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Former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Prashant Bhushan. (Photo: PTI)

Complaint filed against Bhushan for 'offensive' tweet on Lord Krishna

He had tweeted that while Romeo had just loved one lady, Krishna was an eve-teaser', asking if the squads would be named...

3 April 2017 3:34 PM IST

Kerala BJP candidate says beef remark distorted, party seeks...

Amidst hectic electioneering, he said that his words have been distorted and what he meant was providing quality food to...

3 April 2017 3:19 PM IST

The election result, undoubtedly, would be very crucial for the political career of Mr Narayanasamy.

TN: Action taken in 141 out of 145 poll code violation cases in RK...

Chennai police chief Karan Singha said Rs 7 lakh has been recovered from the constituency and there was no incident of...

3 April 2017 3:04 PM IST

IISc Bangalore (Photo: Facebook)

IISc Bangalore best university in India, IIT Madras top engg school:...

In rankings released by the government, Delhi's JNU was the second best university, and Benares Hindu University was...

3 April 2017 2:49 PM IST

The Nigerian national who was assualted by a mob on Monday (Photo: ANI)

'Xenophobic, racial': African envoys slam India for attacks on...

4 Nigerian students were attacked by residents who took out a candle-light march for a boy who died of a drug overdose.

3 April 2017 2:35 PM IST

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram (Photo: PTI)

Aircel-Maxis case: ED files status report in SC stating Chidambaram's...

The apex court had earlier given BJP leader Subramanian Swamy 2 weeks time to provide evidence of Chidambaram's role in...

3 April 2017 2:15 PM IST

Union minister Nitin Gadkari

Highway projects worth Rs 7000 cr to be started in 2 years in J-K:...

Narendra Modi had inaugurated Chenani-Nashri tunnel, which is India's longest, here on Sunday.

3 April 2017 1:24 PM IST

Gujarat DGP P P Pandey

Ishrat Jahan case: SC allows Gujarat govt to accept DGP Pandey's offer...

P P Pandey's appointment and extension as DGP and IGP was challenged through a PIL.

3 April 2017 1:18 PM IST

In 1980, the Supreme Court in the Bachan Singh vs State of Punjab abolished the mandatory death penalty in cases of murder and propounded the â€œrarest of rareâ€doctrine, allowing courts to impose death penalty in cases such as murder, terrorism, treason, espionage.

No urgent hearing on plea seeking ban on tainted leaders contesting...

At present, a person, convicted in a serious criminal case, is barred from contesting polls and lawmakers are...

3 April 2017 1:07 PM IST

26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed and Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi. (Photo: File)

Hafiz Saeed, Lakhvi fight; terrorists plan to kill separatists in J&K:...

LeT has also decided not to use its own name for terror attacks in India, instead opting to use Quit Kashmir Movement'.

3 April 2017 12:55 PM IST

Himachal Pradesh CM, Virbhadra Singh while serving as a Union minister, had invested huge amounts in purchasing LIC policies in his own name and that of his family members through Chauhan. (Photo: PTI)

Himachal CM's farmhouse worth 27 cr seized by ED under PMLA

A probe revealed that black money was used to purchase the farm house located in Delhi.

3 April 2017 12:47 PM IST

Relatives ransacked Lotus Hospital after the death of a 16-year-old boy who had been admitted with brain fever. (Representational image)

Debt-ridden farmer commits suicide in Maharashtra

He hanged himself from a tree in his farm on Sunday, police officers said.

3 April 2017 12:31 PM IST