Jaipur: Rajasthan BJP MLA Gyan Dev Ahuja has said that the country's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru was not a 'Pandit' as he "ate beef and pork". Often in the news for his contentious statements, the legislator from Ramgarh constituency of Alwar district blamed the Nehru-Gandhi family for

New Delhi: Delhi Police on Friday inducted 36 women as part of an all-women Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team to fight against terrorists. This is the first time that any police force in the country has created an all-women SWAT team. The induction ceremony was attended by Home Minister

New Delhi: The assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi in 1991 brought the Indian democratic process to a grinding halt, the central government said while shooting down a plea for premature release of the seven convicts. Submitting its compliance affidavit before the Supreme Court, th

The Uttar Pradesh Home department in a government order issued on August 5 sanctioned Rs 14,21,163 for hiring helicopters from Messers Air Charter Private Limited for aerial surveillance of the Basti-Gorakhpur route and Meerut zone during the ongoing kanwar yatra. Incidentally, footage showing to

New Delhi: he Supreme Court today directed the Tamil Nadu government to seal or close down within 48 hours 11 resorts and hotels constructed on the elephant corridor of Nilgiris in violation of law. A bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur directed the owners of the other resorts and hotels locate

An Indian couple on board the British Airways flight from London to Berlin, BA 8495, was allegedly offloaded from their plane as their three-year-old toddler was crying. The family alleged that the child’s mother was able to pacify him when the flight was taxiing prior to the take-off. It was rep

Three persons were killed and nine went missing in yet another mid-sea collision off the Kerala coast, when a merchant vessel rammed a fishing boat around 3.30 a.m. on Tuesday. The fishing vessel Oceanic, owned by Sambasivan of Munambam, was hit by an unidentified vessel, 27 nautical miles north-

A nine-year-old student of a private school in east Delhi was allegedly molested by three senior students on the school bus, thrice between July 27 and August 1 this year. Police said the boy in his statement alleged that he had informed a woman teacher, who was in charge of the students travelli

An Army Major and three soldiers were killed in a gunfight with a large group of terrorists who were trying to infiltrate from Gurez in north Kashmir today. The infiltration bid was foiled and two terrorists were also shot dead, the army said in a statement. According to sources, it was a grou

Chennai: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) president M. Karunanidhi is dead, said Kauvery Hospital in a medial bulletin at 6.10pm on Tuesday. Earlier in the day, theere was a significant decline in the health of Karunanidhi, said Chennai’s Kauvery Hospital, where the five-time Tamil Nadu chief ministe

DEORIA: The Deoria Police on Sunday arrested a couple and rescued 24 girls from a shelter home in the city, after its licence was revoked following an inspection by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Both the man and his wife were managers at the shelter home. The incident came to light

A temple priest in Kerala’s Thrissur was arrested on Monday for allegedly making a death threat against President Ram Nath Kovind, who is on a three-day visit to the state, police said. P Jayaraman, a priest at the Chirakkal Bhagwati temple, made a call to the police control room saying he will p

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday continued attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government over Rafale fighter jet deal, alleging that Rs 1,30,000 crore was “stolen” from the people of India and “given to a friend who was 45,000 crore in debt”. Attributing the remark to forme

Vidisha (MP): A 35-year-old woman died of suffocation after her husband allegedly stuffed a strong adhesive in her mouth, nose and eyes here, police said on Saturday. The incident took place at their residence in Rajput Colony here on Friday, police said. "The victim, Durga Bai, suffocated to dea

With the elevation of Madras High Court Chief Justice Indira Banerjee as the Supreme Court judge, the apex court has created a new record in the Indian judicial history. For the first time, the top court will have three sitting woman judges, that includes Justices R Bhanumathi and Indu Malhotra — th

Jammu: An intruder was shot dead in the lobby of National Conference president and former chief minister Farooq Abdullah’s Jammu residence on Saturday morning. As per initial information, the man drove at a high speed and banged his car against the main gate of the Bhatindi residence. He later go

New Delhi: Vijay Ratnakar Gutte, director of the upcoming movie The Accidental Prime Minister, has reportedly been arrested for alleged Goods and Services Tax fraud of at least Rs 34 crore. Gutte was arrested by the Directorate General of Goods and Services Tax Intelligence (DGGSTI) in Mumbai, as

Thousands of smartphone users in India woke up puzzled on Friday with a Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) toll-free helpline number saved in their phonebooks by default. UIDAI, which is yet to issue an official statement on this, has replaced the earlier helpline number — 1800-300-