Srinagar: The body of an abducted policeman was found in Kulgam's Pariwan on Friday, reported news agency ANI. He was shot in the head, an official said. Constable Javed Ahmad Dar was kidnapped from his house in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district on Thursday evening. Suspected militants barged

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the Delhi government’s powers to legislate on matters under its jurisdiction, with a unanimous 5-0 verdict. However, it did not take away the lieutenant governor’s power to refer contentious calls to the President, provided he did not exercise the aut

Kolkata: A two-year-old boy was sexually assaulted allegedly at a playschool in Kolkata on Monday. His wails and blood-stained pants made his mother suspicious. His medical report confirmed the assault, police said. According to the mother, when she went to pick him up from school, he was crying

New Delhi: National carrier Air India has changed the name of Taiwan to Chinese Taipei on its website, following instructions from the government, an airline spokesperson said. China had raised concerns about Taiwan being described as a separate region by various airlines worldwide. The spokes

WARANGAL: Twelve workers were killed and several others injured in a major blast at a cracker unit at Kotilingala Devasthanam in Kashibugga area of Warangal town on Wednesday. Many people living in the area and customers were injured in the fire caused by the blast. The injured have been shifted

Five people were killed and three others suffered injures in a landslide on the Baltal route of the Amarnath Yatra in Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir tonight, police said. “A landslide hit between Railpatri and Brarimarg on the Baltal route,” a police official said. He said five people

The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined urgent listing of BJP leader Subramanian Swamy’s plea seeking enforcement of his fundamental right to worship at the disputed Ram temple at Ayodhya and asked him to mention it again “later on”. A Bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A.M. Kh

The Interpol has issued a Red Corner Notice against absconding diamantaire Nirav Modi, his brother Nishal Modi and his employee Subhash Parab on the request of the CBI, probing over USD 2 billion PNB scam, officials said today. The notice was issued on June 29 but has been made public today by th

Chandigarh: A woman allegedly killed her six-year-old son today with a dagger in Punjab's Bathinda district, police said on Sunday. The accused allegedly attacked her only son with a dagger while giving him a bath at home in Bhai Mati Dass Nagar, said Bathinda Station House Officer (Civil Lines) Ras

Umaria (MP): A trainee police constable's enthusiasm for 'selfies' landed him in the police lock-up after he took his picture while sitting in a senior judge's chair in a court here, an official said on Monday. Ram Avtar Rawat, 28, the trainee constable at the police academy in Umaria, was later

At least 40 people have been killed after a bus fell into a gorge in Uttarakhand’s Pauri district, the police said. The incident occurred near Gween village in the district when the overloaded private bus, on its way to Ramnagar, fell into the 200-metre-deep gorge, Pauri Superintendent of Police

New Delhi: In three years, there were demands by over 170 VIPs including Sachin Tendulkar, Shashi Tharoor, Nitin Gadkari and Yogi Adityanath for new railway zones and divisions in their constituencies that are under consideration of the railway board, according to railway ministry records. Railwa

The brutal rape of an eight-year-old girl in Mandsaur earlier this week has come as a painful reminder of the infamous 2012 Delhi gang rape case, where a nursing student was sexually assaulted by six people on a private bus before being abandoned on the roadside. Police said Irfan Khan, a 20-year

Agartala: Three separate lynching cases in a day in Tripura triggered a blame game between the ruling BJP and the opposition CPI(M) and Congress on Friday. Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb and Law Minister Ratan Lal Nath blamed the CPI(M) for the lynching incidents, while the left party and the Co

Lucknow: What are the “failures” of the Yogi Adityanath government? What are the achievements of the Manmohan Singh government? How many Assembly seats make up one Lok Sabha seat? These are some of the questions that made up the Congress’ written test for candidates hoping to become party spokesp

A man was lynched by a mob in Tripura on Thursday on suspicion of being a child lifter while two others were critically injured. Jahir Khan died on the spot while Gulzar and Khurshid Khan are battling for their lives. All of them are from Uttar Pradesh. This is the 24th killing in the country in

External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday launched a Passport Seva app that will allow people to apply for the vital travel document from anywhere in the country using their mobile phones. Until now, applicants had no choice but to apply for the document at passport seva kendras (PSKs) in t

MUMBAI: Five people died after a King Air C90 charter aircraft crashed in Ghatkopar, the congested central suburbs of Mumbai, on Thursday afternoon. All occupants on board, which included two pilots -- Capt P S Rajput and Capt Maria -- and two aircraft maintenance engineers along with one person