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The country has become "slave" to a handful of BJP-RSS leaders, Congress president Rahul Gandhi alleged today and asserted that the entire opposition will unite in six months to a year to show the trio -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP [...]

Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today pitched for a national-level entrance test for "talent infusion" into the subordinate judiciary. But at the same time, he made it clear that he was not rooting for a national-level judicial service on [...]

The United Kingdom should not be viewed as a safe haven for wanted criminals of other countries, India said today, even as Britain confirmed fugitive Indian diamantaire Nirav Modi's presence on its soil. India's clear message was conveyed to [...]

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram questioned the veracity of the letter seized by police on Rajiv Gandhi-like plot to kill Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying it is "unverified", and noted that it was government's duty to provide foolproof protection and security [...]

Justice should not be sacrificed in an attempt to dispose of a case in a speedy manner, a Delhi court has said while setting aside the jail term awarded to two men for allegedly robbing a person of valuables in 2011. [...]

A Uttar Pradesh State Board topper had to face a disappointment after the cheque presented to him by the state Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had bounced and he had to pay the penalty for it. On May 29, Alok [...]

The Shiv Sena on Monday dubbed as "laughable" the alleged Maoist letter suggesting a Maoist plot to target Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying the conspiracy does not seem legitimate and appears like the story of a horror film. In [...]

An IAS officer in Haryana has accused the state Additional Chief Secretary of sexual harassment. Calling the allegations as baseless, Haryana Additional Chief Secretary said,''She was posted here a month back. We gradually came to know she's facing problems, I asked [...]

Voting for elections in the Jayanagar assembly constituency was underway on Monday in Karnataka with the ruling coalition in the state, the Congress and the Janata Dal (Secular), fighting the polls together. Around 43 per cent voter turnout recorded till 3:00 [...]

The Goa Church has demanded withdrawal of the draft Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) notification 2018, saying it seems like "guidelines to facilitate projects rather than protecting the environment". The Centre for Responsible Tourism (CRT), an initiative of the Goa [...]

As many as 16 people have been arrested in connection with the lynching of two men in Karbi Anglong district of Assam, while a senior police officer has been given charge to keep a vigil on rumours in social media, the [...]

Before you gulp down your favourite brand of beer at a bar or a club in the city, make sure you check the expiry date on the bottle, especially after some establishments have been found serving "expired beer". The [...]

Back to the drawing board [...]

Mohit Goel, the founder of Ringing Bells that offered 'Freedom 251' has been arrested by the Delhi Police. According to a tweet by ANI, few others have also been arrested along with Goel. In another post, the agency asserted [...]

Services on the Red Line and Blue Line of the Delhi Metro were affected briefly due to some snags on a few stretches after a dust storm, with winds gusting up to 70 kmph, hit the national capital on Saturday, officials [...]

A nation-wide bandh has been called by agitating farmers on June 10 to mark the end of their 10-day agitation that started on June 1. Farmers have been protesting in parts of Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Rajasthan. Their [...]

"What have I studied? I'm working as the chief minister" - this was Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy response as he dismissed questions on allocating Higher Education portfolio to a minister who has studied till class 8. Kumaraswamy, [...]

Six terrorists were killed after an infiltration bid was foiled by security forces in Keran Sector of Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir. An infiltration bid has been eliminated along the LoC in Karen Sector (Kupwara district), a defence [...]

International star Priyanka Chopra on Sunday apologised for a recent episode of her US show Quantico, which showed 'Indian nationalists' planning to carry out a terrorist attack in Manhattan and frame Pakistan for it days before a summit on Kashmir. {image-priyanka-chopra-14-1505386920.jpg [...]

BJP leader B.S. Yeddyurappa on Saturday claimed that several disgruntled leaders from the ruling Congress and JD(S) are eager to join his party. Yeddyurappa's comments came as dissident activities of the MLAs intensified in the Congress over not getting [...]

New Delhi: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in tandem with the government is trying to engage south Asian and South Asian countries from where it has old cultural links, ties and roots. In one such initiative, some of the senior RSS functionaries [...]

As many as 26 people were killed due to dust storms and lightning strikes in Uttar Pradesh, an official spokesman said on Saturday. Dust storms and lightning hit places in 11 districts of the state last night resulting in [...]

Amid rebellion in Karnataka Congress over Cabinet formation, former Minister M.B. Patil and working president of party's state unit Dinesh Gundu Rao, who were denied ministerial berths, on Saturday met Congress chief Rahul Gandhi. Patil was very upset on [...]

The lone ranger [...]

A high-velocity dust storm with a windspeed of 70 kmph barrelled into the national capital on Saturday. The dust storm pushed the temperature down by a few notches on what was a sultry day. The city recorded a high [...]

According to skymetweather.com a private weather agency moderate to heavy rain with one or two very heavy spells are expected over West Coast particularly over South Konkan and Goa and Coastal Karnataka, along with parts of Kerala, Vidarbha, South Chhattisgarh and [...]

The government is serious about the security of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said, amid reports of an assassination plot by Maoists. "We are always serious about the prime minister's security. The Maoists are fighting [...]

Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy has stepped in to pacify the MLAs of ally Congress, who were unhappy with the cabinet expansion, and asked the Congress' central leadership to act immediately to find a solution. The chief minister [...]