Mumbai: A branch manager of Central Bank of India in Buldhana district has been booked for allegedly demanding sexual favours from a farmer's wife seeking crop loan, police said on Friday. The woman had accompanied her husband to the bank where they had applied for a crop loan at Datala in the Malak

Three persons in have been arrested so far in connection with a case of moral policing in which a mob accosted an unmarried couple travelling on a motorcycle at Pukhuripara village at Rongjuli area in Goalpara district about 98 km from here. State’s Director General of Police (DGP) Kuladhar Saiki

RANCHI: Five women were gang-raped at gunpoint by at least half a dozen men on Tuesday when they were on a visit to a village in Khunti district to create awareness on migration and human trafficking. It came to light a day later when the survivors contacted a social worker, who informed the police.

Kota (Rajasthan): On International Yoga Day today, Yoga Guru Ramdev led the celebrations in Rajasthan's Kota with an aim to create a Guinness World Record with the largest number of people performing yoga together. Around 1.05 lakh (still counting) people performed Yoga together in Kota to create

NEW DELHI: A passport office official in Lucknow who insulted an interfaith couple was today transferred to another location, reported Times Now. The ministry of external affairs has also sought a report from the Lucknow office about the unsavoury episode from yesterday that involved the official

In a big political development today, the ruling BJP has ended its alliance with PDP in Jammu and Kashmir. This decision was taken in a meeting chaired by BJP president Amit Shah. Following the pullout, BJP has sent a letter to the Governor, NN Vohra expressing their decision. Governor's rule is a m

MUMBAI: Maharashtra's ruling Shiv Sena on Monday came out in support of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in his agitation, days after four non-Bharatiya Janata Party ruled states also endorsed his AAP's stand. On Sunday, Kejriwal spoke to Shiv Sena President Uddhav Thackeray on the issue wher

A civilian was killed and over 20 injured as protests broke out following Eid prayers at several places in Kashmir on Saturday. While police said 18-year-old Sheeraz Ahmad was killed in Anantnag town when a grenade he was carrying exploded in his hand, doctors at the hospital where he was brought

Agra: With an aim to bring about a change for villagers in his hometown Odisha, a 30-year-old man from Rourkela has walked 1,350 km so far to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and remind him of his 2014 poll promises. Muktikant, an idol-maker by profession, carried a national flag and set on the

Gaya Police Friday said the Koch ‘gangrape’ victim’s teenaged daughter was also gangraped on Wednesday evening when a Guraru resident had been returning home with his wife and daughter on his motorcycle. While the man was looted and tied to a tree, his wife (38) and daughter (15) were taken away

It was supposed to be a happy occasion for the family, with everyone coming home to celebrate Eid. But as they prepared for the festival, a terrible news reached them, their son Aurangzeb, who was on his way home was abducted. For the next few hours the family was praying that he will come back s

A massive fire broke out at Mumbai’s high rise building, Beaumonde towers, at the Appasaheb Marathe Marg in Worli area on Wednesday afternoon. Ten fire tenders were rushed to the spot and rescue operations are underway. The fire broke out on the top floors of the 33 storey building. The cause is sti

Ranchi: The menace of cow vigilantism once again reared its ugly head, this time in Jharkhand, where two men, suspected to be cattle thieves, have been lynched on Wednesday by a vigilante mob in the Godda district. According to police, the two who have been beaten to death were part of a gang of

LUCKNOW: Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today slammed the BJP over reports of damage to the bungalow vacated by him in the state capital, terming it as a "conspiracy" by the saffron party. "The BJP it is rattled after repeated defeats in a series of by-elections," the SP leade

An Assistant Commandant was among four Border Security Force (BSF) personnel killed and three others injured in unprovoked firing by Pakistan from across the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir’s Chamliyal area of Samba district on Tuesday night. Three of the deceased have been identified a

NEW DELHI: Congress chief Rahul Gandhi today pleaded "not guilty" in a Bhiwandi court on Tuesday in connection with a defamation case filed against him by an RSS worker in 2014. The Congress president's plea came after the court framed charges against him and read them out in the courtroom after

The woman IAS officer, who has accused Haryana Additional Chief Secretary Sunil Gulati of sexual harassment, has said that she fears for her life. She has also alleged that she was earlier harassed by some other officers as well during her postings in Ambala, Kosli and Dabwali. Speaking to news a

The Shiv Sena on Monday dubbed as “laughable” the alleged Maoist letter suggesting a Maoist plot to target Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying the conspiracy does not seem legitimate and appears like the story of a horror film. In remarks laced with sarcasm, it said high-profile leaders ought to