India

47% Indians don't want BJP govt to return to power in 2019, says survey

The survey also said that three-fourths of Muslims and three-fifths of Christians do not wish to see the BJP government coming back to power in the 2019 Lok Sabha election.

May 25, 2018

Andhra Pradesh: 5 teenagers arrested for gang raping 12-year-old girl multiple times

The incident was reported in Chittoor where the teenage boys, all aged below 18, reportedly raped the young girl several times in the last two months, and also threatened to kill her.

May 25, 2018

Karnataka DGP Neelamani Raju denies reports of being transferred

Reports had said that Kumaraswamy had transferred Karnataka DGP Neelamani Raju for irking Mamata Banerjee during swearing-in ceremony by making her walk for a few metres to reach the venue.

May 25, 2018

Female tutor arrested for sexually assaulting 14-year-old boy in Chandigarh

The teacher, who has been sexually assaulting the boy for months, has been arrested and booked under section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.

May 25, 2018

PM Narendra Modi to contest 2019 elections from Odisha's temple town Puri?

The party workers have already started the preparations for Puri, the reported stated, adding that Modi would sound the poll bugle for 2019 from Odisha's Cuttack city on May 26.

May 24, 2018

Yogi Adityanath accuses Shiv Sena of 'back-stabbing' BJP and paining Bal Thackeray's soul

Yogi Adityanath has accused Shiv Sena of 'back-stabbing' BJP by fielding late BJP MP Chintaman Wanaga's son Srinivas for the Palghar Lok Sabha by-poll in Virar.

May 24, 2018

Anti-Sterlite protest: DMK, opposition parties call for a dawn-to-dusk bandh on May 25

The protest against a copper plant in Tamil Nadu's Thoothukudi, which has been ongoing for the past few months, took a violent turn on Tuesday (May 22), when several people were killed in the police firing.

May 24, 2018

This is how Samsung plans to take on Chinese handset makers

Xiaomi held 30.3 per cent market share in the first quarter of 2018, while Samsung came second with 25.1 per cent share, according to a report from International Data Corporation.

May 24, 2018

Sons preserve 70-year-old mother's body for 5 months to draw pension

The deceased woman's sons have claimed innocence. One of them told the police that his mother was alive and that she was in a coma. He added that they used to provide her medicines and milk daily.

May 24, 2018

Modi govt to turn 4 on May 26, Congress to observe it as 'Betrayal Day'

Ashok Gehlot and the communications in-charge of Congress, Randeep Surjewala, have released posters in Hindi and English for the protest called 'India Betrayed campaign', which will be launched on May 26.

May 24, 2018

Madras High Court halts expansion of Vedanta's copper smelter after protest killings

Authorities have restricted internet services in at least three districts as protests engulf Tamil Nadu. About ten people have died in the ongoing protests.

May 24, 2018

One more killed in TN, death toll is 12

Nearly 100 people were injured in the violence on Tuesday, including 36 policemen. Authorities have suspended internet services in at least three districts to contain violence.

May 24, 2018

Indian Army Major Gogoi of human-shield fame caught with woman in Kashmir hotel? Probe underway

Major Leetul Gogoi was honoured for his quick thinking during Srinagar Lok Sabha by-elections where he tied a civilian to his jeep allegedly in order to keep stone pelters at bay.

May 23, 2018

Karnataka reports suspected cases of rare Nipah virus, fanning fears of spread

There is no vaccine for the Nipah virus, which is carried by fruit bats and spread through contact with bodily fluids, the World Health Organization (WHO) says.

May 23, 2018

Vedanta hits over 10-month low as protests against copper plant in Tamil Nadu turn violent

Environmental activists and some local politicians want the government to shut the plant permanently.

May 23, 2018