India

Kashmir, Mar 31: Raising “doubts” over the February 14 Pulwama suicide bombing in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district that killed 40 CRPF soldiers, regional National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on Saturday asked why didn’t Prime Minister Narendra Modi visit the families of slain jawans? “Many Indian soldiers were killed in Chhattisgarh, but Modi ji never went to meet their families. And

Kochi, Mar 30: Father Anthony, an alleged close aide of Kerala nun rape case accused Franco Mulakkal, was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). The arrest by the ED reportedly comes after unaccounted cash was recovered from his residence in Partappura near Jalandhar. According to reports, Father Anthony has not produced any proof accounting for the seized cash. Franco Mulakkal has been

New Delhi, Mar 30: Sonakshi Sinha, a prominent Bollywood actress and daughter of Shatrughan Sinha, who recently quit the BJP to join the Congress, has accused the saffron party of not respecting her father and other senior members, including LK Advani. Speaking to news agency ANI, Sonakshi said that he (Shatrughan Sinha) was little late and that he should have resigned long back. “Being a party

New Delhi, Mar 30: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address to the nation on the successful test-firing of an anti-satellite missile did not violate provisions of the model code of conduct, the Election Commission said on Friday night. The poll panel took the decision based on the report of a committee of officers which concluded that the Prime Minister's address did not violate the provisions for

New Delhi, Mar 29: On a day Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a television interview that all economic offenders will have to face law, fugitive businessman Nirav Modi, main accused in the Punjab National Bank fraud case was on Friday denied bail plea by a London court. Sources said here during the court proceedings, the UK government's Prosecution alleged that 48-year-old fugitive billionaire

New Delhi, Mar 30: The Supreme Court Friday asked the Gujarat government to take disciplinary action in two weeks against the erring police officials, including an IPS officer, convicted by the Bombay High Court in the sensational Bilkis Bano gang rape case during the 2002 riots in the state. Besides, Bano in a plea before the top court sought exemplary compensation from the state government

Chennai, Mar 29: Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) founder Kamal Haasan has promised drinking water to all houses, a corruption-free government and generation of jobs, if his party is voted to power in the ensuing Lok Sabha elections and assembly bypolls in Tamil Nadu. On a road show atop a minibus with his South Chennai candidate Rangarajan by his side, Hassan said, "He (Rangarajan) will speak what he

Pathanamthitta, Mar 29: Lok Sabha candidate of BJP in Kozhikode, Prakash Babu, has been remanded to judicial custody for 14 days in connection with a case during Sabarimala agitation. The Pathanamthitta first class judicial magistrate court has ordered the judicial remand on Thursday, as Prakash Babu is accused of attacking a middle-aged woman during the Sabarimala agitation. The agitation was

Mumbai, Mar 29: The Congress on Friday fielded actress Urmila Matondkar from Mumbai North Lok Sabha constituency two days after she joined the party. Matondkar had joined the Congress after meeting Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday and had later said that she was "here to stay". "The Congress central election committee has approved the candidature of Urmila Matondkar as party candidate to contest the

Guwahati, Mar 29: The opposition's anti-BJP 'grand alliance' failed to take the desired shape as Congress president Rahul Gandhi chose not to "override" the sentiments of state leaders who did not favour the move, party veteran and thrice Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi said. Gogoi, a six-term former MP and union minister, also rubbished the BJP's allegation of the Congress being a "dynastic"