New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday met the 13-year-old mentally challenged rape survivor at AIIMS and raised the issue of full statehood over the prevailing law and order situation in the national capital. ” I’ve met the girl and her family. Delhi is not a full state,Read More

New Delhi: Days after they joined BJP, nine Congress rebel MLAs in Uttarakhand including former Chief Minister Vijay Bahugana figure in the Central VIP security list and have been provided a round-the-clock cover by armed commandos from para-military forces. The security cover for the MLAs, who have been disqualified, wasRead More

Amethi: Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani on Thursday sounded a note of confidence ahead of the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls scheduled in February next year, saying ‘lotus will blossom’ in the state. Irani, who is on a day-visit to Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi’s parliamentary constituency Amethi, said that the BJPRead More

Dumaria: Former Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi’s convoy’s pilot vehicle was on Thursday set on fire in Dumaria region of Bihar’s Gaya District. Manjhi was on his way to meet those agitating against Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) leader Sudesh Paswan’s murder, when his convoy’s pilot vehicle was set onRead More

Ayodhya: A Bajrang Dal leader, Mahesh Sharma, was arrested last night in connection with annual ‘self defence’ camp conducted in Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya. Sharma has been charged with hurting religious sentiments of the Muslim community and spreading communal hatred. The arrest comes after an FIR against unidentified Bajrang Dal workersRead More

New Delhi: The Supreme Court, on Thursday, has allowed the second Italian marine, Salvatore Girone, one of the two Italian marines accused of killing two fishermen off Kerala, also to go back home. However, there are some riders attached to the order; one being his passport to be impounded inRead More

Uttar Pradesh: Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan on Thursday slammed Bajrang Dal for organising ‘self-defence’ training camps. He said such events lead to polarisation of the society, which is not in the interest of the nation. Azam Khan said that the camp should not have been organised and a probeRead More

New Delhi, The BJP today sought to downplay reports of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) receiving large support in Punjab, where Assembly elections are due next year, saying it will contest in alliance with its traditional ally, the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD). Reluctant to even acknowledged the presence of AAP,Read More

New Delhi: Kerala cadre IPS officer Merin Joseph has slammed an article written by a news website, titled “10 Most Beautiful IAS and IPS Officers in India”. Merin, Assistant Superintendent of Police of Munnar, Kerala, took to Facebook to express her disappointment over the matter. She asked why one neverRead More

Bhadohi: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday remained non-committal on the issue of banning liquor in the state even as he advised people to “drink less”. “The decision on banning liquor cannot be taken in haste. Interest of cane farmers and employment of lakhs of people in liquorRead More