India

Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections 2017: BSP candidate, 6 others booked for gang rape in Ayodhya

The BSP candidate said he was not in Faizabad when the gang rape took place.

Mar 5, 2017

UP Assembly Elections 2017: PM Narendra Modi to hold second roadshow in Varanasi today

PM Modi held a roadshow in Varanasi on Saturday and addressed two rallies — one in Jaunpur district and the other at the city's Town Hall — besides offering prayers at the Kashi Vishwanath and Kaal Bhairav temples.

Mar 5, 2017

Harvard versus hard work: Narendra Modi has made the analogy a potent populist weapon

Modi, even before becoming the PM, had used the same analogy to target Chidambaram. He has effectively targetted the political elite through this slogan in the past and now he is doing it with ease against the economic elite.

Mar 5, 2017

Sikh man Deep Rai shot in arm in Seattle suburb after asked to go back to 'own country'

The victim told the police that he was working in his driveway in the East Hill neighbourhood of Kent around 8 pm on Friday when an unidentified gunman approached him.

Mar 5, 2017

Kerala to make Internet access a fundamental right, and the whole country should follow suit | OPINION

Kerala will provide free Internet access to 20 lakh people, while others will get access at a minimal price.

Mar 5, 2017

Trump Administration to propose 'dramatic reductions' in foreign aid

Reports said earlier this week that the administration plans to propose to Congress cuts in the budgets for the US State Department and Agency for International Development by about one third.

Mar 5, 2017

UP Elections 2017: Akhilesh goes Kejriwal way, asks voters to accept bribe but vote only for 'bicycle'

"I heard that voters are being given money. My advice to you is to keep the money and vote for the bicycle (Samajwadi Party's election symbol)," Yadav said while addressing a rally in UP.

Mar 4, 2017

Assembly elections 2017: UP witnesses 57% turnout in Phase 6, Manipur sees 84% polling in Phase 1

The Election Commission has ordered two more constituencies to go to polls on March 9, and has put a ban on exit polls till after that.

Mar 4, 2017

Jammu and Kashmir: Policeman, 2 terrorists killed in encounter in Pulwama's Tral village

In another incident, three people were injured in a blast near an Indian Army camp in the Pazalpora Hardshiva village of Sopore town of north Kashmir's Baramulla district on Sunday.

Mar 4, 2017

Remember the Rohtak sisters? The boys they accused of harassment have been acquitted, exposing a big social and legal problem

A court in Rohtak, after hearing from the Sonepat sisters as well as the three boys, has ruled that no charge has been made against the accused.

Mar 4, 2017

PM Modi speech in Varanasi: 'The election result is decided. We will form government,' Modi says at Town Hall rally

"Since Atal Bihari Vajpayee's time, there has been talk of a ring road. Finally, we got it done. Can you see it? Akhilesh Yadav can't see it," PM Modi said in Varanasi.

Mar 4, 2017

Indian-origin businessman Harnish Patel shot dead outside home in US

Reports state that Harnish Patel had closed his shop at night and was heading home when he was shot dead right outside his house in Lancaster in the US.

Mar 4, 2017

H1-B visa crackdown: United States suspends premium processing of all visa petitions

The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said on Friday that it will "temporarily suspend premium processing for all H-1B petitions."

Mar 4, 2017

Dalai Lama's Arunachal visit: India dismisses China's warning; will it affect Beijing's stand on Masood Azhar and India's NSG bid?

If Dalai Lama visits Arunachal Pradesh, it may affect China's stand on India's NSG bid, and its efforts to designate Masood Azhar as a global terrorist at the UN.

Mar 4, 2017

Who is Gayatri Prajapati: 10 things to know about the SP politician for whom all airports in India are on alert

Prajapati has had an FIR registered against him in a gang rape case and is still contesting polls from the Amethi Assembly constituency in the UP Assembly elections 2017.

Mar 4, 2017