Angry Dalits staged rail and road blockades and took out processions in Mumbai and carried out agitations in different parts of Maharashtra on Tuesday to protest against violence in Pune a day ago which left one youth dead. The Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh, a Dalit party headed by Prakash Ambedkar - the grandson of ...
US President Donald Trump is working on the agenda of Pakistan's "enemies", PTI Chairman Imran Khan said on Tuesday, as he slammed Washington's decision to cut aid to Islamabad for lying and giving safe haven to terrorists. Speaking to reporters after appearing before an anti terrorism court in cases pertaining to violence during a 2014 sit-in...
The Ghaziabad court was shut on Tuesday following noisy protests by a section of lawyers protesting against the removal by police of a statue of Dalit icon B.R. Ambedkar from the court compound. The court's functioning came to a halt as the deployment of security forces was so massive that litigants were sent back from the main gate. A ...
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued summons to Karti Chidambaram, son of Congress leader P. Chidambaram, in a money laundering case related to alleged irregularities in FIPB clearance accorded to INX Media in 2007, an official said on Tuesday. Karti Chidambaram has been asked to appear at the ED headquarters here on January 11 and record his...
To promote cruise tourism in the country, tourists arriving at ports with e-visa have been exempted from the requirement of biometric enrolment for a period of three years till 2020, the government said on Tuesday. This will make immigration clearance of such passengers faster, leaving them with more time to spend on shore. The move i...
Tribal students from Tripura will for the first time perform their traditional dance at the Republic Day parade on January 26, an official said here on Tuesday. "In all 150 tribal students of 25 schools from three Tripura districts will for the first time perform traditional 'Sangrai dance' in the Republic Day parade," Informat...
A 37-year-old former Army officer on Tuesday bludgeoned six persons, including two women, to death in just two hours in Haryana's Palwal district, police said. The accused has been arrested. Naresh Dhankar, a former Army Lieutenant who took voluntary retirement on medical grounds in 2003, was arrested from Adarsh Nagar here, Inspector General o...
As India marks 25 years of its partnership with Asean and in keeping with its Act East Policy, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will visit Thailand, Indonesia and Singapore from January 4-8, it was announced on Tuesday. According to a statement issued by the External Affairs Ministry, Sushma Swaraj will visit Thailand on January 4-5 du...
A day after US President Donald Trump blasted Pakistan for squandering billions of American aid meant to flush out terrorism and pledged to give it no more money, Beijing on Tuesday defended Islamabad on expected lines. The Chinese Foreign Ministry said Pakistan had made "sacrifices" in combating terrorism and the international community should notice ...
A Bill for setting up a National Medical Commission to replace the Medical Council of India (MCI) was sent to a standing committee of Parliament on Tuesday after request from several opposition parties, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar informed the Lok Sabha. He also urged the Speaker to instruct the committee to give its report befo...
