India

India News: Siasat.com brings you Latest News and Updates on Business, Movies, Real Estate News in all latest news on entertainment, gossip, technology, business and more

Kondapur rave party busted, six arrested with cocaine, MDMA

Hyderabad: The Telangana government’s anti-narcotics wing, Elite Action Group for Drug Law Enforcement (EAGLE) and Cyberabad police busted a rave party at a Kondapur apartment in Hyderabad and arrested six people, including…
Indian expat dies in Saudi Arabia a day after returning from vacation

Dammam: In a heart-wrenching incident, a 43-year-old Indian expatriate died of a heart attack less than 24 hours after returning to Saudi Arabia from his first vacation in two years, according to…

Two journalists detained for covering SSC protest in Delhi; released later

Two journalists were reportedly detained while covering a protest in Delhi’s Ramleela Maidan over alleged irregularities in recruitment process of the Staff Selection Commission (SSC). Rajat Pandey and cameraperson Rashid Ali Kazmi,…
Asaduddin Owaisi slams 130 Amendment Bill, questions President’s power

Hyderabad: All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday, August 25, slammed the proposed 130th Amendment Bill, raising questions over powers vested in the President of India. “According to the Constitution,…
‘It was Hanuman ji’: Anurag Thakur’s remark on first space traveller sparks row

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lawmaker Anurag Thakur has sparked outrage yet again after a clip of his comments on “Hanuman ji” being the first man to go into space went viral. During…
FIRs after Islamophobic posts target Banu Mushtaq’s Dasara invite

Two FIRs have been registered in response to the Islamophobic and offensive social media posts triggered after the Congress-led Karnataka government’s inaugural invite to Booker Prize winner Banu Mushtaq for the upcoming…
‘Bangladeshis not welcome in Assam’: CM hits out at Syeda Hameed, Jamiat chief

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday, August 25, lashed out at activist and former Planning Commission member Syeda Saiyidain Hameed for her remark that “Bangladeshis can live here”, asserting that…

SC directs apology from Samay Raina, others for jokes on disabled

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday, August 25, directed comedian Samay Raina, creator of “India’s Got Latent”, and four others to issue public apologies on social media for making insensitive jokes…
India, Fiji decide to boost defence ties

New Delhi: India and Fiji on Monday firmed up a broad action plan to expand their defence ties following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s extensive talks with his Fijian counterpart Sitiveni Ligamamada Rabuka.…
Rahul Gandhi slams centre over lathi charge on protesting SSC aspirants

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday strongly condemned the Delhi Police’s lathi charge on SSC aspirants and teachers who were protesting at Ramlila Maidan, calling it a “hallmark of a…
ED arrests TMC MLA in West Bengal school jobs ‘scam’

Kolkata: The Enforcement Directorate arrested ruling Trinamool Congress MLA Jiban Krishna Saha on Monday following raids as part of its probe into alleged irregularities in the hiring of teachers and staffers in…
Giriraj Singh vows deportation of illegal Bangladeshi migrants from Bihar

New Delhi: Union Minister Giriraj Singh on Monday made strong remarks on illegal immigration, asserting that if the NDA forms the next government in Bihar, all Bangladeshi infiltrators who arrived after 1971…
Uddhav, Raj Thackeray raise issue of ‘vote theft’

Mumbai: Amid speculation of an alliance between the Raj Thackeray-led MNS and his cousin Uddhav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena (UBT), both the leaders have raised the issue of “vote theft” and asked their…
SC stays trial against Ashoka University professor

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday restrained the trial court from taking cognisance of the chargesheet filed by Haryana SIT in the FIR against Ashoka University professor Ali Khan Mahmudabad, who…
MK Stalin to join Rahul Gandhi’s Voter Adhikar Yatra in Bihar on August 27

Chennai: The Congress party’s ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra’ spearheaded by Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, is set to see a major show of opposition solidarity in Bihar later this…