Row over Rajnath Singh's visit to enclaves as Mamata questions motive

KOLKATA/TEEN BIGHA: A controversy today erupted over home minister Rajnath Singh's visit to Teen Bigha in West Bengal bordering Bangladesh with chief minister Mamata Banerjee questioning the motive behind the trip while BJP accused her of politicizing...

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J&K bracing for fresh spell of rains; flood toll 17

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir today braced for a fresh spell of rains over the next two days even as there was relief with the receding flood waters that have claimed 17 lives so far.There has been no fresh rainfall over the past 24 hours which eased the...

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Work worth Rs 2.11 cr not executed in Naxal areas of Chhattisgarh: CAG

RAIPUR: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has raised doubts over the veracity of the Chhattisgarh Forestry and Wild Life Department's claim of executing works worth Rs 2.11 crores, relating to harvesting of bamboo, in the Naxal affected districts...

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VVIP security: Jaitley gets 'Z-Plus' security

NEW DELHI: Security of Union finance minister Arun Jaitley has been upgraded to topmost Z-plus category and he will be guarded by paramilitary commandos drawn from Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) now.The move to increase Jaitley's security cover...

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BJP adds 9 crore members, extends deadline of membership drive

NEW DELHI: BJP has extended its deadline for its ambitious online membership drive by a month to April 30 even as its membership swelled to nine crore members today.Sources said various states, including Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra,...

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Floods wreak havoc in J&K, 17 killed

SRINAGAR: Up to 16 people were killed on Monday as a devastating flood in the Kashmir valley forced thousands to flee to safer places as rain-fed streams rushed down the mountains, flooding parts of Srinagar. A man was washed away by a swollen river...

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18 Indian fishermen arrested in Pakistan

KARACHI: Pakistani authorities have arrested 18 Indian fishermen and seized their three boats for allegedly violating the country's territorial waters.The fishermen were arrested by Pakistan's Maritime Security (PMS) forces last night in the Arabian...

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AAP crisis: Many Maharashtra leaders upset, may quit

NEW DELHI: In the wake of bitter feud in AAP in Delhi, some Maharashtra leaders of the party have threatened to quit.Expressing "disgust" over the happenings in the party, senior Maharashtra leader Maruti Bhapkar on Monday said, "Whatever happened in...

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BJP's national executive committee meeting venue becomes a Swachch hot spot

BENGALURU: Perhaps, the hotel staff of Lalit Ashok here---venue for BJP's national executive committee meeting--- to be held from April 2 to 4 had not got requests as strange as asking them to ensure that dead leaves falling from trees in the premises...

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Chennai schoolboys kill painter who harassed a girl

CHENNAI: Police on Monday arrested four students of a government school in Mangadu here for allegedly murdering a 19-year-old painter.Police said the painter, Gurunathan, was a relative of one of the boys. The painter had been allegedly harassing the...

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Avalanche warning issued in Kashmir

SRINAGAR: Authorities on Sunday issued an avalanche warning for seven districts of Kashmir division in view of incessant rainfall over the past 24 hours.The warning was issued by divisional commissioner (Kashmir) for next 24 hours in avalanche prone...

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Rajnath Singh promises special package for rain and hail hit farmers

INDORE: For the relief of farmers, who had suffered crop loss due to unseasonal rains and hailstorm, union government is going to announce monetary package, said union home minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday."We have invited crop loss statistics from all...

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Center may raise compensation limit for farmers affected by rains and hailstorms

NEW DELHI: The Center is likely to raise the compensation limit for farmers affected by recent rains and hailstorms in as many as in 14 states. A final decision in this regard will be taken after arriving at a quantum of financial loss next month.At...

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Rains, snowfall lash Himachal Pradesh

SHIMLA: Rains and thunderstorm on Sunday lashed the mid and lower hills of Himachal Pradesh, while high altitude tribal areas received fresh snowfall, causing sharp fall in mercury.High velocity winds, accompanied by sharp showers lashed several areas...

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'If govts discharge duties responsibly, PILs won't be needed'

JODHPUR: If governments discharge their duties responsibly, there would not be any need of public interest litigations, a senior judge of the Supreme Court has said.Justice T S Thakur of the apex court, said this while delivering a lecture here, and...

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Kejriwal at AAP meet: ‘Make a choice between me and Yadav-Bhushan duo’

NEW DELHI: AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday threatened to resign and lashed out at its founder-members Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav, moments before they were sacked from the national executive, accusing them of engaging in "anti-party" activities.According...

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Rains lash parts of Kashmir; Met predicts heavy snow next week

SRINAGAR: Intermittent rains on Saturday lashed parts of Kashmir as the Met department predicted wet weather during the next seven days with heavy rain or snow at isolated places in the Valley."Two western disturbances in quick succession are likely...

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President calls for zero tolerance to terrorism

CHENNAI: President Pranab Mukherjee today said that "terrorism has no religion, philosophy or ideology and there should be zero tolerance towards terrorism'.In a message to the international conference of jurists and writers on international terrorism,...

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Rahul will be back among people 'very soon': Sonia Gandhi

AMETHI: Rahul Gandhi will be back among people "very soon", Congress president Sonia Gandhi said on Saturday about her son who has been on a mysterious "leave" for over a month now."Both Rahul and Priyanka will be among you all very soon," Sonia Gandhi...

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AAP draws flak, ridicule from rival parties as Yogendra Yadav, Prashant Bhushan shown the door

NEW DELHI: The AAP on Saturday drew flak and ridicule over the internal turmoil from rival parties which asked it to put its house in order and deliver on the promises made to people of Delhi without wasting the opportunity with its "immature" politics.Terming...

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New Delhi will send two ships to Yemen to evacuate stranded Indians

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Indian government is preparing to carry out yet another evacuation from trouble-torn middle-eastern country Yemen. The Centre will soon send two ships to Yemen to evacuate Indians, including Keralites, stranded there. MEA has already...

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Cong gives no importance to Bhardwaj's attack on Sonia

NEW DELHI: Congress today gave no importance to senior leader Hans Raj Bhardwaj's direct attack on Sonia Gandhi merely noting that he should have "abstained" from making such comments at this phase of his life."Bhardwaj is a very senior leader of the...

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India can save $7 billion per annum by use of LED bulbs: Goyal

NEW DELHI: India can save up to $7 billion (about Rs 43,750 crore) annually by replacing incandescent lamps with energy efficient LED bulbs, power minister Piyush Goyal said on Friday."We have set challenging targets to save energy as energy conservation...

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Audio of Kejriwal allegedly slamming Yogendra Yadav, Prashant Bhushan emerges

NEW DELHI: A fresh sting which allegedly has Arvind Kejriwal's voice in it has emerged in media amidst full blown AAP war that has hogged headlines on Friday.Audio chat between Kejriwal and Umesh Singh, an AAP leader from Varanasi, is being circulated...

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People are suffering while AAP govt is busy fighting: Ajay Maken

NEW DELHI: Branding the AAP government as a 'ladne aur dharne wali sarkar', Delhi Congress president Ajay Maken on Friday said the people are facing various problems while it is busy fighting, either with another state or with the Centre or among themselves."The...

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Jat quota: Civil services result to be delayed

NEW DELHI: Students across the nation who have appeared for the civil services exam for 2014-15 will have to wait for their results as the Union Public Service Commission was yet to come to a conclusion after the Supreme Court of India scrapped the Jat...

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BJP govt framed MP Guv in Vyapam scam to save CM: Digvijaya

GUNA(MADHYA PRADESH): Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh today alleged that the BJP government in Madhya Pradesh has "falsely implicated" Governor Ram Naresh Yadav in the multi-crore Vyapam scam, apparently to save chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.Singh...

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Jat quota: Civil services result to be delayed

NEW DELHI: Students across the nation who have appeared for the civil services exam for 2014-15 will have to wait for their results as the Union Public Service Commission was yet to come to a conclusion after the Supreme Court of India scrapped the Jat...

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War in AAP: Reconciliation talks fail

NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party's founding members Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav have resigned from party's national executive after the talks of reconciliation failed, according to senior leader Ashish Khetan.Party has confirmed that they will not...

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War in AAP: Reconciliation talks fail

NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party's founding members Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav have resigned from party's national executive after the talks of reconciliation failed, according to senior leader Ashish Khetan.Party has confirmed that they will not...

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Muslim bodies want UP govt to challenge Hashimpura court order

LUCKNOW: Various Muslim organisations, including All India Muslim Personal Law Board, today asked the Uttar Pradesh government to challenge the verdict of a Delhi court in the 1987 Hashimpura massacre case in a higher court.Additional sessions judge...

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Upgraded Mirage 2000s handed over to Indian Air Force

KOLKATA: The acceptance ceremony of the first two Indian Air Force (IAF) Mirage 2000 I/TI was held at Istres, Dassault Aviation's Flight Test Centre on Wednesday. Among those present were Arun K Singh, ambassador of India to France, Eric Trappier, chairman...

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2 upgraded Mirage 2000 handed over to India in France

KOLKATA: The acceptance ceremony of the first two Indian Air Force (IAF) Mirage 2000 I/TI was held at Istres, Dassault Aviation's Flight Test Centre on Wednesday. Among those present were Arun K Singh, ambassador of India to France, Eric Trappier, chairman...

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Hooda government favoured Vadra in land deals: CAG

CHANDIGARH: The CAG has blamed Haryana's previous Congress government led by then chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda for showing undue favours to Robert Vadra, the son-in-law of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, in his multi-million rupee controversial...

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Biggest diplomatic event: India-Africa summit from October 26

NEW DELHI: India will host its largest diplomatic outreach programme with Africa from October 26, inviting leaders of all 54 States in the region, 10 months after it had cancelled the event due to Ebola scare.The five day-long third "India-Africa Summit"...

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86.6 per cent more civilian casualties in JK in 2014: MHA

NEW DELHI: Jammu and Kashmir has witnessed 86.66 per cent more casualties of civilians and 30.58 per cent increase in terror incidents in 2014 in comparison to the previous year.According to the 2014-15 annual report of the Home Ministry, there were...

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21 more succumb to swine flu; No of cases touches 33K mark

NEW DELHI: Swine flu claimed the lives of 21 more persons taking the toll to 1947 and the number of people affected by the H1N1 virus across the country inched towards the 33,000-mark.According to the health ministry data collated as on March 23, the...

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Puducherry man who was booked under Section 66A of IT Act hails Supreme Court verdict

PUDUCHERRY: "I feel relieved and happy," said S Ravi on Tuesday reacting to the Supreme Court order that scrapped the controversial Section 66A of the Information Technology Act.Ravi, a volunteer of the erstwhile India Against Corruption (IAC) and the...

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PM Modi to attend Singapore's first Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew's funeral

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the funeral of Singapore's first Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew on March 29.Lee, 91, died of severe pneumonia yesterday. The Prime Minister will be attending the funeral of Lee on March 29, the Spokesperson...

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Pakistan Day row: VK Singh offers to resign

NEW DELHI: Union minister of state for foreign affairs Gen VK Singh has offered to resign from the government on Tuesday, Times Now reported quoting "top sources". This follows the controversy after Singh attended the Pakistan National Day celebrations...

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You have ruined me: Mulayam to party workers on Lok Sabha poll debacle

LUCKNOW: SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's pain over the humiliating defeat in Lok Sabha polls on Monday came to the fore as he told party workers that they poured cold water on his dreams of forming a government at the Centre.Addressing party workers on...

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Mentally challenged boy beaten up, his hand burnt in Tamil Nadu

DHARMAPURI: Two men tied a mentally challenged boy to a tree, beat him up and burned his right hand in a village in Tamil Nadu on suspicion that he had stolen a cellphone.The incident, which happened at Velavelli in Dharmapuri on March 20, was brought...

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Mentally challenged boy in Tamil Nadu beaten up, hand burnt

DHARMAPURI: Two men tied a mentally challenged boy to a tree, beat him up and burned his right hand in a village in Tamil Nadu on suspicion that he had stolen a cellphone.The incident, which happened at Velavelli in Dharmapuri on March 20, was brought...

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PM pays tributes to martyrs at Jallianwala Bagh

AMRITSAR: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today paid floral tributes at a memorial at the Jallianwala Bagh, where British troops had opened fire on thousands of unarmed Indians in April 1919.Modi reached Bagh, after paying obeisance at the nearby Golden...

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