India

Mumbai, Jul 21: Light to heavy rains after nearly a month-long dry spell brought relief from the sultry weather conditions even as suburban train services on western and central lines were hit today due to the water-logging in some parts following incessant showers. Some express trains of Western Railway were cancelled due to water-logging while local train services of Central Railway were

Mumbai, Jul 21: In a first incident of its kind, Jinan, a Luyang II-class missile destroyer of Chinese Navy, on Monday docked at Mumbai harbour on a stopover while on an anti-piracy mission on the Gulf of Aden. Defence sources said the destroyer reached the Mumbai harbour earlier in the day. The PLA Navy vessel will be leaving for Salalah in Oman on July 24. The arrival of the Chinese vessel comes

Bhopal, Jul 20: Days after he lodged a complaint with CBI against senior BJP leader and former Union Minister Vikram Verma, Vyapam scam whistleblower and government doctor Anand Rai has been transferred from Indore to Dhar district. Rai had lodged a complaint with the CBI alleging that Verma, using his influence and power, had got his daughter, pursuing MBBS in Santosh Medical College at Ghaziabad

Mumbai, Jul 20: Mumbai Mayor and Shiv Sena leader Snehal Ambekar compared Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Hitler and said they were quite similar. In an interview with the Afternoon Despatch & Courier, the 43-year-old said, "I admire Narendra Modi for his self-reliant way of working. But at some level, I feel his rule is quite like Hitler..." "This is bound to happen when power is concentrated

New Delhi, Jul 20: Setting the stage for confrontation in Parliament, an all-party meeting called here on the eve of the Monsoon session today ended in a deadlock over controversies related to Lalit Modi and Vyapam scam even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered to discuss all issues. The government ruled out any resignations. "There is no question of accepting ultimatum by anybody. From where

New Delhi, Jul 20: Amid a raging controversy over saffronisation of education, IIT Delhi's decision to invite yoga guru Ramdev and an RSS affiliate for deliberations on a programme to leverage the technical strength of the IITs for development of rural areas has raised eyebrows. Ramdev and members of RSS' Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram had attended the meeting on implementation of Unnat Bharat Abhiyan in

Mumbai, Jul 19: Under pressure to resolve the crisis triggered by Justice R M Lodha committee's verdict on the IPL betting scandal, an embattled BCCI today decided to constitute a working group to study the order and give recommendations within six weeks. The decision to form the group was taken at the crucial IPL Governing Council meeting here where members discussed the implications of the

Indore, Jul 19: A strange twist of fate or tactical disassociation? A man who based his work on the teachings of the RSS has been abandoned by the organisation while he is in the middle of a major corruption expose. Anand Rai, a doctor from Indore, considered instrumental in blowing the lid off the Vyapam scam in Madhya Pradesh, feels let down by the Hindutva organisation with which he had been

New Delhi, Jul 18: As tensions escalated with fresh ceasefire violations by Pakistan, Congress today said India's Pakistan policy under Narendra Modi dispensation has become an "international joke". "The Prime Minister must spell out clearly what India has achieved by this so-called joint statement with Pakistan at Ufa... Pakistan has continued to backstab us in the last 15 months," party

New Delhi, Jul 18: Indian national Rajiv Mohan Kulshrestha, who had been held for terror links by China, was released and deported back home on Saturday. Kulshrestha was among a group of 20 foreign tourists including Britons, South Africans, who had been arrested in northern China on suspicion some had ties to a "terror group" – as per reports by Britain`s Foreign Office and a South African