Clear picture on rejoining BJP in 4-5 days: Yeddyurappa
Davangere (KTK): Former Karnataka Chief Minister and KJP President B S Yeddyurappa said pn Monday that he has an 'open mind' about joining BJP and a clear picture on his homecoming might emerge in the...
View ArticleI want to forget that night: Juvenile rapist tells officials
New Delhi: As the country remembered the braveheart who was brutally gangraped on December 16 exactly a year ago, the juvenile who escaped with lighter punishment after being convicted in the case...
View ArticleRahul Gandhi may be anointed Congress' PM candidate at AICC meet in January
New Delhi: Congress is holding an AICC meeting here on January 17 after the poll debacle in four states, amid a "consensus" over Rahul Gandhi's leadership as its Prime Ministerial candidate as "people...
View ArticleSpeaker Meira Kumar cancels her meeting with US MPs in protest
New Delhi: In a major snub, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar cancelled her meeting with a senior US Congressional delegation here on Monday as a mark of protest against the treatment meted out to India's...
View ArticleMobiles to have SoS button for women's safety: Chidambaram
New Delhi: Mobile handset makers will have to introduce SoS alert button to ensure that women in distress can be reached by the police in the minimum possible time, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said...
View ArticleTRS asks Seemandhra MLAs to accept T-reality
Hyderabad: Telangana Rashtra Samithi MLA T Harish Rao on Monday advised the MLAs from Seemandhra region to accept the reality that formation of Telangana State was inevitable. Speaking to media persons...
View ArticleModels, Tollywood jr artiste, rescued from sex racket
Hyderabad: The police busted a high profile sex racket at Banjara Hills on Monday night and rescued a Tollywood junior artiste, two Kolkata-based models and a Hyderabadi model. Two pimps, who had been...
View ArticleFog disrupts train schedules in North India
Dense fog disrupted train movement in North India for the third consecutive day on Wednesday, with around 50 Delhi-bound trains, including Rajdhanis, running behind schedule. Timings of two trains...
View ArticleLalu to forge alliance of secular forces
RJD President Lalu Prasad today said Congress chief Sonia Gandhi had expressed her greetings after his release from jail and pledged to work hard to forge an alliance of secular parties to drive away...
View ArticleAP Assembly adjourned twice amid ruckus over Telangana issue
Discussion on the draft Telangana Bill could not be taken up in Andhra Pradesh Assembly as MLAs from coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema, strongly opposing the creation of a new state of Telangana, did not...
View ArticleUS treatment of Indian diplomat “deplorable”: PM
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday termed as “deplorable” the treatment meted out to Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade by the US authorities.“This is deplorable,” he told reporters outside...
View ArticleJessica Lal murder case: Manu Sharma gets parole
New Delhi: Siddharth Vashisht alias Manu Sharma, who is undergoing life term for killing model Jessica Lal in 1999, was granted nine days parole on Wednesday by the Delhi High Court to appear in post...
View ArticleAP Assembly adjourned without discussion on Telangana Bill
Hyderabad: Discussion on the draft Bill for the formation of separate Telangana, could not be taken up in Andhra Pradesh Assembly on Wednesday as MLAs from coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema opposed to the...
View ArticleBright lights affect 225 kids' vision
Kakinada: Over 225 children suffered from “photo toxicity”, an eye condition, when they were exposed to bright focus lights during a “Dance Baby” contest in a school at Kattamuru village in Peddapuram...
View ArticleIndia freezes diplomatic perks for US counsultes
New Delhi: India announced retaliatory measures against the United States on Wednesday, including revising work conditions of Indians employed in U.S. consulates and a freeze on duty-free alcohol, in...
View ArticleDevyani Khobragade transferred to India's mission to UN, gets fuller...
New Delhi: In a latest development in the diplomatic row, Deputy Consul General in New York Devyani Khobragade, who was arrested and ill-treated in the US, has been transferred to India's Permanent...
View ArticleLokpal Bill: Cong hails Rahul’s “key role”, promises more
Congress on Wednesday hailed party vice president Rahul Gandhi’s “key role” in the passage of the historic Lokpal Bill, which was cleared by Parliament on Wednesday, while asserting that it was...
View ArticleIndia tears into Preet Bharara for defending action against diplomat
New Delhi: India on Thursday hit back at US Attorney Preet Bharara, who had justified Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade's arrest, accusing him of interfering with the Indian legal system and asserting...
View ArticleDiplomat's father threatens fast, says daughter innocent
Mumbai: The father of Devyani Khobragade on Thursday threatened to launch a fast if 'fabricated' charges of visa fraud against his diplomat daughter were not dropped and her honour restored even as he...
View ArticleSupreme Court rejects PIL seeking direction for creating 'Gandhi' caste
New Delhi: A PIL by a freedom fighter seeking a direction to the Centre and state governments that children born to couples having inter-caste marriages be recognised under one caste "Gandhi" has been...
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