Supporters thronged Congress President Sonia Gandhi's residence to wish her on her 71st birthday on Saturday....
Nearly 200 protesters staged a dharna outside the Goa Archbishop's official residence in Panaji on Saturday, protesting against the Church's decision to relocate of the feast venue of recently anointed saint Joseph Vaz....
Over 70 per cent voting was registered in Gujarat at close of polling at 5 p.m....
Israel has targeted a number of sites of militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip in retaliation for earlier rocket strikes. The Israeli military said it hit a weapons manufacturing site and an ammunition store early on Saturday while a Hamas military post was also pounded by the Israeli war jets with two missiles in northern Gaza on Friday even...
The sensational double murder of a woman and her 11-year-old daughter has been solved with her son, 16, confessing to have killed them with a pizza cutter because he was scolded and beaten up at home over a minor issue, police said on Saturday. The juvenile, who was the prime suspect in the December 4 double murder, was detained on ...
Over 30 per cent ballotting was registered till afternoon in Gujarat's first phase Assembly elections, as enthusiastic voters queued up in large numbers amid rising complaints of malfunctioning Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs). The Election Commission also received complaints of EVMs being connected to Bluetooth or WiFi from P...
The UN Undersecretary General for Political Affairs, Jeffrey Feltman, on Saturday concluded his five-day visit to North Korea, during which both parties agreed to remain in regular contact. Feltman arrived in Pyongyang on Tuesday, and during his visit met senior North Korean officials, including Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho, reports Efe news. Shor...
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying that the issue of 'development' has been missing from his speeches. "'Vikas' (development) is missing from the Prime Minister's speeches this time. What is the reason," Gandhi asked on the day of the first phase of polling in Gujarat. He said the BJP gove...
Authorities on Saturday disallowed a seminar on human rights organised by Kashmiri separatist leaders in the house of senior Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani in Srinagar. The joint resistance leadership (JRL), a separatist conglomerate headed by Geelani, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and Yasin Malik had organised the seminar at his...
A helicopter carrying Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis force-landed here on Saturday as it was "overloaded", an official said. The incident occurred at around 9.30 a.m., when Fadnavis, accompanied by Water Resources Minister Girish Mahajan and others were travelling to Aurangabad from Nashik, the Minister's aide, Santosh Bari sa...
