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New Delhi, Dec 5: As many as 39 people have perished and 167 fishermen were still missing after cyclone Ockhi hit Tamil Nadu and Kerala coasts while 809 others were swept away to Maharashtra, the Union Home Ministry said today. Joint Secretary in the ministry Sanjeev Kumar Jindal also said the cyclone is slowing down and would have no impact in Gujarat, where the first of the two-phased assembly

Beirut, Dec 5: Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri has formally rescinded his resignation following a consensus deal reached with rival political parties. The announcement came at the end of the first Cabinet meeting to be held since Lebanon was thrown into a political crisis following Hariri’s stunning Nov. 4 move. Hariri shocked the nation with his bizarre resignation in a televised broadcast

Ayodhya, Dec 5: The key litigants in the 25-year-old Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute will not be part of the final proceedings in the Supreme Court. The reached the local court in 1949 when Mahant Ramchandradas Paramhans approached it for allowing 'darshan and pujan' (worshipping and paying obeisance) to Ram Lalla. In the same city, Hashim Ansari also approached the court for removing Lord

Mumbai, Dec 5: Mumbai braced for Cyclone Ockhi, with areas near the metropolis witnessing a spell of hailstorm, while schools and colleges in the city and adjoining districts have been closed on Tuesday as a precautionary measure. Some parts of the Munbai-Pune Expressway experienced a hailstorm early on Tuesday, police said. The weather department has forecast intermittent rains in Mumbai and

New Delhi, Dec 5: A Patiala House Court in Delhi on Tuesday said it will pronounce the verdict in the 2G spectrum scam cases, involving former telecom minister A Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi and others as accused, on December 21. Special Judge OP Saini has been exclusively dealing with the cases – two filed by the CBI and the third by the Enforcement Directorate – arising out of the 2G spectrum scam

New Delhi, Dec 5: BCCI's rotation policy might do what Sri Lankan team's complaints of poor air quality could not -- keep international cricket away from Delhi at least till 2020. Delhi's viability as an international sports venue has been called into question after Sri Lankan players complained of breathing problems due to smog and continued to wear anti- pollution masks in the ongoing third Test

Peshawar, Dec 5: A Pakistani youth, who wrote 'Hindustan Zindabad' on the wall of his house in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, has been booked for treason, a media report said on Monday. Sajid Shah had written 'Hindustan Zindabad' on the outer wall of his home in Nara Amazi area of the province, the Daily Express quoted police as saying. He has subsequently been booked for treason, they said. Some

New Delhi, Dec 5: The Gujarat elections could be a dead heat between BJP and Congress with the former just scraping through to a win, according to an opinion poll released on Monday. The poll predicted that both parties would get 43% of the votes but BJP could win between 91 and 99 seats in the 182-member assembly while Congress would have to settle for between 78 and 86 seats. The latest

Bhopal, Dec 5: Madhya Pradesh may soon become the first state in the country where raping a girl aged 12 years or less could invite death penalty, with the state Assembly on Monday passing a bill to this effect. The landmark legislation, passed unanimously by the House, also provides for tougher punishment for stalking a woman and some other offences against them. The Penal Law (Madhya Pradesh

Washington, Dec 5: In a major victory for President Donald Trump, the US Supreme Court has allowed his travel ban to take full effect pending appeal, for people coming from six Muslim-majority countries. As a result of the Supreme Court's ruling, Trump's travel ban, which restricts travel to the US by people from Iran, Libya, Syria, Yemen, Somalia and Chad without bona fide connections to the US