New Delhi: The information technology (IT) ministry on Tuesday asked Facebook-owned messaging service WhatsApp to take appropriate measures to curtail the spread of fake and provocative messages through its platform while complying with Indian laws. These include setting up a corporate entity to

Thiruvananthapuram: Heartbroken on finding his class twelve certificates destroyed in the devastation caused by the deadly monsoon in Kerala, a 19-year-old boy, committed suicide, police said on Monday. With his house fully waterlogged in the downpour, the boy, Kailash, and his parents, hailing f

The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Uttar Pradesh government to explain in four weeks why Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath should not be prosecuted for an alleged hate speech he gave in Gorakhpur in 2007. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud i

Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) leader Hardik Patel was on Sunday arrested by the police in Ahmedabad ahead of the hunger strike called by the Patidar leader. According to the police, Patel was organising the protest and hunger strike without prior permission from the authorities. A total

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday said it had arrested a person from Aurangabad in Maharashtra who was one of the suspected gunmen involved in the August 2013 murder of Narendra Dabholkar, who fought against superstition and espoused rationalism. Dabholkar was murdered in Pune

Thiruvananthapuram: As Kerala is struggling to cope with the flood fury, 21-year-old college student, who was viciously trolled for selling fish to meet her educational needs, has contributed Rs 1.5 lakh towards the Chief Minister's Disaster Relief Fund. Hanan, a college student from Kochi, said

New Delhi: As Kerala battles one of its worst floods, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, after a review of the situation, announced financial assistance of Rs 500 crores to the state. Modi undertook an aerial survey of flood-hit parts after holding a meeting with chief minister Pinarayi Vijay

PATNA: A professor at Motihari Central University in Bihar was allegedly beaten up by a group of people on Friday for his comments on social media that appeared to criticise former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The professor, Sanjay Kumar, said he was dragged out from his third-floor flat

New Delhi: Social activist Swami Agnivesh was attacked right outside the BJP office at Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Marg in Delhi while he was on his way to pay respects to former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee. In the video that is being circulated, the Swami can be seen being chased by a mob and a man, puttin

New Delhi: Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who passed away here at AIIMS on Thursday at age 93, was on Friday cremated with full military honours at Rashtriya Smriti Sthal, where people turned out in tens of thousands to pay their final tributes. Vajpayee's foster-daughter Namita lit

New Delhi: Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, a moderate face in saffron politics and the first non-Congress prime minister to complete a full term in office, died here on Thursday after a prolonged illness, AIIMS authorities said. He was 93. "It is with profound grief that we inform abo

Delhi chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday rejected party leader Ashutosh’s resignation, asking how could they accept it. “How can we ever accept ur resignation?,” Kejriwal said in a tweet, adding dramatically, “No, not in this birth” in Hindi. Ashutosh,

PATNA: A senior government officer was shot dead after an alleged robbery attempt in Patna. Rajiv Kumar, an undersecretary rank officer, was at his home when three men barged in reportedly with an intention to commit robbery. When he resisted, he was shot at. The 58-year-old officer was rushed to

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear on August 20 a plea filed by over 300 Army personnel challenging registration of FIRs against them for operations in areas where the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) is in force. A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justi

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday announced an immediate assistance of Rs 100 crore for rain-ravaged Kerala even as the state estimated its loss at Rs 8,316 crore. After conducting an aerial survey of rain-hit districts of Idukki and Ernakulam districts along with Chief Minister Pinarayi V

Some unidentified men targeted JNU student leader Umar Khalid and gunshots were heard at the Constitution Club near Parliament today, but he escaped unhurt, police said. Witnesses claimed that two shots were fired when Khalid was at the entrance of the club. The student leader was at the venue

A class 10 boy in Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur district decided to celebrate Friendship Day in the most unconventional way. The teenager dished out Rs 46 lakh of his father’s money among his friends in school, including a lump sum Rs 15 lakh to a daily wager’s son and Rs 3 lakh to a friend who finished

Muzaffarpur: Brajesh Thakur, prime accused in the Muzaffarpur shelter home rapes, was on Saturday found by Bihar police officials with a list of 40 mobile phone numbers. According to reports, the incident took place in the visitor's area of the Muzaffarpur Central Jail where Thakur is lodged.