India

New Delhi, Mar 7: President Pranab Mukherjee will not attend a festival being organised by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar of Art of Living in the wake of the controversy over holding the three-day cultural function on the Yamuna flood plains beginning here this Friday. "The President cannot attend the function due to unavoidable circumstances," an official of the Rashtrapati Bhavan said here today

Mumbai, Mar 7: In a veiled attack on the BJP for letting JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar get "free publicity", ally Shiv Sena today sought to know how he got bail in such a short span of time when others charged with 'sedition' are still languishing in jails. "(Union Minister) Venkaiah Naidu said Kanhaiya Kumar is getting free publicity. If that is so, who is responsible for letting him get free

New Delhi, Mar 7: After Gujarat, now a high alert has been sounded in the national capital following a warning issued by the intelligence agencies that suspected Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and Jash-e-Mohammad (JeM) militants could have sneaked into Delhi. According to media reports, security officials have passed information to Delhi Police that 10 suspected militants from Pakistan, who may have

Bengaluru, Mar 7: Countering allegations, liquor baron Vijay Mallya came out with a statement on Sunday saying that personally he is not a borrower or a judgement defaulter. Adding further Mallya said that he is trying all efforts to reach reach a one-time settlement with banks while payments from Diageo Plc agreed last month are to himself towards his personal, non-compete obligations. “The

New Delhi/Ahmedabad, Mar 6: Delhi was today put on high alert after Police received inputs that 10 suspected LeT and JeM terrorists believed to have entered India from Pakistan through Gujarat may have sneaked into the national capital for an attack even as four elite NSG teams were rushed to the western state. On the eve of 'Maha Shivratri' festival, Gujarat as well as other metros and Jammu and

Ahmedabad, March 6: Four National Security Guard teams have been roped in to beef up security at vital installations, including Somnath temple, in Gujarat where alert has been sounded ahead of 'Maha Shivratri' festival tomorrow. Gujarat DGP P C Thakur held a meeting with NSG officials in Gandhinagar today and announced that one team will be sent to step up security at Somnath temple in Gir-Somnath

Chennai, Mar 6: The Madras high court has made National Anthem mandatory in all schools including private institutions. Hearing a public interest litigation, the HC bench comprising chief justice Sanjay Kishen Kaul and justice MM Sundaresh asked the central and state education departments to make steps to verify whether the national anthem is being sung in schools during the morning assembly. The

Ahmedabad, Mar 6: Gujarat was on high alert on Sunday following intelligence inputs that terrorists have sneaked into the state, with raids being conducted at Kutch and other places, security beefed up at vital installations and sensitive areas and NSG teams on standby. The leave of all police personnel, including officers, has been cancelled and the state government has increased security at all

Vrindavan, Mar 5: BJP chief Amit Shah today attacked Congress over the JNU row, saying it should be 'ashamed' of Rahul Gandhi's visit to the campus and questioned whether 'anti-national slogans' can be called freedom of speech. Addressing a meeting of Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha, BJP's youth wing, he said the JNU row was about the party's core issue of nationalism and invoked its Ram Janambhumi

New Delhi, Mar 5: As part of efforts to provide foolproof security to JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar, Delhi Police has asked University authorities to inform them about the student leader's movements outside the campus and nature of his visits. In a letter to University authorities sent after Kumar's release from jail, DCP (South) Prem Nath wrote that the SHO of Vasant Kunj (North) Police Station