India

Lucknow, Nov 27: Unable to find any evidence, the Gorakhpur police have dropped corruption and private practice charges against Dr Kafeel Ahmed Khan, who was made one of the nine accused in the deaths of children at the BRD Medical College in Gorakhpur on August 10 and 11. After state government’s permission, the Gorakhpur Police filed charge-sheets against remaining two former BRD Medical College

New Delhi, Nov 27: Renowned journalist and economist Arun Shourie, who was the Minister of Communications and Information Technology in the government of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, has openly admitted that "falsehood" has been the "hallmark" of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led union government and that it has miserably failed to fulfill several promises such as on generating jobs. Participating at

New Delhi, Nov 26: Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday cited a media report on a drop in the production of ‘Nano’ cars at a Gujarat plant and said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pet ‘Make in India’ project “just died,” turning Gujarati tax payers’ ₹33,000 crore into “ash.” Mr. Gandhi also asked who should be held accountable for the money becoming “ash.” The Congress vice-president has

New Delhi, Nov 26: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday marked the ninth anniversary of the Mumbai terror strikes recalling the sacrifice of those who lost their lives in the attacks and saying the world must come together to battle terrorism. "We salute all those brave women and men who lost their lives in the gruesome 26/11 attacks in Mumbai. Terrorism has become a global burden," Modi said in

New Delhi, Nov 26: The future of over 200 students, who took admission in four private medical colleges of Madhya Pradesh through management quota on a hefty payment, might hang in the balance after a CBI probe into a Vyapam case claimed irregularities in their selection, officials said. The probe agency had written to the Madhya Pradesh government, seeking necessary action against these

New Delhi, Nov 25: Popular Front of India has filed complaints against the TV channels India Today, Aajtak and Times Now for telecasting defamatory news about the organisation, before the National Broadcasting Standards Authority (NBSA) which is a self-regulatory body headed by Justice R.V. Raveendran. In a release issued here PFI claimed that India Today, Aajtak and Times Now have been

Lucknow, Nov 25: Uttar Pradesh has already given India its first woman Governor and Chief Minister but Lucknow is set to make history on Sunday by electing its first woman Mayor in 100 years. A woman has never before been elected as head of the municipal body after the Uttar Pradesh Municipalities Act came into existence. This time, however, the Lucknow mayoral seat has been reserved for women

Mayurbhanj, Nov 25 : A different condition of a government school came to light in Odisha's Mayurbhanj, where a teacher allegedly made the students work in her fields. As per information, the teacher, named Sangita Sarita Munda, made three girls work in her fields for three-day and in return she paid each of them Rs. 100 per day. The girls, who belonged from the tribal community, used to stay in

Chandigarh, Nov 25: The Haryana government has suspended mobile Internet services in 13 districts for three days, apprehending law and order problem in view of two public rallies by a Jat body and ruling BJP's Kurukshetra MP on November 26. MP Raj Kumar Saini, who was opposing quota for Jats, had announced a "Samanta Maha Sammelan" in Jind while All India Jat Aarakshan Sangharsh Samiti national

Chennai, Nov 25: The Madras High Court on Friday directed the police to register an FIR against actor Kamal Haasan if a cognisable offence is made out against him over his alleged comments on "Hindu terrorism" in a Tamil magazine. Justice M S Ramesh passed the order on a petition by G Devarajan, a registered advocate clerk in the high court, seeking a direction to the police to register the FIR