India

New Delhi, Sep 16: The showstopper of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's US visit later this month may well be his meeting with Apple CEO Tim Cook in San Francisco. This could have implications far beyond the headlines it will generate. Apple, it is believed, is looking to invest in building manufacturing capacities in India, which could come as a huge boost for Modi's 'Make in India' project. While

New Delhi, Sep 15: The ruling AAP today asked its MLA Somnath Bharti to surrender before police even as the former Delhi Law Minister approached high court seeking protection from arrest in a case related to domestic violence and attempt to murder filed by his wife. Sources said the party was upset with Bharti as it is unable to contact him. "We are trying to contact him, but are not able to. We

New Delhi, Sept 15: In a critique of Vice President Hamid Ansari's recent speech on the need for "affirmative action" for Muslim empowerment, an article in RSS mouthpiece 'Panchjanya' has accused him of speaking like a "communal Muslim leader". It said instead of projecting Muslims as victims of discrimination, Ansari should "tell them the truth about how Muslim radicalism is preventing them from

New Delhi, Sep 15: The Supreme Court will on Tuesday hear the pleas of dismissed Gujarat Cadre IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt seeking SIT probe into allegation of misuse of state machinery during 2002 post-Godhra riots and the alleged roles of top BJP and RSS functionaries and some senior bureaucrats. The applications were mentioned before a bench headed by Chief Justice HL Dattu by senior advocate

Patna, Sep 15: RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav took on the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Monday and posted a series of tweets questioning why any woman was till date not made head of the organisation. He also asked why a non-Brahmin does not become the RSS chief. Lalu wrote: "RSS is an extremely casteist and male chauvinistic organisation. RSS works to befool country's eighty percent population

Mumbai, Sep 15: A special MCOCA court may pronounce quantum of sentence to the convicted 12 of the 13 accused for their involvement in the July 11, 2006 Mumbai suburban train bombings on Tuesday. Twelve people were convicted on Friday by a special court here in the serial blasts that killed 188 people. Designated MCOCA Judge Yatin D Shinde had on September 11 held them guilty of complicity in the

Mumbai, Sep 14: The Bombay High Court today stayed the controversial ban on sale of meat in Mumbai on September 17, but refused to interfere with the bar on animal slaughter on that day. The High Court, which was hearing a petition filed by Bombay Mutton Dealers Association challenging the ban imposed in the wake of Jain community's 'Paryushan' fasting period, said the stay will be limited to

New Delhi, Sep 14: The BJP and Jitan Ram Manjhi have finally reached a seat-sharing agreement for the Bihar assembly elections with the former chief minister party's being allotted 20 seats. "All is well and a positive outcome is expected," PTI quoted a senior BJP leader as saying on Sunday after the talks with Manjhi's Hindustani Avam Morcha (Secular) party in Delhi. The seat sharing agreement

Ahmedabad, Sep 14: Seventy Gujarati crew members of five vessels are stranded in the war zone in Yemen for two weeks, even as heavy shelling by the Saudi Arabia-led forces fighting rebels in Yemen continues. On August 8, 7 sailors were killed when Saudi-led forces bombed two boats near al-Khokha, a small port near Hodeidah city, Yemen. The authorities performed the last rites of those killed and

Thane, Sep 14: Protesting against the ban on meat by the Maharastra government in view of Jain community festival Paryushan, Maharshtra Navnirman Sena took to streets and roasted chicken outside a hall in Thane where Jains had assembled for an event. As per reports, a mob of around 50 people, including both men and women, greeted the members of Jain community coming out of the hall with slogans