Thanagaji (Alwar) Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday met a Dalit woman who was allegedly gang-raped in front of her husband in Rajasthan’s Alwar district. After holding a meeting with the victim and her family, Rahul said the victim will get justice and the accused would be punished. “I haveRead More

Varanasi Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi, during her roadshow in Varanasi on Wednesday evening, saw that a man in the crowd had fallen down. She immediately got down from her truck and offered water to the man who complained of chest pain. She asked her security personnel to arrange forRead More

Madurai (TN) Chappals were hurled towards a vehicle from which actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan was addressing an election meeting in the Tirupparankundram Assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday evening, police said. Also read: Free India’s first extremist was a Hindu, his name is Godse, says Kamal Haasan One person has beenRead More

Maharajganj/Ballia (UP) BJP president Amit Shah on Thursday accused Congress chief Rahul Gandhi of remaining silent after his party leader Mani Shankar Aiyar hurled abuses at Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Addressing a rally in Maharajganj, he termed Aiyar “guru ghantal” (shrewd). “Mani Shankar Aiyar used abusive words against PM ModiRead More

New Delhi Taiwan is studying the feasibility of promoting investments by its firms in the field of agriculture and food processing in agro products in northern India. “Our teams have made exploratory visits, especially to Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir and met the authorities, including some ChiefRead More

New Delhi India today told Iran that any decision on purchasing oil from it will have to await the next government. India has turned off imports of Iranian oil from early May despite being its second biggest importer following a US diktat aimed at squeezing the Iranian economy. External AffairsRead More

Mumbai Captain Aarohi Pandit, a 23-year-old pilot from Mumbai, became the world’s first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean solo in a Light Sports Aircraft (LSA), thrilling her family, friends and aviation circles here on Tuesday. She landed her tiny aircraft at Iqaluit Airport in Canada, after a gruelling 3,000-kmRead More

Lucknow Hitting out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BSP president Mayawati on Wednesday said his legacy as the chief minister of Gujarat is a black spot and burden on the BJP as well as the country. She alleged that the Prime Minister had crossed all limits of decency in termingRead More

Paliganj Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday asserted that terrorism could be wiped out only by an aggressive strategy like the one adopted by his government and scoffed at the opposition for taking exception to making national security an election issue. “The mahamilavatis say national security is not an issue.Read More

Patna Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday claimed that neither the BJP nor the NDA will form the government at the Centre after the Lok Sabha elections. Narendra Modi will not become prime minister for second time after the election, as a non-NDA, non-BJP government will be formedRead More