi for treatment at the capital’s AIIMS hospital and the ruling BJP in a huddle over the way forward, the Congress has staked claim to form government in Goa as the single largest party. It has urged Governor Mridula Sinha to dismiss the BJP-led governm

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday lifted ban on sale of painkiller Saridon and two other drugs. The top court ruling comes after the September 13 order by the Ministry of Health that banned the manufacture for sale or distribution of 328 fixed-dose combination (FDC) drugs. The banned medicin

An unassuming science workshop at a school in Angamaly went awry when a working model of a volcano exploded and injured the students and a teacher. The incident happened at around 11.30 am Saturday in Holy Family High School Angamaly. The workshop was conducted in the grounds near the back gate a

The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the gang rape of a CBSE topper in Haryana’s Rewari made its first arrest in the case on Sunday but the three main accused continued to evade the police four days after the crime. The arrested person has been identified as Dindayal of Kanina where the v

A Samajwadi Party (SP) leader was shot dead by his wife’s lover here, the police said on Saturday. On Friday evening, SP leader Jagdish Mali (35) got into a fight with Dilip, with whom his wife was involved, in Nai Basti locality under the Chandausi police station limits, Superintendent of Police

Indian Air Force expects to have its doctors learning to fly military planes in order to understand first-hand the health problems their pilot patients face during and after sorties. Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal B.S.Dhanoa said having flying doctors would improve aviators' efficiency as t

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday allowed immediate arrests in connection with dowry harassment cases under Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC). The apex court had earlier said that every complaint under Section 498A should be scrutinised by the Family Welfare Committees after which arr

The son of a Delhi Police Assistant Sub Inspector has been arrested for brutally beating a woman earlier this month inside an office space in Uttam Nagar. The video of the incident went viral on social media. Additional Public Relations Officer Anil Mittal confirmed that the arrest was made on Fr

New Delhi: A Delhi Police head constable was shot dead on Wednesday by unknown assailants near his residence, the police said. The victim was identified as Ram Avtaar. He was shot dead at around 12.15 am. when he went out to fetch an autorickshaw for a family member on Tanki Road in Mithapur area

In a setback for Punjab Tourism Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu, the Supreme Court has decided to review its own judgment letting him off with a ₹1000 fine in a 30-year-old fatal road rage case. The Supreme Court had on May 15 acquitted Mr. Sidhu of culpable homicide in the case while finding him gui

MEERUT: Overcultivation of sugarcane can indirectly lead to diabetes. This startling claim was made by UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. “Excess production of sugarcane leads to its more consumption, which, in turn causes sugar (diabetes)," said the Chief Minister during the inauguration of 154-

Patidar quota leader Hardik Patel ended his ‘fast unto death’ on Wednesday on the request of leaders of two Patidar socio-religious bodies — Khodaldham and Umiyadham. Hardik had been on fast for the past 19 days demanding reservation for Patidar community and loan waiver for farmers. However, no neg

A 21-year-old girl, who was pretending to play Russian roulette with her father’s revolver, died after she pulled the trigger on herself at her home in Gwalior. According to investigating officer, Sudesh Tiwari, the victim Karishma Yadav was on video chat with her friend Nazma, who was travelling