DEHRADUN: The Nainital High Court on Wednesday will hear Uttarakhand Chief Minister’s Harish Rawat’s plea against the incumbent President’s rule in the state today. The High Court will hear the case today and tomorrow as well. Today the court will possibly give a verdict in regard with the Governor ruleRead More

Mumbai : Rapping the BCCI and cricket associations in Maharashtra and Mumbai over water wastage when the State is reeling under severe drought, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday said ideally Indian Premier League (IPL) matches should be shifted elsewhere, where there is no water crisis. “Only if water supplyRead More

NEW DELHI: Hyderabad university professors Tatagatha Sengupta and KY Ratnam, who were arrested on charges of vandalism in connection with protests over Rohith Vemula issue today shared their “ordeal” with students at JNU and said HCU vice chancellor Appa Rao Podile’s return on campus was a planned move. The twoRead More

SRINAGAR: An unidentified militant was killed in an overnight encounter with security forces in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. The ultra was killed in a gunbattle with security forces in Sheikhpura area of Lalpora, 100 kms from here, an army official said today. He said the operation was in progress whenRead More

HYDERABAD: Private sector employee Sudhakar (name changed) had one bottle of beer at a party, got into his car, and drove out of the parking lot, hoping to be home for dinner. As he approached the Moazzam Jahi Market intersection, he was flagged down by a police party and submittedRead More

NEW DELHI: Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu today flagged off the first semi-high speed train Hazrat Nizamuddin- Agra Gatimaan Express, the fastest train in the country running at a maximum speed of 160 kmph. However, it is only 7 minutes faster than the Bhopal Shatabdi which was started in 1998 andRead More

NEW DELHI: With an eye on the Dalit vote in the mega battle for Uttar Pradesh early next year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi chose to launch his “Stand up India” initiative to promote entrepreneurship among Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Women by easing access to loans, from that state. TheRead More

NEW DELHI: With the Centre on Tuesday issuing new Solid Waste Management Rules, citizens can now expect to pay for garbage generated by them as municipal bodies have been empowered to levy user fees for solid waste management and spot fines for littering. The rules, under the Environment Pollution ActRead More

NEW DELHI: India has told the UN that Jaish-e- Mohammed chief Masood Azhar was one of the handlers of the terrorists who attacked the Pathankot airbase and his outfit received arms training from Taliban. In its failed bid to have Masood designated as terrorist by the UN, India has conveyedRead More

NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday launched a frontal attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for inviting Pakistan’s Joint Investigation Team (JIT) to India to probe the Pathankot attacks. “Prime Minister Modi must apologise and reply as to what deal was struck when he had gone toRead More