A Sikh police officer saved a Muslim youth from being attacked by an angry Hindu mob in Uttarakhand’s Nainital district on Tuesday after they allegedly found the youth in a compromising position with a Hindu girl. A video of the incident has gone viral on social media. The incident happened near

The Directorate General of Military Intelligence (DGMI) has sent a note to all seven Command Headquarters (HQs) of the Army, HQ Special Forces Command, and HQs Andaman and Nicobar Command, alleging that the “actual motive and intent” of a student from Gujarat, Mitsu Chavada, who is on a campaign acr

A man was arrested from Didihat by anti-terrorism agents on Wednesday for allegedly sharing crucial information with Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), police said. Ramesh Singh Kanyal (43), a resident of Kirola village in Pithoragarh district, was picked up by a five-member team of th

Samajwadi Party (SP) patriarch and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav has written a letter to the estate department seeking permission to extend his stay at the 5, Vikramaditya Marg bungalow in Lucknow by two more years in another attempt to remain in government housing. The

Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday appointed senior leader and former Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh as the head of coordination committee for poll-bound Madhya Pradesh. Senior leader Suresh Pachouri will be in charge of election planning and strategy. The appointments in Madhya Pradesh,

A six year-old girl was allegedly raped by a 65-year-old man in a village under Satrikh police station area here, police said on Wednesday. The girl was playing outside her house about a week ago when Panni Lal lured her to his house and escaped after raping her, police station incharge Atul Sriv

Former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on Wednesday claimed that the Union government can reduce the petrol price by as much as ₹25 a litre. In a series of tweets, Mr. Chidamabaram explained the burden of taxes on the retail price of petrol. "It is possible to cut upto ₹25 per litre, but

New Delhi: Delhi Archbishop Anil Couto has defended a letter he wrote to all churches in the national capital calling for prayers ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, saying his request had nothing to do with the Narendra Modi government. In the letter dated May 8 and addressed to all Archdioce

Kerala has been put on high alert after the rare Nipah virus claimed ten lives in the state. More deaths with similar symptoms have been reported from the state and the authorities have sent the sample for tests. Also referred to as NiV, the infection spreads through fruit bats. The Centre has ru

Police in Gujarat arrested four people on Monday for allegedly beating a Dalit man to death near Rajkot city on suspicion of theft, an official said. State legislator Jignesh Mevani identified the victim as Mukesh Vaniya, sharing a purported video of the torture on social media sites. He said the v

Guwahati: The Asom Gana Parishad or AGP today registered its protest against the Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016 before BJP president Amit Shah and urged the Centre not to go ahead with the bill as it is a threat to the indigenous people and violates the clauses of Assam Accord. The AGP is an al

The CBI on Saturday booked BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar for allegedly being part of a conspiracy to falsely implicate the Unnao rape victim’s father in an Arms Act. The rape victim’s father died on April 9 in judicial custody. A CBI official said call records of the complainant and policemen posted

NEW DELHI: Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa could have been able to prove majority if he had a fortnight to face the test of strength. Because, BJP president Amit Shah said on Saturday, many legislators of the Janata Dal Secular legislators would have sensed the public mood in their constituencies agai

A man was allegedly beaten to death, while another has been critically injured by villagers in Amgar village of Badera Police Station in Satna district for allegedly killing cattle on Friday. Riaz, 45, was killed in the incident while Shakeel, 33, has been critically injured. The police have picked

LUCKNOW:  The Uttar Pradesh police on Friday transferred 18 personnel from their Noida crime branch and ordered an inquiry after a WhatsApp message "exposed" their "bribe rate card". The allegations raised in the message are "serious", Deputy Inspector General (Law and Order) Pravin Kumar said.

Slamming the BJP over the government formation in Karnataka, the Shiv Sena on Friday said it is a ‘dishonour’ for the BJP, as it had to make BS Yeddyurappa, who was inadvertently called the “most corrupt CM” by BJP chief Amit Shah, the chief minister of the state. It added that government was formed

LUCKNOW:  The Uttar Pradesh government issued notices yesterday night to six former state chief ministers, including those from the BJP, to vacate official bungalows in compliance with the Supreme Court orders. The notices sent by the Estate Department has asked the former chief ministers to vaca

Hailing the top court's order, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that the Supreme Court's order to conduct a floor test in the Karnataka Assembly 'vindicated' the party's stand that Governor Vajubhai Vala's acted unconstitutionally. "Today’s Supreme Court order, vindicates our stand