India

Lucknow, Apr 29: A youth set himself on fire and embraced a BSP leader in Uttar Pradesh's Sultanpur town during a live TV debate on the Lok Sabha election, police said Tuesday. The incident occurred Monday night during Doordarshan's 'Janmat 2014' programme that was being shot at Tikonia Park. A debate was taking place between leaders of various political parties. Suddenly a young man drenched in

Ahmedabad, Apr 28: Union Minister Kapil Sibal today raked up alleged fake encounter of Ishrat Jahan to hit out at Narendra Modi saying the BJP's PM nominee and Amit Shah were being "shielded" despite existence of "clinching" evidence to arrest them. "I want to ask who is shielding Modi and Shah when, as per lawyers like us, there is a clinching evidence to arrest them in the case of fake encounter

Barabanki, Apr 28: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today appeared to be defending Priyanka Gandhi's husband Robert Vadra, accusing BJP of blowing the issue of land deals out of proportion and attacked Narendra Modi saying his name meant ''Model of Dividing India''. Yadav, without naming anyone, said the issue was being raised by BJP as an attempt to distract the attention of the people

Bihar, Apr 28: Maoist guerrillas blew up a school building in Bihar's Lakhisarai district early on Monday, police said. The Maoists used dynamites and cylinder bombs to blast the high school building at Narotampur, district police official Sanjay Singh said. He said the two-storey building collapsed in the blast, but no casualty was reported. The school was targeted as paramilitary personnel (CRPF

New Delhi, Apr 28: The Supreme Court, Monday, stayed execution of death sentence Mohd Arif, an accused in the 2000 Red Fort attack case. Mohd Arif alias Ashfaq was awarded the death sentence for waging a war against the state and killing three persons, including two Army jawans in the Red Fort on December 22, 2000. The apex court had – in August 2011 - upheld the trial court verdict (September 13

Srinagar, Apr 27: Union Minister and National Conference president Farooq Abdullah today said communalism is not acceptable to the people of Kashmir and they will not remain with India if the country becomes communal. "Pray to God to save us from communal forces so that we can move forward. India cannot become communal. If it becomes communal, then Kashmir will not remain with India. Communalism

Vatican City, Apr 27: Pope Francis proclaimed his predecessors John XXIII and John Paul II saints on Sunday in front of hundreds of thousands of pilgrims celebrating two 20th century giants of the Roman Catholic Church. Cheers and applause rang out across St Peter's Square after the historic double canonization as many in the crowd fixed their gaze on huge tapestries of the two popes on the facade

New Delhi/Rae Bareli, Apr 27: The war of words between Congress and BJP escalated on Sunday with Priyanka mocking Modi over his 56-inch chest remark and the BJP releasing a video targeting Robert Vadra. The BJP on Sunday released a video targeting Robert Vadra for his land deals in Haryana and Rajasthan under the Congress-ruled governments. The video named Damad Shree accused the Haryana and

Rae Bareli, Apr 27: Taking a dig at Narendra Modi, Priyanka Gandhi today said a 56-inch chest is not needed to run the country but a "big heart" and "moral strength". The Congress star campaigner was taking a jibe at BJP Prime Ministerial candidate's 56-inch chest remark during a rally in Gorakhpur recently. "A 56-inch chest is not needed to run this country, a big heart is needed to run it. To

Srinagar, Apr 27: At least 10 people may have been injured in two blasts on Sunday that rocked Farooq Abdullah’s campaign rallies. The first one was at Khanyar in Srinagar city at 11.00 a.m. The second blast occurred near Dr. Abdullah’s rally before his arrival at Magam in Budgam district, on Srinagar-Gulmarg Road at 11.45 a.m.