- India
Rahul’s conviction proves law, Constitution above all: UP Dy CM
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Friday welcomed the two-year imprisonment awarded to senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, saying the “crown prince” has still not come out of…
- Pakistan
Most of the narcotic drugs are shipped in Pakistan, says Home Minister Amit Shah
Bengaluru: Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Friday security in the ocean needs to be strengthened as most of the narcotic drugs are shipped in Pakistan and go via Iran to…
- India
Modernising madrassas: Rajya Sabha turns down resolution seeking special fund
New Delhi: Rajya Sabha on Friday rejected a resolution which sought creation of a special fund for modernisation of madrassas in view of educational and social backwardness of Muslims, especially women. The…
- India
Amritpal’s mentor Papalpreet served I-T notice over ‘unaccounted’ income
Chandigarh: Papalpreet Singh, the brain behind radical preacher and pro-Khalistan supporter Amritpal Singh, has been served a notice by the Income Tax department to explain the source of Rs 4.48 lakh credited…
- India
Son of martyred PM called ‘Mir Jafar’, but Rahul won’t bow down: Priyanka
New Delhi: In a blistering attack on the BJP, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday said Rahul Gandhi, the son of a martyred prime minister, was called ‘Mir Jafar’ and insults…
- India
Bilkis Bano case: SC constitutes new bench to hear plea against remission to convicts
New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear on March 27 a batch of pleas challenging the remission of sentence of 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang-rape case that also involves the…
- World
Pak gets USD 2 billion rollover deposits from China to get IMF bailout: Report
Islamabad: Cash-strapped Pakistan has received a rollover of USD 2 billion in deposits for a period of one year from its all-weather ally China to help Islamabad get a much-required bailout from…
- India
Karnataka: Siddaramaiah indicates he may contest from Varuna & 1 more seat
Chitradurga: Senior Congress leader and former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday indicated that he might contest from his home constituency of Varuna in Mysuru district in the upcoming Assembly polls. The…
- India
BBC Modi docu: Students manhandled, ‘detained’ during protest, alleges AISA
New Delhi: Several students protesting against the debarment of two students over the screening of the controversial BBC documentary alleged on Friday that they were manhandled by the police and university security…
- India
Govt to introduce GPS-based toll system in six months to replace toll plazas
New Delhi: The government will introduce new technologies including GPS-based toll collection systems in the next 6 months to replace existing highway toll plazas in the country, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said…
- India
More than 16K fake currency notes seized in Gujarat in two years
Gandhinagar: More than 16,000 fake Indian currency notes (FICN) were seized in Gujarat in the last two years, the state government informed the legislative Assembly on Friday. Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, who…
- India
Jailed in Elgar Parishad case, Dr Hany Babu to get honorary doctorate
Nagpur: Former Delhi University associate professor Dr Hany Babu, an accused in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case and currently lodged in a jail in Navi Mumbai, is set to get an honorary…
- India
‘Rahul compared OBCs to thieves..’ says Nadda; Kharge hits back
New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday refuted BJP chief J P Nadda’s allegation that Rahul Gandhi compared OBC communities to thieves and accused the ruling party of indulging in “caste…
- India
SC terms bad in law its 2011 verdicts on issue of membership of banned outfits
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday held as bad in law its 2011 verdicts that ruled that mere membership of a banned organisation will not make a person criminal unless he…
- India
India invested over $240 billion in water sector: Jal Shakti min to UN
United Nations: India has committed investments of more than 240 billion dollars in the water sector and is implementing the largest dam rehabilitation programme in the world as well as efforts to…
