The Supreme Court on Monday set Hadiya, a 24-year-old Hindu woman from Kerala who converted to Islam, free from the custody of her parents and directed that she be allowed to complete her studies at a Salem homeopathy college....
The Congress on Monday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi suffered from an "unhealthy mentality" and accused him of making irresponsible and untrue statements....
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court on Monday set free the 35 crew members of MV Seaman Guard Ohio as the prosecution failed to prove its charge that the ship and its crew were in the Indian waters with unlicensed arms, said an advocate. "The prosecution failed to prove its charges and hence the court has now set them free. It is ...
Amidst disgruntled ticket aspirants some of who have decided to fight as independents, the Congress on Monday declared 15 more candidates for the second phase of the Gujarat Assembly elections. Monday is the last day for filing nominations. For the Gandhinagar North seat they have once again fielded old loyalist C.J. Chavda. Chavda had won the consti...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday hit back at Rahul Gandhi over his 'hugplomacy' jibe saying, it was the Congress leader who hugged the Chinese Ambassador when the Indian Army was in a stand off with Chinese troops in Doklam earlier this year. "When the Indian Army was standing eye-to-eye with Chinese in Doklam for 70 da...
The AIADMK on Monday announced that the party's governing council has been authorised to select its candidate for the by-election to the R.K. Nagar Assembly constituency. In a statement, the AIADMK said the decision was taken unanimously in a meeting attended by party office bearers, legislators and MPs. The meeting also delibera...
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has issued notice to the Gandhinagar Archbishop Thomas Macwan and asked him to explain the reasons for writing a letter to the Bishops of the country to pray that only such people are elected in Gujarat who would remain faithful to the Indian Constitution and respect every human being without any discrimination. ...
The BJP on Monday announced its sixth list for the second phase of the Gujarat Assembly elections, declaring 34 candidates. The party has repeated most of the sitting MLAs and also given tickets to some senior members. The most noteworthy is the ticket given to Congress rebel MLA Tejashreeben Patel to contest from Viramgam, the constituenc...
A CRPF constable was killed and two of his colleagues injured when Maoists opened fire on a joint team of the paramilitary forces and Maharashtra Police in Gadchiroli district, an official said on Monday. The attack took place on Sunday around 7.50 p.m. in the Talwargarh area. Constable Manjunath Jakkanavar, 31, a resident of Dharwad in ...
North Korea has fortified a part of its border with South Korea from where one of its soldiers defected to Seoul earlier this month, a media report said on Monday. A photograph posted on Twitter by Acting US Ambassador to South Korea Marc Knapper showed a small group of civilian workers, monitored by North Korean soldiers, digging a deep trench at th...