India

Vizag, Sept 21: The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has said that a low pressure formed over the west-central Bay of Bengal has intensified into a deep depression on Thursday and is likely to transform into a cyclonic storm in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha in the next few hours. Speaking to news agency, IMD cyclone warning centre officer, Sastri said, "The deep depression has moved west

Jammu, Sept 20: Authorities in Jammu gave Islamic burial to three slain terrorists after the Muslim graveyards denied space to them. The three terrorists, belonging to the Jaish-e-Mohammad outfit, were Pakistan nationals, who were smoked out during a fierce gun-battle with the security forces on September 13 in Dirthi village in the Kakryal area of Reasi district. According to sources in Jammu and

New Delhi, Sept 20: In what appears to be a case of negligence and oversight, at least 166 passengers aboard a Jet Airways flight suffered nose bleed and headaches when the cabin crew forgot to select the switch that maintains cabin pressure during take-off. The Boeing 737 aircraft returned to Mumbai due to "loss of cabin pressure" and the pilots have been taken off duty pending investigation, a

Lucknow, Sept 20: Uttar Pradesh Navnirman Sena has offered a Lok Sabha ticket from Agra to Shambhulal Regar, the man who allegedly hacked and burnt a Muslim man to death in Rajasthan's Rajsamand district last year. Addressing the press conference in Agra, Uttar Pradesh Navnirman Sena national president Amit Jani announced names of five contestants who would be contesting in the upcoming Lok Sabha

New Delhi, Sept 20: Congress president Rahul Gandhi today accused Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman of "lying" on Hindustan Aeronautics Limited or HAL's capability to build Rafale aircraft and demanded her resignation. The Congress chief took to Twitter to attack Ms Sitharaman, alleging that her position as the defence minister of the country has become untenable as a former chief of the state

Rampur, Sept 20: Samajwadi Party leader and former Uttar Pradesh Minister Mohammad Azam Khan has termed the promulgation of the Ordinance on Triple Talaq as just a political agenda for the coming 2019 Lok Sabha polls, raised by the BJP. "Allah is the supreme and no law can counter his punishment. But we will obey by the law made by Allah and if the Ordinance was made under its preview, then there

New Delhi, Sept 27: The Supreme Court today upheld the constitutional validity of the Aadhaar scheme but imposed some restrictions on its use. The Supreme Court held that while Aadhaar would remain mandatory for filing of income tax returns (ITR) and allotment of Permanent Account Number (PAN), it would not be mandatory to link Aadhaar to bank accounts and telecom service providers cannot seek its

Srinagar, Sept 19: Security forces burst teargas shells and arrested dozens of Shia mourners on Wednesday to foil the Muharram procession in the summer capital, Srinagar on the eighth day of Muharram. A large number of mourners who had come from different parts of the city had assembled at Batamaloo. However, when they tried to march towards civil lines, security forces and state police personnel

New Delhi, Sept 19: The Union cabinet has cleared an ordinance to make the practice of instant triple talaq a penal offence, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said Wednesday, citing compelling necessity for the move as the practice annulled by the Supreme Court continues unabated. Addressing a press conference, he accused the Congress party of not cooperating in the passage of the 'Muslim Women

Mumbai, Sept 19: A victim of the 2008 Malegaon blast filed an intervention in the case before the National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Tuesday. The intervention will be heard before special judge Vinod Padalkar while Advocate Shrikant Shivade makes arguments on the government’s sanction to prosecute accused Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Purohit. Nisar Ahmed Sayyed Bilal, who is now bedridden