Objecting to a comment made by a top Indian Navy officer on Friday about security risk posed by islands off Goa's coast, the Congress MP Shantaram Naik on Saturday accused the navy of trying to raise the security bogey as a pretext to "take control over the precious land"....
Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday held his successor Mufti Muhammad Sayeed responsible for "rising incidents of intolerance" in the state....
Departing from his earlier announcement that it would be a Hindu party, he said it would be a secular one."The name of our new party is 'Bharath Dharma Jana Sena (BDJS)' and our symbol is "folded hands," said Natesan at the Shangumukham beach side in the presence of thousands of his supporters....
The FBI is investigating the California massacre as "an act of terrorism," after a revelation that the Pakistani-American female shooter posted a pledge of allegiance to ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on Facebook during the shooting. Tashfeen Malik, who with her US born Pakistani origin husband Syed Rizwan Farook, shot ...
Dark clouds in the sky and rain at regular intervals put Chennai residents into worry mode on Saturday morning. ...
Normal life was partially affected here on Saturday due to a shutdown called by traders to protest the alleged ransacking of shops in the old city by security forces while dispersing stone-pelting youths on Friday. Shops and other commercial establishments remained closed in the old city as a mark of protest after traders alleged police fired tear smoke sh...
In its ongoing probe after busting a spying network working for Pakistan based ISI, the Delhi Police arrested another person, taking the total number of arrests to four, police said on Saturday. The accused identified as Sabar, a resident of Jammu and Kashmir and a teacher in a government school, was arrested from Rajouri district on Friday, Joint Commiss...
The good news is that parliament is once again engaged in its business of debate and discussion even if haltingly because of the occasional demonstrations in the well of the house and walkouts. Even then, the people in general will offer a silent prayer of thanks to the excitable MPs over the dawning of sense among them, though belatedly....
The Tamil Nadu government on Friday categorically denied that 14 patients died at MIOT Hospital located near here due to lack of power. ...
Amid mounting tension on Osmania University campus over proposed beef festival by some students' groups and a counter pork festival and 'Gau Maata' puja by their rivals, Hyderabad police on Friday decided not to give permission for any of the events....
