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The Deoria Police on Sunday arrested a couple and rescued 24 girls from a shelter home in the city, after its licence was revoked following an inspection by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).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-

MUNGER: Sanno, a three-year-old girl who fell in a 110-feet deep borewell in Munger district of Bihar, was safely rescued after several hours of coordinated efforts by the SDRF and the NDRF officials. News agency ANI confirmed that the 3-year-old girl who was stuck in a 110 feet deep borewell for

Hyderabad: One of the engines of a Jazeera Airways aircraft, carrying about 150 passengers, caught fire after the plane landed at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport here in the early hours on Thursday. Airport sources said the Air Traffic Control and also some members of the ground staff noti

Religion is a concept that can give people hope, peace of mind and a sense of security to help them get through tough times. However, considering how it’s on the polar opposite end of science, mixing them up usually leads to catastrophic conclusions. As religion has an overbearing influence on almos

On Tuesday, Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BYJM), the youth wing of BJP has filed an FIR in Naharkatia police station at Assam's Dibrugarh, after the Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister reportedly remarked that expanding the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in her state would

New Delhi/Hyderabad: A four-month-old baby died after developing a breathing problem onboard a Patna-bound IndiGo flight at the Hyderabad airport on Tuesday. The boy was travelling with his parents from Bengaluru in the flight when he developed the breathing problem, police said. IndiGo said t

GUWAHATI: After a massive Supreme Court-monitored exercise to identify illegal migrants living in Assam, the Registrar General of India (RGI) on Monday found 40 lakh people ineligible to be included in the draft National Register of Citizens (NRC). This set off strong political reactions with the op

Mumbai: The Maratha quota protest has led to three suicides in the state in as many days, taking the total number of suicides to five. A body of a 35-year-old man was found hanging from a tree in a forest at Beed, 390 km from Mumbai, today morning. In a suicide note left behind by Abhijeet Deshmukh,

Ethical hackers on Sunday claimed to have the bank account details of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) chairman R S Sharma and posted the same on Twitter. Users also posted screenshots of sending Re 1 to Sharma via the Aadhaar-Enabled Payment Service using apps like BHIM and Paytm, and t