India

Bengaluru, May 13: The Election Commission (EC) on Friday announced that it would deploy Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) devices with all the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in all future polls. Also, the commission will hold a “challenge” to give all political parties a chance to prove their claim that the EVMs used in the recently concluded Assembly elections were tampered with or

New Delhi, May 12: As many as 152 passengers on board an Air India aircraft today had a close shave after the plane overshot the runway after landing at the Pune airport. Following the incident involving the flight AI 849, which flew from Delhi, the runway has been closed. An Air India spokesperson said the plane overshot the runway and "emergency evacuation" was carried out. All the 152

New Delhi, May 12: An FIR has been lodged against Google under the Information Technology (IT) Act for an alleged derogatory search result in 2015 involving Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Superintendent of Police (City) Kamal Kishore on Thursday said the FIR was registered under various sections of the IT Act on a complaint of lawyer Nand Kishore. When contacted, a Google spokesperson said, "We

New Delhi, May 12: The all-party meeting convened by the Election Commission to discuss the reliability of the EVMs -- an issue flagged by opposition parties -- got underway here this morning. At the meeting, the Commission would also seek views of political parties on the proposed challenge it plans to throw to hack its EVMs. The date of the proposed challenge would be decided after the all-party

New Delhi, May 12: In a huge setback for the Gandhi family, the Delhi High Court on Friday cleared way for an Income Tax probe against Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul in connection with the alleged misappropriation of funds in the National Herald case. The company in which Sonia, Rahul Gandhi are stakeholders will be investigated by tax officials, the Delhi High Court said in its

Colombo, May 12: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the biggest challenge to sustainable world peace is from mindsets rooted in hate and violence, and not necessarily from conflict between the nation states. Speaking as the chief guest at the International Vesak Day celebrations in Colombo, the prime minister said that the themes of social justice and sustainable world peace, chosen for the

New Delhi, May 12: Amid a raging debate over the reliability of EVMs, the Election Commission will meet representatives of 55 political parties on Friday to put forth its stand on the issue. The Commission has convened the meeting of seven national and 48 state parties to discuss the reliability of EVMs after 16 parties urged it to revert to the ballot paper system claiming faith of people in the

Srinagar, May 11: Militants belonging to Hizbul Mujahideen may have killed young Kashmiri army officer Lt Ummer Fayaz and an INSAS rifle snatched from cops could have been used in the crime, the Jammu and Kashmir police suspect. A senior police official also said today that Fayaz's body did not bear any torture marks while adding that the post-mortem report is awaited. "We have conducted

Jaipur, May 11: In a tragic incident, 24 people, including four children, were killed and 30 injured when a wall of a marriage hall collapsed during a heavy storm in Bharatpur district of Rajasthan on Wednesday night. The dead included eight women and four children, officials said. While 22 people died instantly when the wall near which they had taken shelter collapsed due to a thunderstorm, two

Jammu, May 11: A 35-year-old woman was today killed and her husband injured in mortar shelling by Pakistani troops in Nowshera sector of Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri district. A shell hit a village in Laam belt of Nowshera sector, killing Akhtar Bi and injuring her husband Mohmmad Hanief (40). "The Pakistani Army fired from small arms and automatic weapons from 10:40 last night on Indian Army posts