Jaipur, May 11: Twenty-two people, including four children, were killed and 28 injured when a wall of a marriage hall collapsed during a heavy storm in Bharatpur district of Rajasthan tonight, police said. A marriage function was going on in the hall when the storm hit the area, police said. People took shelter under a shed attached with a wall which collapsed suddenly, leaving 28 dead, Inspector
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New Delhi, May 10: High drama was witnessed at the hunger strike venue of sacked Delhi Minister Kapil Mishra on Wednesday when a youth claiming to be AAP supporter attacked him. The AAP, however, retweeted a series of tweets that claimed that the youth who attacked Mishra was an activist of BJP youth wing Yuva Morcha. The Yuva Morcha also denied any links with him. Mishra, who began his hunger
New Delhi, May 10: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday stressed the need for technology in every aspect of life. He said if we don't cope with new advancement in technology, we may become irrelevant. Launching SC's Integrated Case Management System, he said unfortunately for some people, the meaning of technology was limited to use of good hardware. “Problem is absence of mind set not lack
Hyderabad, May 10: In a tragic incident the 22-year-old son of Andhra Pradesh Municipal minister and founder of Narayana educational institutions Narayana’s son Nishith Narayana and his friend Ravi Chandra were killed in an accident here during the wee hours of Wednesday. Nishit has recently taken over as the Director of Narayana institutions. According to Banjara Hills police the Benz jeep in
New Delhi, May 10: The International Court of Justice today stayed the execution of Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav, who has been sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court on charges of "spying". The order by the Hague-based International Court of Justice (ICJ) came a day after India approached it against the death sentence handed down to Jadhav by Pakistan's Field General Court Martial
New Delhi, May 10: The bullet-riddled body of an Army officer was found early this morning in the Herman area of south Kashmir's Shopian district, police said. The officer was identified as Lieutenant Umar Fayaz of Kulgam (South Kashmir). He was kidnapped by terrorists yesterday (Tuesday) evening, a senior police officer said. The 22-year-old officer's body had two bullet marks. "Umar had recently
New Delhi, May 9: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today dared the Election Commission to provide an EVM to the AAP, claiming it can be tampered with in 90 seconds flat. During a day-long special sitting of the Delhi Assembly today, AAP MLA Saurabh Bhardwaj put on a "live demonstration" on how electronic voting machines can be programmed to favour any political party. "He (Bhardwaj) showed how
Srinagar, May 9: A 25-year-old woman in Kanachak area of Jammu has accused a station house officer of sexually assaulting her and torturing her for over a week while she was in custody there. She along with her husband has alleged that he forcibly stripped her, inserted a beer bottle and chilli powder in her private parts. She had been in custody over allegations of theft by a couple for whom she
New Delhi, May 9: National carrier Air India will launch flights to three new destinations in the US as well as to Stockholm, Nairobi and Tel Aviv this year, its chief Ashwani Lohani said today. Making it the fifth non-stop destination in the United States, a direct service would start to Washington from July 7, followed by a flight to Los Angeles from September 1 and then to Dallas. Air India
New Delhi, May 9: A TV news channel on Monday claimed that former Union minister Shashi Tharoor’s wife Sunanda Pushkar body was moved from one place to another at Leela Palace Hotel in New Delhi. After airing 19 telephonic conversation between a correspondent and a close aide of Mr Tharoor, who was present at the hotel, Republic TV said that the Congress leader had re-visited the hotel after