KABUL: The Afghan government has sent a peace delegation to Pakistan for negotiations with the Taliban, the president’s office said in a statement on Twitter on today. The meeting could be a step towards starting a formal peace process with the insurgent group that was ousted from power by aRead More

LONDON: A bizarre case in the UK involving an accidentally dropped orange peel and an overzealous enforcement officer has resulted in a nine-month legal battle costing the tax payer an estimated 8,000 pounds. Luke Gutteridge, 29, accidentally dropped a tiny piece of orange peel as he threw it in theRead More

VIENNA: Iran and major powers will continue negotiations on an historic nuclear deal past today’s deadline for a long-term agreement, European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said. “We are continuing to negotiate for the next couple of days. This does not mean we are extending our deadline,” Mogherini toldRead More

Jaipur: Rajasthan Governor Kalyan Singh on Tuesday stoked a controversy by saying that the word ‘adhinayaka’ in the national anthem should be replaced with ‘mangal’ as it praises British rule. “Jan-Gan-Man adhinayaka jai hey… ‘adhinayaka’ for whom? It praises British rule. It should be amended and replaced by word ‘jan-gan-manRead More

Bhopal, July 7:  Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan today agreed to CBI probe into snowballing examination scandal that has hit his government’s credibility with people connected to the case dying mysteriously. Chouhan announced the decision at a hurriedly-called press conference and his government filed a plea in theRead More

New Delhi: The Delhi Police, Tuesday, said that the post-mortem report of Vyapam scam-linked Dr Arun Sharma remains inconclusive and requires further examination. City Police Commissioner BS Bassi said, “We are carefully investigating the matter, no foul play was observed as per prima facie evidence…Will wait for viscera report,” addingRead More

Patna: Thirteen percent voters’ turnout has been reported in the first two hours for the biennial election to 24 Legislative Council seats in Bihar on Tuesday. According to a release issued by the office of Chief Electoral Officer, polling was brisk in Nalanda where 32 percent voters turned up forRead More

New Delhi: Sheer apathy by some of Delhi’s biggest hospitals has led to the death of a one-day old baby. The infant was reportedly born prematurely in a nursing home and immediately required ventilator support. As the infant’s parents could not afford private healthcare so they were referred to aRead More

Mumbai: A 36-year-old man, who was injured in the July 11, 2006 blasts here passed away at a local hospital after being in coma. Parag Sawant, who was in a vegetative state for the last nine years, died on Tuesday, his family said. Sawant was in the Churchgate-Virar train whenRead More

New Delhi: The Supreme Court will take up a petition seeking a probe by Central Bureau of Investigation into the high profile Vyapam scam on Tuesday. The multi-crore scam is becoming murkier with each passing day and over 40 people have died in the case. On Monday, Union Home MinisterRead More