India

Gujarat ATS arrests 2 brothers from Rajkot and Bhavnagar for alleged links with ISIS

The arrested duo are brothers and seem to be well-educated. Joint Commissioner of Police IK Bhatt said that the duo were planning "lone wolf" attacks.

Feb 26, 2017

'Mann Ki Baat': PM Narendra Modi congratulates Indian team for winning Blind T20 Cricket World Cup against Pakistan

PM Modi also congratulated the women players for winning silver at the Asian Rugby Sevens Trophy while adding that the women of India are as capable as the men of this country.

Feb 26, 2017

Assembly Elections 2017: EC warns parties against making speeches in UP laced with religious, casteist overtones

Top leaders of various parties, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, were found making remarks with divisive tones at speeches in UP, which is in the middle of a crucial election.

Feb 26, 2017

Post BMC elections 2017: If BJP can join PDP in J&K, why can't there be a Shiv Sena-Congress alliance in Mumbai? | OPINION

Politics, afterall, is about opportunities to bag power. If the Congress can keep a more powerful BJP at bay and staying relevant by backing the Shiv Sena, then so be it.

Feb 26, 2017

Kansas shooting raises fears with local Indian-Americans

The suspected gunman, U.S. Navy veteran Adam Purinton, 51, has been charged with the premeditated murder of Srinivas Kuchibhotla.

Feb 26, 2017

Reliance denies rumours of Jio's app-based cab service; will not 'diversify into unrelated sectors'

A Reliance spokesperson tweeted that reports of Jio's app-based cab service are "WRONG and DENIED." The company has no plans to get into unrelated diversification, the official added.

Feb 25, 2017

Kansas shooting: Hindu Samhati chief asks Hindus to wear tilak and bindi

Hindu Samhati chief Tapan Ghosh's comments came after two Indians were shot inside a bar in Kansas on Friday, in what is said to be a racially-motivated crime.

Feb 25, 2017

Ramjas College protest: Kargil martyr's daughter Gurmehar Kaur's #StudentsAgainstABVP post goes viral

Gurmehar Kaur started the campaign following violent clashes between ABVP supporters and Ramjas College students over the cancellation of a seminar where Umar Khalid was invited to speak.

Feb 25, 2017

Ramjas College Ruckus: DCW says Delhi Police's treatment of female protesters may amount to molestation

The students' union of TISS has expressed solidarity with the students of Ramjas College and DU while the Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) campus in Pune witnessed clashes between ABVP and SFI.

Feb 25, 2017

Video of iPhone 7 explosion goes viral, Apple replaces US teen's phone [PHOTO + VIDEO]

Phone explosions are posing hardships to manufactures for some time now, with Samsung being the worst hit.

Feb 25, 2017

BMC Elections 2017: Shiv Sena denies approaching Congress for alliance

Gurudas Kamat, Congress MP from Mumbai's North East constituency, had said that Shiv Sena approached Congress for an alliance in Mumbai, but the latter did not show any interest.

Feb 25, 2017

PM Modi in Manipur: 10 things Narendra Modi said at the election rally in Imphal

Narendra Modi tore into the Congress rule in the state, and promised better governance and development in Manipur.

Feb 25, 2017

Akhilesh Yadav says everyone cheated in school, exposing the rot within UP

Akhilesh was trying to rebuff Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his remarks on rampant cheating in examinations and the activities of the "copying mafia" in UP.

Feb 25, 2017

Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah orders police commissioner to probe Bengaluru school molestation case: 5 questions that need answers

Siddaramaiah has ordered Bengaluru City Police Commissioner Praveen Sood to "diligently investigate" the matter, and said: "The guilty will not be spared."

Feb 25, 2017

India News Updates: 4.0 magnitude earthquake hits north Tripura

Earthquake measuring 4.0 on the richter scale has hit North Tripura

Feb 25, 2017