India

Patna, Aug 4: Over 75,000 people were evacuated on Sunday after a drastic rise in the water level of Kosi river in Bihar spread panic among people living along the Indo-Nepal border, who feared a repeat of the 2008 flood that killed 237 and displaced lakhs. A major catastrophe was averted on Sunday, although temporarily, as Nepal warned before releasing a large amount of water into the Kosi river

Kathmandu, Aug 3: Assuring Nepal that India did not want to interfere in its internal affairs, Narendra Modi, the first Indian Premier to visit the Himalayan nation in 17 years, today emphasised that their border should be a "bridge" and not a barrier even as he announced USD 1 billion Line Of Credit to this country. As India makes efforts to deepen its diplomatic and economic engagement with its

New Delhi, Aug 3: Press Council of India Chairman Markandey Katju on Sunday objected to a Supreme Court judge's statement that Gita and Mahabharat should be taught in schools, saying this is against India's secular feature and Constitution and will do it "great harm". Supreme Court judge Justice A R Dave had yesterday said Indians should revert to their ancient traditions and texts such as

New Delhi, Aug 3: IOA general secretary Rajiv Mehta and wrestling referee Virender Malik were reportedly arrested on charges of alleged assault by the police in Glasgow on Saturday. According to media reports, wrestling referee Virender Malik has been arrested for alleged sexual assault while Rajiv Mehta has been arrested for alleged drunken driving. While one of them was reportedly arrested in

New Delhi, Aug 3: The CBI on Saturday arrested Syndicate Bank Chairman-cum- Managing Director Sudhir Kumar Jain along with a Congress leader and proprietors of two leading private companies for indulging in corruption over sanctioning of financial proposals. Jain, who completed one year as CMD of the bank, is said to have been on the CBI radar for the last six months before he was picked up from

Ahmedabad, Aug 2: Supreme Court judge Justice A R Dave today said that Indians should revert to their ancient traditions, and texts such as Mahabharata and Bhagwad Gita should be introduced to children at an early age. "Our old tradition such as `Guru Shishya parampara' is lost, if it had been there, we would not have had all these problems (violence and terrorism) in our country," Justice Dave

Mumbai, Aug 2: The Shiv Sena today came out in support of senior IPS officer Sunil Paraskar, accused of raping a city-based model, and made light of the allegations against him saying it has become a "fashion" to charge men with rape. "Cases of charging men with molestation and rape in hi-fi societies to create hype is on a rise now. It has almost become a fashion. After he has served for so many

Pune, Aug 2: With the recovery of five more bodies, the toll in the landslide catastrophe at Malin village rose to 75 today while 100 more persons were believed to be buried in the debris. The dead included 37 women and 10 children, the District Control Room said today. Mass cremations of the victims are being carried out at the village after identification of bodies by relatives. The rescue

New Delhi/Geneva, Aug 2: India is willing to sign a global trade deal, which it has torpedoed, if other World Trade Organisation members can agree to its parallel demand for concessions on stockpiling food, senior officials in New Delhi said on Friday. The deadline to sign the WTO pact to ease worldwide customs rules lapsed at midnight in Geneva on Thursday after India demanded that the group also

New Delhi, Aug 2: Prime Minister Narendra Modi told visiting U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday that food security concerns of the poorest of the poor had to move in tandem with trade reform measures. Mr. Modi’s comments came after a U.S. State Department official said, “Failure to sign the Trade Facilitation Agreement [in Geneva] sent a confusing signal and undermined the very image