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Radicalisation in prisons increasingly critical challenge: MHA

New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs has flagged radicalisation in prisons as an increasingly critical challenge and stressed the need for urgent steps to check the trend for maintaining public order…
Election Commission always a ‘puppet’ in hands of Centre: Kapil Sibal

New Delhi: The Election Commission has always been a “puppet” in the hands of the Modi government, Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal has alleged and claimed the poll body’s Special Intensive Revision…

Bihar govt to employment opportunities to 1 cr youths in 5 yrs: Nitish

Patna: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Sunday said the Bihar government will provide jobs and employment opportunities to one crore youths over the next five years. In a bid to impart…
Sonia Gandhi calls meeting to finalise Congress strategy for monsoon session

New Delhi: Congress parliamentary party leader Sonia Gandhi will chair a key meeting on Tuesday to finalise the party’s strategy for the upcoming Monsoon session of Parliament which is expected to witness…
Delegation of Nepal Embassy visits AIIMS Bhopal

Bhopal: A three-member delegation from the Embassy of Nepal, including Minister Counsellor Ambika Joshi, visited the All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS), Bhopal on Saturday. After a customary welcome from the…
Centre not taking steps for release of Nimisha Priya: K C Venugopal

Thiruvananthapuram: AICC general secretary K C Venugopal on Saturday claimed that the central government was not taking any steps to intervene with the execution of Nimisha Priya, a nurse from the state…
Telangana man murdered for Rs 500 at Tamil Nadu temple

Hyderabad: In a tragic event, a 32-year-old man from Telangana was murdered for Rs 500 while on a pilgrimage to Tiruvannamalai Arunachaleshwara Swamy temple in Tamil Nadu on Saturday, July 12. Chippalapalli…

‘Avoid visiting Kashmir’: Adhikari to Bengalis; BJP leader slams remarks

Triggering fresh political outrage, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) West Bengal president and Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari, in a public gathering, asked people not to visit “Muslim-majority” areas of Jammu and…
Odisha student sets herself on fire after sexual harassment complaint ignored

Balasore: A woman student of a college in Odisha’s Balasore district, who had lodged a sexual harassment complaint against a teacher, on Saturday, July 12, allegedly set herself on fire on the…
Karnataka woman pushes husband into Krishna River while taking selfie

Hyderabad: In a strange incident, a woman allegedly pushed her husband into the Krishna River while the couple were “happily” taking selfies during an outing at a bridge in Kadlur village of…
Sole survivor of Air India plane crash seeks psychiatric help to overcome trauma

Diu: Many would think of him as one of the luckiest persons alive in the world. But for Vishwas Kumar Ramesh, the sole survivor of the June 12 Air India plane crash,…
Indian legal system facing unique challenges, says CJI Gavai

Hyderabad: The Indian legal system has been facing unique challenges and delays in trials can sometimes go on for decades, Chief Justice of India BR Gavai said on Saturday. Delivering the convocation…
Delhi sees rain, cloudy skies as IMD issues orange, yellow alerts for parts of city

New Delhi: Parts of the national capital experienced cloudy skies and rainfall, which prompted orange and yellow alerts for different areas, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. Initially, Delhi was categorised under…
Three tiger cubs die in Bannerghatta Biological Park

Bengaluru: Three tiger cubs that were allegedly abandoned by their mother after littering have died in Bannerghatta Biological Park (BBP) recently, officials said on Saturday. Tigress Hima Das gave its third litter…
Fire breaks out at commercial building in Delhi’s Sadar Bazaar

New Delhi: A fire broke out at a multi-storey building housing multiple shops in Delhi’s Sadar Bazaar area on Saturday afternoon, a Delhi Fire Services official said. A fire broke out at…