Rajasthan was rocked by an earthquake on Wednesday for around 10-12 seconds. There was no loss of life or property. According to met department officials, the earthquake, measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale, was felt at 12.36 p.m. People in Jaipur, Jodhpur, Alwar, Udaipur, Bharatpur and many other cities experienced the tremors and came out of their houses and offices. ...
One of the prime accused in the Kasganj communal violence, Salim Javed, was arrested on Wednesday, a police officer said, adding that based on leads provided by him, police are looking for the other accused as well. There are a dozen persons accused of triggering the violence and inciting mobs on the Republic Day in Kasganj district which ...
The Supreme Court on Wednesday reserved its order seeking a probe into alleged irregularities in the purchase of AgustaWestland helicopter for VIPs in 2006-07 and the foreign bank accounts purportedly linked to the son of Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh. A division bench of Justice A.K. Goel and Justice U.U. Lalit reserved the order after h...
New Delhi, Jan 31 The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought the Centre's response on a plea that the BSF was stopping Rohingya refugees from entering India. Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud sought the response as counsel Prashant Bhushan complained that the Border Security Force was preventing them from crossing t...
Sunayana Dumala, the widow of Indian techie Srinivas Kuchibhotla who was killed in a hate crime last year in Kansas, was a Congressional guest at the State of the Union address delivered by President Donald Trump. Dumala called the Tuesday night speech "welcoming and positive" on reforming immigration. "In the very beginn...
China on Wednesday congratulated former Indian envoy Vijay Gokhale on becoming Indias Foreign Secretary -- the countrys top diplomat-- and hoped that ties between the two countries will move forward. Gokhale, who served as India's Ambassador to China until October last year, played a crucial role in resolving the worst-in-decades military stand...
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani refused to speak to Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi when the latter telephoned to offer condolences following a devastating terror attack in Kabul, the media reported. TOLO News said Abbasi telephoned Ghani "in connection with the spate of recent attacks in Afghanistan." The Afghan daily said ...
Delhi Police arrested two men for kidnapping a teenager from here for a ransom of Rs one crore, a police officer said on Wednesday. The victim was rescued. One of the kidnappers claimed that a family member was involved in the crime as well. Both men have been employed with the boy's father, a businessman, the officer said. The abduction was executed on Mon...
Delhi and several parts of northern India experienced tremors on Wednesday following an earthquake on the Afghanistan-Tajikistan border. According to the India Meteorological Department, the earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter Scale struck at a depth of 190 km in the Hindu Kush region. The tremors, lasting a few seconds, were also felt in Delhi and the adjo...
In a speech bubbling with patriotism and economic policy of America First, President Donald Trump has reiterated the US' commitment to strengthen its military, protect its borders and reset its trading relationships and appealed to a divided Congress for support. "The era of economic surrender is over," Trump declared in his first St...
