India

Lucknow, May 25Four people were killed and dozens injured when nine coaches of the Muri Express train derailed near Sirathu in Uttar Pradesh on Monday, officials said. Officials said they feared the death toll could rise. Rescue and relief operations were underway at the site of the accident in Kaushambi district, more than 170 km from Lucknow. The train was going from Tatanagar in Jharkhand to

Sopore, May 25: Three people were injured after unidentified gunmen opened fire at a BSNL showroom in Kashmir's Sopore district on Monday. The security forces rushed to the spot shortly after the attack and cordoned off the area. A search operation is underway to hunt for the gunmen, who are suspected to be militants. More details are awaited. Today's attack comes after terror group Lashkar-e

New Delhi, May 25: There was no respite from heat wave conditions in most parts of the country on Monday with death toll reportedly reaching 500. At least 432 people have reportedly been killed in the worst hit-states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana alone. The Indian Meteorological Department has predicted that the heat wave will continue till May 30. On Monday, the Met Department had predicted a

New Delhi, May 24: A "massive" spurt in human trafficking instances in the aftermath of the devastating earthquake in Nepal has prompted security agencies to issue an alert along the open Indo-Nepal border. The Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), mandated to guard this 1,751-km long frontier and also collect intelligence on suspicious activities, has apprehended about 50 young girls and boys who were

New Delhi, May 24: BJP today accused Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of running a "meri marzi ki sarkar' in Delhi and said that the ruling AAP's performance has been marked more by "confrontation" than "coordination" as it completes 100 days in office. The chief of BJP's Delhi unit, Satish Upadhyay, listed the controversies which have erupted ever since the Kejriwal-led AAP government came to power

New Delhi, May 24: Rahul Gandhi preferred silence during the UPA regime as speaking his mind would have meant either being critical of the Prime Minister or his mother, former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said and termed as "amazing transformation" the Congress vice president's approach after his 56-day sabbatical. "The Rahul who left is not the Rahul who has come back," Omar said on the Congress

New Delhi, May 24: The AAP-led Delhi government today completed 100 days in office, a period marked by its ongoing bitter tussle with the Lt Governor, a split in the party and implementation of a slew of its electoral promises, including slashing power tariff by 50 per cent and providing free water of up to 20,000 litres per month. The government also relaunched the '1031' anti-corruption helpline

New Delhi, May 24: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said that the Modi government has appealed to Pakistan to help in tackling terrorism. He further said, “Our Government is taking all possible measures to tackle terrorism." Hitting out at Pakistan, while speaking to news agency ANI, Rajnath Singh said, “Not just India but entire world knows who is responsible for terrorism.We have

New Delhi, May 24: India is planning to ask Pakistan to seize assets of fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and most wanted terrorists Hafiz Saeed and Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi as all three are in the UNSC's al Qaeda sanctions list which makes it incumbent upon Islamabad to freeze their holdings. The UN Security Council's al Qaeda and Taliban Sanctions Committee has listed Dawood, Lashkar-e-Taiba

Vijayawada, May 24: The death toll due to heat mounted alarmingly in Andhra Pradesh with officials confirming 95 deaths while unconfirmed reports said more than 100 succumbed on Saturday alone. Prakasam district is the worst-hit with 40 casualties and Guntur followed with 20 deaths on a single day. Nearly 200 people lost their lives owing to intense heat wave prevailing in the State for the last