An Indian prisoner, Kirpal Singh, has died at the Kot Lakhpat Jail in Pakistan, an official said. Singh was allegedly involved in a bombing at Faisalabad Railway Station in 1991. He was sentenced to death for spying and terrorism, Geo news reported. Singh was transferred to a hospital on Monday after his health suddenly deteriorated, jail of...
Around 1,500 non-local engineering students of the National Institute of Technology (NIT)-Srinagar on Tuesday vacated their hostel rooms and left for their homes. The students said they were asked by the authorities to appear for the examinations "if they remain inside the campus". "Our administration told us to appear for the exams as we w...
Southern megastar Rajinikanth was on Tuesday honoured with the Padma Vibhushan, India's second highest civilian award, by President Pranab Mukherjee at a glittering ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here. Looking dapper in a beige churidar kurta teamed with a grey Nehru jacket, Rajinikanth was accompanied by his wife Latha Rajinikanth. The actor enj...
Kollam (Kerala) April 12 (IANS) Two days after the fireworks tragedy at Puttingal Devi temple in Paravur in Kollam that left 109 people dead and more than 350 injured, police on Tuesday recorded the arrest of six temple officials. Five officials who surrendered before police late Monday night include P.S. Jayalal (president), Krishnankutty P...
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William and Kate Middleton, on Monday visited Gandhi Smriti here and paid tributes at the 'Martyr's Column' -- the spot where Mahatma Gandhi fell to an assassin's bullets in 1948....
A day after the fireworks tragedy at the Puttingal Devi temple in Paravur in Kollam that left 109 people dead and more than 350 injured, a blame game has begun....
Prime Minister (Narendra) Modi and his team want to kill the ideology of Babasaheb Ambedkar and everything he stood for," Gandhi said addressing a function organised here to mark B.R. Ambedkar's 125th birth anniversary....
Hitting out at the RSS and the BJP, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Monday said that while his party was trying to destroy Manu's ideology of a caste system, they were trying to protect it....
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Monday reiterated its demand for a legislation in parliament for building the Ram temple in Ayodhya. ...
The Supreme Court said on Monday that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) was not a private entity and as a trustee of the popular game, it has to function in a transparent manner and be accountable like any other public body. ...
