MAZAR-I-SHARIF, AFGHANISTAN: A suicide bomber killed 15 people including women and children in a northern Afghan market today, as militants intensify their annual summer offensive despite nascent peace talks. The attack in Almar district of Faryab province, bordering Turkmenistan, highlights the heavy toll of such attacks on civilians after 13Read More

NEW DELHI: As the opposition blocks Parliament from functioning with aggressive demands for the resignations of a trio of BJP leaders attached to controversies, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with his party’s lawmakers this morning and warned that they must “speak to leaders before making public comments”. The PM alsoRead More

NEW DELHI: The opposition Congress did not hold a protest by lawmakers at the Gandhi statue in Parliament House that it had planned for this morning to highlight its demand for action against three top BJP leaders. But Congress MPs trooped into Parliament wearing black bands, led by party presidentRead More

NEW DELHI: Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj, attacked over her help to tainted cricket tycoon Lalit Modi, has the sympathy of at least one group in the opposition – the Samajwadi Party. Its chief Mulayam Singh Yadav today said that for a woman, “sau khoon maaf (100 murders would be forgiven).”Read More

PATNA: Nitish Kumar, in full election mode, will set out soon to woo the non-resident Bihari. The effort will take the Bihar chief minister and Janata Dal United leader to Delhi and Mumbai, where meetings of a think tank, Bihar Foundation, will be held. Mr Kumar, said sources, is expectedRead More

NEW DELHI: World-famous climate scientist Dr R K Pachauri was “welcomed back to his office with garlands and flowers, while I am being shunted out of work”, said the young woman who has accused him of sexual harassment. The 29-year-old, expressed her extreme frustration over a recent court order thatRead More

MUMBAI: With just eight days to his hanging, Yakub Memon, the 1993 Bombay Blast mastermind, has made another last ditch attempt at seeking mercy by writing to Maharashtra Governor Vidyasagar Rao. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court had rejected 53-year-old convict’s curative petition. “Yakub Memon has written to the governor seekingRead More

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today agreed to hear on July 24 a plea of AAP leader Kumar Vishwas who has joined others including Congress leader Digvijay Singh in seeking apex court-monitored CBI probe in Vyapam scam cases. A bench comprising Justices TS Thakur, V Gopala Gowda and R Banumathi,Read More

NEW DELHI: The Home Ministry has rejected IFS officer Devyani Khobragade’s plea of dual citizenship for her children, who are American nationals, saying Indian law does not allow this. Ms Khobragade, who was arrested in the US in 2013 when she was India’s Deputy Consul-General in New York on visaRead More

Chandigarh, July 22 After a “show of strength” staged by former Chief minister Capt Amarinder Singh in the name of his mass contact programme, the Congress leadership has initiated efforts with a renewed vigour to strike rapprochement between top state leaders – Captain and PPCC chief Partap Bajwa. The party,Read More