An Uttar Pradesh court's order to file an FIR against the family of the slain Mohammed Akhlaq on charges of cow slaughter "is a gross travesty of justice", the CPI-M said on Friday. The petition was filed before the court "by those involved in the brutal murder and lynching of Akhlaq and who have been pressurizing the family to withdraw the case", th...
The Centre on Friday told the Supreme Court that the chargesheet in the AgustaWestland helicopter deal will be filed this year and the matter is being investigated by an SIT. Stating that the petition has become infructuous in view of the steps taken by the government, Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar told a bench of Justice Dipak Misra and Ju...
Mizoram and Tripura government have asked the security forces to maintain a maximum vigil along the Bangladesh border to foil any attempt of intrusion and illegal cross-border movement, officials said here on Friday. An official of the Mizoram home department said the Mizoram government has instructed the police, Central Para-Military Forces (CPMF), ...
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was on Friday all set to remind Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the central government has failed to accord 'special' category status and package to Bihar, an official here said. The Chief Minister will raise the issue at the Inter-State Council meeting in Delhi on Saturday, the official said. "...
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls said the national mourning would be observed from Saturday, July 16-18. Flags on government buildings will fly at half-mast....
Claiming that his statements were "doctored and tampered out of context", controversial NRI televangelist Zakir Naik on Friday asserted that he was a "messenger of peace" and unequivocally condemned all terror and terrorist activities. He also revealed that he was a "Non-Resident Indian", enjoying residential status in Dubai, Saudi Arab...
Shortly after a trucker mowed down at least 84 people in this French city, news channels supportive of the Islamic State cheered the carnage, The New York Times reported on Friday. On one channel created on Thursday and called the United Cyber Caliphate, a message included a single word - France - followed by a smiley face. The United Cyber Ca...
A middle-aged Muslim woman was among the first to be killed when a trucker mowed down 84 people here in a terror attack. The woman was run over by the speeding white truck on the sidewalk next to Lenval beach during Bastille Day celebrations on Thursday night. She was killed instantly. The New York Times reported on Friday that two of her...
Thiruvananthapuram, July 15 (IANS) Eighty-five Indians, including 46 Keralites, evacuated from strife-torn South Sudan arrived here by a special Indian Air Force aircraft on Friday. Among those rescued from the conflict zone were also two Nepalese nationals, seven women and three children. A total of 156 Indians were evacuated in two C 1...
The Centre on Friday told the Supreme Court that the chargesheet in the AgustaWestland helicopter deals will be filed this year and the matter is being investigated by the SIT. Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar told a bench headed by Justice Dipak Misra that a FIR was registered in 2013 and a Special Investigation Team was formed this year. T...
