The value of Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's wealth declined Rs 6.02 crore (8.9 per cent) to Rs 60.99 crore in last fiscal 2015-16 from Rs 67.01 crore in the previous fiscal 2014-15, according to official data. ...
It has taken two years but, finally, Narendra Modi appears to have found his feet. In a recent interview, he demonstrated his grip on the situation by covering wide areas of national and international affairs. The earlier silences on crucial issues such as the rampages of saffron mobs and the snide attacks on sele...
MIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday charged the BJP with trying to impose a 'Hindu rashtra' on the country in the name of the Uniform Civil Code. ...
British Opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn is facing fresh calls to "retire with dignity" this weekend as Labour MPs seek to avoid a bitter and protracted leadership contest this summer, media reported on Saturday....
A speeding BMW car, being driven by the son of a Rajasthan legislator, hit an auto rickshaw and a PCR van, killing three persons and injuring five here late on Friday night, police said. ...
Heavily armed militants chanting "Allahu Akbar" asked their hostages at a popular eatery here to recite Quranic verses to know who among them were Muslims. Others were hacked to death, according to one of the many eyewitness accounts of the gory Bangladesh carnage that has shocked the world. ...
Islamic State militants slaughtered at least 20 foreigners, including an Indian girl, with sharp weapons before security forces rescued 13 hostages and gunned down six gunmen on Saturday morning, ending a long drawn-out overnight siege at a Bangladesh cafe popular with both locals as well as foreign visitors, officials said....
Bangladeshi security forces on Saturday morning rescued some 13 hostages and gunned down six gunmen, ending a long drawn-out siege at a cafe in Dhaka that began Friday, officials said. The standoff between government forces and suspected Islamic State militants, which also left two policemen dead, began Friday evening after heav...
Tamil Nadu Police have arrested a youth in Tirunelveli district alleged to be the killer of female software engineer with Infosys, S. Swathi, a top Chennai police officer said on Saturday. Briefing reporters here about the arrest of 22-year-old P. Ramkumar, Chennai Police Commissioner said: "Ramkumar used to follow Swathi. He was infatuated w...
Alarmed by the terror attack in Dhaka in neighbouring Bangladesh, the government on Saturday sounded high alert in states bordering that country, including West Bengal, Tripura and Assam. Official sources said here that the Union Home Ministry has directed the Border Security Force (BSF) and other agencies to keep strict vigil ...
