India

Shahjahanpur, Sept 11: A special investigation team on Wednesday took the student who has accused BJP leader Swami Chinmayanand of raping, and "physically exploiting" her for a year to a hospital for medical examination. She was taken to the local medical college hospital under heavy security, where Chief Medical Officer Dr Anita Dhasmana said the woman was examined by a panel of doctors

New Delhi, Sept 11: Union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday said the government's intention behind bringing the Motor Vehicles Amendment Act (MV Act) was not to collect revenues through fines but to save lives of people. The minister pointed out that the number of deaths caused by road accidents is highest in India. "First of all, the MV Act comes under the

Mathura, Sept 11: Lashing out at those who have been critical of the Union government's attempt to use cow for political gain, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that some people deem words like 'cow' and 'Om' as taboos. He said such people have ruined the country. "When some people hear words like 'Cow' and 'Om', they get goosebumps. They feel like the country has gone back to 16th

New Delhi, Sept 11: Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra on Wednesday slammed the lawyer of Gautam Khaitan in the AgustaWestland case on the applicability of the black money law with retrospective effect. "You are trying to avoid the bench. This conduct is deprecating," Justice Mishra said during the hearing. "Nonsense", said Justice Mishra, objecting to a senior lawyer not agreeing

New Delhi: Months after India decided to shut down oil imports from Iran in keeping with the sanctions imposed by the United States, the Iranian Ambassador to India said it is hurting the India-Iran bilateral trade and the former's future in Chabahar port. Breaking silence on New Delhi's move to “zero out” oil purchases after May 2 this year, Iran's envoy Ali Chegeni said India had “fought hard

Washington, Sept 11: Some sections of the American media, especially the liberal media, is focussed on a perspective on Kashmir that has being “pushed forward” by those who are “inimical” to India’s interest, the country’s ambassador to the United States has said. Harsh Vardhan Shringla said New Delhi’s move to abrogate Jammu and Kashmir’s special status last month and bifurcate it into Union

Amaravati, Sept 11: Telugu Desam Chief N Chandrababu Naidu and his son N Lokesh were placed under house arrest while several party leaders, including MLAs, were taken into custody on Wednesday in an bid to stop them from organising an agitation in Guntur district against alleged eviction of some villagers. Simultaneously, some leaders of the ruling YSR Congress were also detained in Guntur, as

Thanjavur, Sept 10: While all-out efforts were being made by ISRO to establish communication with lander 'Vikram,' special prayers were offered at a temple dedicated to Moon God 'Chandra' near here, seeking divine intervention to regain contact with the probe. The prayers included 'abishekam' (celestial bath), which was performed with several items, including honey and sandalpaste and followed by

Mumbai, Sept 10: Actor-turned-politician Urmila Matondkar on Tuesday said she had resigned from the Congress party, which she joined in March this year. Urmila cited “petty in-house politics” in the Congress as a reason for her quitting the party. “My political and social sensibilities refuse to allow vested interests in the party to use me as a mean to fight petty in-house politics instead of

Mumbai, Sept 10: Encounter specialist Pradeep Sharma is all set for a new inning and contest the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly polls. Last month, he had applied for VRS, which has been approved by the Maharashtra government. Sharma, who is currently a Senior Inspector of Police, eading the Anti-Extortion Cell of Thane police, will be relieved in the next few days. Sharma was due to retire in