India

New Delhi, Oct 5: Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said the lynching of Mohammad Akhlaq, following rumours he had stored beef in his house, is an issue “to which communal colour must not be added.” Mr. Singh’s appeal came even as it emerged that the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) has served a show cause notice on the district magistrate of Gautam Buddh Nagar on the incident. Dadri

New Delhi, Oct 5: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday warned that those who did not declare overseas black money during compliance window will face the consequences as the government will receive information about their wealth under automatic exchange of information, while others who took advantage of the scheme to come clean can "sleep well". The Minister also clarified that Rs 6,500 crore of

Bhagalpur, Oct 3: Attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP, Congress President Sonia Gandhi today asked people to reject those who divide society and make false promises and alleged that there was match fixing between his party and the RSS on quota issue. Addressing her maiden poll rally in Kahalgaon near here for the upcoming Bihar polls, she attacked BJP on the issue of reservation and

Ahmedabad, Oct 3: Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) today apprehended around 65 fishermen along with their 12 boats off the Gujarat coast, officials of National Fishworkers Forum (NFF) said. This is the biggest and the fourth major incident of apprehending Indian fishermen by PMSA since January this year. "PMSA personnel have apprehended around 65 fishermen and their 12 boats off Gujarat

Greater Noida, Oct 3: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and some local Congress leaders were today stopped from entering Bishada village to meet family of a man lynched for allegedly eating beef after villagers upset over a steady stream of visitors pelted stones at media persons. Daughter (C) of the victim who was killed in the violence at Bishara village in Dadri. Police said the situation in

Lucknow, Oct 3: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) grilled former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati in connection with alleged swindling of funds in the implementation of centrally funded National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scam earlier this week. The quizzing of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief was done on Monday as the probe agency has claimed to have got new evidence against her on

Mumbai, Oct 3: In yet another twist in the sensational Sheena Bora murder case, prime accused Indrani Mukerjea had to be rushed to the hospital yesterday after she was found unconscious from drug overdose in the Byculla women's jail dormitory. Suspected to be a suicide attempt, the incident took place on Friday morning, a day after Indrani's mother, Durga Rani Bora passed away in Guwahati. Dr T P

Banka (Bihar), Oct 2: Attacking Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said he is "too arrogant" to be trusted with governance and asked people to back development agenda of BJP to change the state's fortunes. Addressing his first public rally after announcement of assembly polls, Modi wooed the youth and the poor promising to address the issue of migration for

New Delhi, Oct 2: The nation today remembered Mahatma Gandhi on his 146th birth anniversary with President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi and other leaders paying floral tributes to him at his memorial here. Vice President Hamid Ansari, Union Ministers M Venkaiah Naidu and Mahesh Sharma, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, BJP leader L K Advani and

New Delhi, Oct 2: The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the CBI to reply to a plea made by former minister and mining baron Gali Janardhana Reddy for modifying his bail condition to facilitate his visit to Ballari. A bench of Chief Justice H L Dattu and Justice Amitava Roy gave two weeks time to senior advocate Vibha Datta Makhija to file response to the application made by Reddy. While granting