Rape victim withdraws case against former SP minister
Lucknow, July 24 (IANS) There is finally some relief for former Samajwadi Party (SP) minister Gayatri Prajapati, who has been in jail since March 2017 …
Article 370 divides Kashmir and Jammu
Srinagar, July 24 (IANS) Just the mention of “Article 370” divides Jammu and Kashmir state on regional lines. While Jammu overwhelmingly wants the provision to …
Karnataka BJP to elect Yeddyurappa as legislative leader
Bengaluru, July 24 (IANS) The BJP in Karnataka will elect its state President B.S. Yeddyurappa as its legislative party leader and stake claim to form …
BJD takes early lead in Patkura Assembly polls in Odisha
Bhubaneswar, July 24 (IANS) The ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) on Wednesday took an early lead in the counting of votes for election to the …
Article 370 can’t be shielded from Parliament, courts: Experts
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) The constitutional validity of contentious Article 370 has been put to test again! Legal experts believe that the Article is …
Indian hairstylist wants Pak PM’s invitation to visit Sindh
Mumbai, July 24 (IANS) Celebrity hairstylist Sapna Bhavnani, who has made a documentary on Sindh titled “Sindusthan”, has requested Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan to …
32 killed by lightning in Bihar
Patna, July 24 (IANS) At least 32 people, including women and children, were killed and over a dozen injured in incidents of lightning strikes across …
Gujarat government makes ‘Super 30’ tax-free
Ahmedabad, July 24 (IANS) Hrithik Roshan-starrer “Super 30”, which is based on the life of Anand Kumar, who runs the Super 30 programme for IIT-JEE …
Bhim Army chief gives cops a slip, reaches Sonebhadra
Sonebhadra (Uttar Pradesh), July 24 (IANS) Bhim Army chief Chandra Shekhar ‘Azad’ defied all police arrangements and quietly sneaked in the Umbha village in Sonebhadra …
Monsoon revives with full force in Mumbai
Mumbai, July 24 (IANS) After a week’s lull, monsoon revived with full force in Mumbai, coastal Konkan and other parts of Maharashtra, disrupting normal life, …
LS polls rout hastened Karnataka’s JD-S-Congress government exit (News Analysis)
Bengaluru, July 24 (IANS) The dramatic fall of the shaky Janata Dal-Secular-Congress coalition government on Tuesday came as a big relief to the people of …
Was ‘Gumnami Baba’ actually Subhash Bose: Not really
Lucknow, July 24 (IANS) The controversy over whether the Gumnami Baba of Faizabad was actually Subhash Chandra Bose, is about to be put to rest. …
Article 370 remains a hot button
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) Article 370 remains hot button, contrarian views and emotions swirl around the moment it is mentioned — some incendiary and …
Nearly 3 lakh pilgrims complete Amarnath Yatra
Jammu, July 24 (IANS) Record number of devotees this year have completed their Amarnath pilgrimage. In just a little over three weeks the numbers have …
Article 35A was by Presidential order, can be struck down
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) Even as the new BJP government explores all options to bring an end to the brutal cage match taking place …
Delhi Agreement, a master stroke to enfeeble Kashmir
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) Post the seminal Delhi Agreement, a general sense of ennui soon drifted into the Valley, with the people getting the …
Kashmir issue: Trump bomb has created needless consternation
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) As Home Minister Amit Shah grapples with the Kashmir issue, looking at various options to resolve the vexatious problem, the …
Debt ridden farmer commits suicide in Madhya Pradesh
Bhopal, July 24 (IANS) A debt ridden farmer in Madhya Pradesh has committed suicide by jumping in front of a speeding train, police said. Worried …
ICW 2019: Designer Suneet Varma celebrates ‘light within’
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) For ace couturier Suneet Varma, every person has got a “light within” which makes them unique. Drawing inspiration from these …
MP Assembly passes bill providing 27% reservation to OBCs
Bhopal, July 24 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh Assembly on Tuesday passed a bill providing 27 per cent reservation to the people belonging to the Other …
Rahul, Priyanka slam BJP after govt falls in Karnataka
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) Outgoing Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and party General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Tuesday slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) after …
PM’s photo with toddler goes viral, child identified
New Delhi, July 24 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday treated his Instagram followers with pictures of him playing with a toddler in his …
Commonwealth Games 2010: An official recalls preparations
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) The 2010 Commonwealth Games, mired in allegations of corruption and delay in completion of infrastructure, including against then Delhi Chief …
Kashmiri Pandits team meets BJP leader
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) Senior Bharatiya Janta Party General Secretary and in-charge of party’s Kashmir affairs Ram Madhav assured a delegation of senior Kashmiri …
Assam relaxes curbs on Agar tree cultivation, felling
Guwahati, July 23 (IANS) In a welcome move, the Assam government has relaxed the restrictions on cultivation of the scented Agar tree. “In a landmark …
Trinamool supporter killed in Bengal, six arrested
Kolkata, July 23 (IANS) Six persons have been arrested for beating a Trinamool Congress supporter to death in Goghat of West Bengal’s Hooghly district, police …
Delhi court discharges ex-MoS in coal block case
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) : A Delhi Court on Tuesday discharged former MoS Coal Santosh Bagrodia and one more accursed in Bander coal block …
Metro maintenance work to continue, DMRC tells commuters
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) Office-goers and commuters had a harrowing time on Tuesday morning after a snag occurred in Delhi Metro Rail Corporation’s (DMRC) …
BJP captures eighth municipal corporation in Gujarat
Ahmedabad, July 23 (IANS) The ruling BJP on Tuesday romped home with a thumping majority in the elections to Junagadh Municipal Corporation, thus continuing its …
Gujarat moots stringent penalty for water theft
Gandhinagar, July 23 (IANS) Cracking down on the illegal drawing of water from Narmada dam canals, the Gujarat government proposes to make the law more …
1 hurt after trolley rams into house in south Delhi
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) The security guard of a house in south Delhi was injured after a tractor trolley rammed into the dwelling after …
SC wants case details of Aditya Talwar, father
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the registry to provide list of matters pertaining to Antigua-based Aditya Talwar and his …
Teenager dies; drowning suspected
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) A teenager was found dead in a ground filled with water in north Delhi, the police said Tuesday. According to …
Gujarat plans 37 crore litre capacity desalination plants
Gandhinagar, July 23 (IANS) The Gujarat government plans to enhance its water security by 37 crore litres through eight seawater desalination plants along its 1,600 …
Court summons Kejriwal, 3 others in defamation case
New Delhi July 23 (IANS) A Delhi court on Tuesday summoned Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and three other AAP leaders as accused in a defamation …
On the run for 6 years, murder accused arrested from Bihar
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) A 25-year-old man who had been evading arrest since the last six years in connection with a murder case, has …
Gujarat mulls law on metered domestic water usage
Gandhinagar, July 23 (IANS) The Gujarat government is bringing in a new legislation in the ongoing session of the state Assembly providing for metering of …
Marathas to contest Maharashtra polls independently
Mumbai, July 23 (IANS) Adding to worries of both ruling and opposition alliances in Maharashtra, several pressure groups of the politically dominant Maratha community plan …
Bills to overhaul labour laws, boost jobs moved in LS
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) The government on Tuesday moved two Bills in Lok Sabha to overhaul decades-old labour laws, some dating from British times, …
Suspected kidnapper lynched in Bengal
Kolkata, July 23 (IANS) A middle-aged man was lynched at Nagrakata in the Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal on suspicion of being a kidnapper, the …
Kashmir missing in Modi-Trump meet, as per Ivanka’s readout
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) There was no mention of Kashmir in the discussions between US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi during …