Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday visited Una town in Gujarat and met the family members of Dalit men who were brutally assaulted by cow protection vigilantes last week. Balu, the father of a Dalit youth who was beaten up, showed his wounds to Gandhi at the Mota Samadhiyala village. Gandhi assured he would do “everything in his...
Indiana Governor Mike Pence formally accepted the Republican Vice Presidential nomination at the 2016 Republican National Convention on Wednesday night. Pence took the stage at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland as the final speaker of the day in an effort to build excitement for the Trump-Pence ticket, Xinhua news agency reported. "...
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday squarely blamed Pakistan for the present unrest in Jammu and Kashmir and also said the government will set up a panel to find an alternative to pellet guns used by security forces to control protesters in the Valley. "There can be no denying the fact that our neighbour (Pakistan) is singula...
New Delhi, July 21 The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice to the Attorney General and Maharashtra on a plea by a rape victim seeking termination of her 24-week-old pregnancy due to the abnormal growth of foetus. A bench of Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar, Justice Kurian Joseph and Justice Arun Mishra directed the hearing on Friday after...
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday suspected foul play in the theft at the deputy chief minister's media advisor's house as he said only official papers were stolen from the place. "Robbery at deputy chief minister's media advisor's home. Burglars stole only official papers, left all valuables. Who's behind it," Kejri...
Life remained paralysed in the Valley on Thursday for the 13th day as authorities continued to impose curfew following extension in the separatists called protest shutdown....
The Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) on Wednesday suspended Uttar Pradesh unit Vice-President Daya Shankar Singh for six years following his alleged obscene comments on Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati....
In a setback to the nine rebel Congress legislators in Uttarakhand, the Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to put on hold their disqualification and a bar on attending the assembly session beginning on Thursday....
A video clip showing Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi apparently dozing off momentarily in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday when the party was heatedly raising the anti-Dalit violence in Gujarat had the party on the defensive....
Bal Kishan Bansal, a senior official of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs arrested on bribery charges, was in a state of deep shock and sobbing while attending the last rites of his wife and daughter who committed suicide on Tuesday, a lawyer said....
