The United States has backed Amnesty International after a sedition case was registered against the global rights group in Bengaluru for hosting a Kashmir event where alleged anti-India slogans were raised....
Home Minister Rajnath Singh will on Wednesday visit Jammu and Kashmir where restrictions continued in many parts of the valley for the 46th consecutive day on Tuesday. Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi will accompany the minister, official sources said. At least 68 people, including 66 civilians and two policemen, have died in the violence in the valley since...
At least 11 protesters were injured in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district on Tuesday as security forces opened fire at a stone-pelting mob, police said. The incident occurred in Nowgam village of Shopian after a mob, which defied restrictions imposed in the area, attacked security forces with stones, leading to the security personnel retaliating. "Elev...
At least 35 people fell ill after inhaling gas leaking from a tank of a fertilizer factory in Chittagong in Bangladesh, police said on Tuesday. The leakage from a reserve container started at around 10.30 p.m. on Monday in Anwara, an official said. One of the three containers stored 500 tonnes of ammonium phosphate. Police officer Mohammad A...
National Security Guard Director General R.C. Tayal on Tuesday claimed the NSG defused a bomb at the DRDO building two months back but the DRDO said it was a "vintage bomb". Tayal, at an event, said an IED was found in DRDO Bhawan two months back, and the NSG defused it when no other agency was able to handle it. DRDO sources however cla...
Gujarat assembly Speaker Ramanlal Vora on Tuesday suspended all Congress MLAs -- barring Leader of Opposition Shankersinh Vaghela and Balwantsinh Rajput -- for the day after they created a ruckus over the alleged atrocities committed on Dalits in Una town last month. Congress lawmakers were demanding an inquiry by a sitting high c...
The United States has advocated "direct" talks between India and Pakistan to reduce tension between the two countries and normalize their ties that have soured recently after deadly unrest in Jammu and Kashmir. "We strongly support all efforts between India and Pakistan that can contribute to a more stable and prosperous region, and that...
The FBI has discovered almost 15,000 unrevealed documents linked to the e-mail scandal surrounding Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, US media reports said on Monday....
Olympic silver medalist P.V. Sindhu on Monday received a Rs 5 crore cheque from Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao....
Abrogation of Article 370, which grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir, will happen in due course of time, but right now the priority is to bring normalcy and restore peace in the troubled state, Union Minister of State for Home Hansraj Ahir said on Monday....
