Melbourne, In a major development, Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Tuesday retired from Test cricket with immediate effect, citing strain of playing all formats, after his team lost the Border-Gavaskar Trophy to Australia here. “One of India’s greatest Test Captains under whose leadership India became the No. 1Read More

Mumbai, In a major relief to BJP president Amit Shah, a special CBI court on Tuesday discharged him in the case of Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter killing in 2005.”I am of the opinion that the inference drawn by CBI is not accepted in totality and he (Shah) cannot be chargedRead More

Jakarta, At least 40 bodies have been recovered from the sea along with the debris from the missing AirAsia flight QZ8501, confirmed authorities. Navy spokesperson Manahan Simorangkir said the warship Bung Tomo recovered 40 bodies and the number is increasing. Indonesian rescuers saw bodies and luggage off the coast ofRead More

Islamabad, Mumbai attack mastermind Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi was on Tuesday arrested just before his release following a Pakistani court’s suspension of his detention under a public security order which had evoked a strong reaction from India. “Lakhvi has been arrested in another case,” an interior ministry spokesman told PTI. However, heRead More

London, The toll in the Italian ferry blaze has risen to 10, a media report said. One man was killed when trying to escape from the ship, and nine more bodies have since been found, BBC reported. More than 400 people were rescued amid gale-force winds and thick smoke. It isRead More

New Delhi,  Former BJP leader Jaswant Singh was today discharged from Army Research and Referral hospital here in a “minimally conscious state” and will continue with “supportive care” at home, four months after he was admitted there with severe head injuries. “Jaswant Singh is in minimally conscious state and isRead More

Hyderabad,  VHP’s national general secretary Praveen Togadia today demanded “a strong legislation” to stop conversions, but defended the ‘ghar wapsi’ programme.Speaking on the outcome of a meeting of central board of trustees and management committee of VHP, Togadia said, “We are against conversions. If someone is accepting another way ofRead More

* Urges to lay foundation stones of 4 major 4 laning projects worth Rs 1693 crore * Gadkari approves major road projects worth Rs. 5261 crore * 128 km Patiala-Bathinda road approved on EPC mode costing Rs 1238 cr New Delhi/Chandigarh, The Union Government today extended New Year bonanza toRead More

* SAD to hold three dharnas near international check points to create awareness and need for greater vigilance on border Chandigarh, The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) will now hold three dharnas near the international border check points to create awareness about drugs as well as focus on the need forRead More

* Sukhbir has caused constitutional crisis – Bajwa * Tells his cadre to gear up for Vidhan Sabha polls in near future Chandigarh, In a statement issued here today, S. Partap Singh Bajwa, President PPCC asked Sh. Narendra Modi to drop Mrs Harsimrat Badal from the Cabinet immediately. Bajwa remindedRead More