India

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

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

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