Hyderabad/New Delhi The protests over suicide of a Dalit research scholar rocked University of Hyderabad while police booked central minister Bandaru Dattatreya and three others for abetment of suicide and also for violations of the SC/ST act. A day after Rohith Vemula hanged himself in a university hostel room, protests broke out on the campus […]
Ahmedabad, After about four months in custody facing various charges, including that of sedition, Hardik Patel, the spearhead of the quota agitation by the Patel community in Gujarat, has expressed willingness to sit down for talks with the state government to break the logjam. In a quick response, the state government too agreed for talks […]
New Delhi, woman, alleging a “CNG scam” in the AAP government, threw ink at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday at a public gathering held here to mark the “success” of the odd-even traffic restriction scheme but missed him. Kejriwal, who was speaking at the Chhatrasal Stadium in north Delhi, remained unruffled. Police detained […]
Ramallah (Palestine), India was working for closer political interaction and deeper economic engagement with Palestine, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said here on Sunday “We have also started to put in motion the framework suggested by our president for the future of our partnership during his visit,” she said referring to President Pranab Mukherjee’s visit […]
Kolkata, The city police which issued a look-out notice against former RJD legislator Mohammad Sohrab and his two sons in connection with the hit-and-run case in which an Indian Air Force officer was killed, on Saturday claimed it was the younger son who was behind the wheels. While police had initially suspected Sohrab’s elder son […]
Washington, Describing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent conversation with his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif as a “welcome sign” the US says it wants the two countries to continue to have a dialogue to fight terrorism. “We want them to continue to have a dialogue and to continue to look for ways to cooperate against a […]
Agartala, With a fresh outbreak of bird flu being reported in Tripura, the mass culling of more than 8,000 chicken and ducks began on Saturday in the western part of the state, officials said here. “We have started culling of chickens, ducks and other poultry birds today (Saturday) at the government-run animal farm at Gandhigram […]
New Delhi, Central agencies are planning to raid his ministers, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal alleged on Friday, adding Prime Minister Narendra Modi was trying to “fail us”. Quoting “PMO sources”, Kejriwal tweeted that the raids may be conducted on Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia – known to be the Aam Aadmi Party leader’s most […]
New Delhi, Firing and infiltration has continued at the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir, but India has given a befitting reply, the army chief, General Dalbir Singh said on Friday. “The continuing cross-border firing and infiltration bids have kept the Line of Control active. You (Army) have given a befitting reply to the enemy at […]
New Delhi, With oil in free fall again, state-run Indian Oil Corp (IOC) on Friday announced under one rupee cuts in transport fuel prices, effective midnight, with petrol prices per litre being reduced by Rs.0.32 and diesel by Rs.0.85, both at Delhi, with corresponding price revision in other states. “The current level of international product […]