India

For the women, by the women: Manju Warrier campaigns for Kerala Police Pink Patrol initiative [VIDEO]

Pink Patrol has been deployed in Kerala to improve women's security in the state.

Mar 14, 2017

Enjoy the beaches of Goa, but don't step on the last nails in the Congress party's coffin!

The Congress might have been arithmetically ahead in Goa, but its failure to build on the chemistry with local kingmakers like the MGP and GFP helped the BJP inch closer to power, despite the odds.

Mar 14, 2017

Shashi Tharoor for PM in 2019? Only if he can take time out from fighting the British!

After the debacle in four of five states that recently went to polls, an online petition has been launched to make Shashi Tharoor as the Congress' PM candidate for 2019 LS polls. Is Tharoor, who carries an elitist image, really a sensible choice?

Mar 14, 2017

Gayatri Prajapati gang rape case: UP police arrests absconding minister's 2 sons, 3 others

The UP police have so far arrested six people in connection with the case but Prajapati is still on the run.

Mar 14, 2017

Trouble within Congress over Govt formation as Goa MLAs blame senior leaders for 'total mismanagement'

The Congress, which won 17 seats in the 40-seat Assembly, needed the support of regional parties to add only four seats so that they could stake claim to form the government in Goa.

Mar 14, 2017

MCD elections: Delhi CM Kejriwal writes to EC saying EVMs should not be used for civic body polls; Congress behind move?

The MCD elections are to be held in April, and while the BJP looks to return to power, the AAP looks to defeat them in all three corporations.

Mar 14, 2017

Mishel Shaji death: Hartal in Piravom; crime branch takes charge; victim's father says he doesn't know Cronin

Kerala student Mishel Shaji Varghese, 18, was found dead under mysterious circumstances near Kochi Wharf on March 6.

Mar 14, 2017

Hyderabad NRI held with mother for rape and unnatural sex with wife; he also let his friend rape her

The accused used to share nude videos of his wife with his friends in Australia, and after he returned to India, forced her to have anal sex.

Mar 14, 2017

Trump's press secretary Spicer accused of racism after Indian-American woman confronts him in Apple store [Video]

Shree Chauhan, who works at a non-profit in DC, used Periscope to record her encounter with Trump's spokesperson and asked him questions about his involvement with Russia.

Mar 14, 2017

Goa government formation by BJP: Supreme Court orders floor test on March 16 over Congress petition

The apex court also took the Congress to task for not presenting its numbers or affidavits, and not opposing the Goa governor's invitation to the BJP to form government.

Mar 14, 2017

10 years after Nandigram firing: Mamata's political journey that began on March 14, 2007, has hit a hurdle a decade later

The killing of 14 people in police firing in Nandigram, West Bengal, on March 14, 2007, had kickstarted Mamata Banerjee's political career. Ten years later, she has found a wall called Narendra Modi in front of her.

Mar 14, 2017

Karnataka BJP member Kithaganahalli Vasu hacked to death; is this spillover from Kerala?

Vasu was travelling in a car when unidentified assailants attacked him with machetes at 5 am on Tuesday.

Mar 14, 2017

Dalit scholar at JNU commits suicide in Delhi: Police hint at 'personal issues,' but social media compares him to Rohith Vemula

Dalit scholar at JNU Muthukrishnan Jeevanantham hanged himself in a friend's room in Munirka, but the police have found no suicide note from him.

Mar 14, 2017

Supreme Court agrees to hear Congress petition challenging Manohar Parrikar's appointment as Goa CM

CJI Jagdish Singh Khehar has agreed to set up a special bench for hearing the Congress petition on Tuesday morning. Manohar Parrikar's oath-taking ceremony is scheduled for 5 pm on Tuesday.

Mar 13, 2017

Paramilitary forces avoid Holi celebrations as a tribute to 12 CRPF jawans who died in Sukma Maoist attack

Home Minister Rajnath Singh said he would not celebrate Holi as a mark of tribute to the deceased soldiers.

Mar 13, 2017