India

Mumbai, June 8: After the Pune Police intercepted an internal communication of Maoists revealing plans of a 'Rajiv Gandhi-type' assassination of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam on Friday said this strategy might be "planted". "I am not saying this is completely untrue, but it has been Prime Minister Modi's old tactic, since he was Chief Minister of Gujarat. Whenever

Nagpur, Jun 8: Former President Pranab Mukherjee today warned that any attempt to define India through "religion, hatred, dogmas and intolerance" will dilute our existence and said public discourses must be freed of all forms of violence, as he addressed an RSS event despite criticism by the Congress and his family. Asserting that India's identity has emerged through a long-drawn process of

New Delhi, Jun 7: The Indian government today sought an explanation from Facebook by June 20 on reports that the social networking giant shared information of its users with mobile device makers. Taking suo-motu note of reports, the IT Ministry has asked the US-based firm for a detailed factual report on the issue. "Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has sought an explanation from

Kannur, Jun 7: In an atonement against the Kathua gang rape, noted Malayalam writer and Sahitiya Akademi award winner, K P Ramanunni, today performed a symbolic 'Sayana Pradakshinam' (prostration) at a temple in nearby Chirakkal today. This was a penance against the brutal rape and murder of the 8-year-old muslim girl inside a temple at Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir in January this year, the writer

Srinagar, Jun 7: The Union government had decided to withdraw cases against youth “misled into stone pelting” at security forces as it was concerned about the future of Jammu & Kashmir's youth, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday. Singh, who arrived at the state's summer capital on Thursday, is on a two-day visit to review the security situation. “We believe that children anywhere

New Delhi, Jun 7: A Delhi court today sentenced gangster Abu Salem to seven years rigorous imprisonment for demanding Rs 5 crore as protection money from a Delhi-based businessman in 2002. The court passed the order after hearing arguments on sentence by the prosecution and the defence lawyers. It had convicted Salem in the case on May 26. In the extortion case lodged in Delhi, it was alleged that

Mumbai, Jun 7: BJP president Amit Shah met Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray here on Wednesday. Mr. Shah, accompanied by Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, met Mr. Thackeray at the latter’s residence Matoshree. The BJP said the meeting is in connection with its Sampark for Samarthan (contact for support) campaign being led by Mr. Shah in the run-up to next year’s Lok Sabha polls. However

New Delhi, Jun 7: After nearly a decade, Rashtrapati Bhavan will not host an iftar party this year with PresidentRam Nath Kovind stating that there should no religious observance at taxpayer's expense at the public building. "After the President took office in July 2017, he directed Rashtrapati Bhavan being a public building, there would be no religious observances at taxpayer expense. This is in

Kozhikode, Jun 6: Going beyond the call of duty, a doctor here performed the role of a pallbearer to conduct the last rites of some of those who lost their lives to the deadly Nipah virus. With close relatives staying away due to fear of contracting Nipah, Dr R S Gopakumar, Health Officer of Kozhikode corporation, took the responsibility of handling 12 bodies, whose final journey was supervised by

Mumbai, Jun 6: The Reserve Bank for the first time in four-and-half-years raised key interest rate today by 25 basis points to 6.25 percent on inflation concerns arising from surge in international oil prices. In the second bi-monthly monetary policy for the current fiscal, the central bank revised upwards the retail inflation range to 4.8-4.9 percent in the first half of 2018-19, and 4.7 percent