Indonesia will host test events in eight disciplines next month ahead of the Asian Games, attracting around 1,000 athletes and officials from Asia....
New Delhi, Jan 31 Expressing concern over the rape of an eight-month-old baby girl allegedly by her cousin in Delhi, the Supreme Court on Wednesday directed that two AIIMS doctors visit the child in the hospital, where the victim is admitted and assess if the she can be shifted to premeir medical facility. A bench headed by Chie...
In a speech brimming with patriotism and the America First concept, President Donald Trump has reiterated the US commitment to strengthen its military, protect its borders and reset its trading relationships while calling for "merit-based" immigration system. "This is our new American moment," Trump declared in his first State of ...
At least one child was killed and nine others injured as a powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 jolted parts of Pakistan on Wednesday, Pakistan's National Seismic Monitoring Centre said. The child died and others sustained injuries after a couple of mud houses and a school building collapsed in the Bela town of Lasbela district of the...
New Delhi, Jan 31 The Uttar Pradesh government in its report to the Union Home Ministry on Wednesday said it was in the process of ascertaining if the violence and arson were pre-planned in Kasganj where communal riots broke out after a youth was killed on Republic Day. In the report, the Uttar Pradesh Police said it "swung into ac...
NCP leader A.K. Saseendran, who had to quit as Kerala Transport Minister in 2017 over a sleaze charge, will be sworn in as a minister on Thursday. The NCP leader had to resign in March 2017 after a sleaze chat of his with a woman journalist had surfaced. Last week, a court cleared Saseendran of the charge. Kerala Governor P.Sathasivam will administ...
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...
